Harley Benton TE-40 TBK (#1) DELUX SERIES #1 - HORRIBLE NEW GUITAR - PART 1

O MY!! Not what I was expecting

[@MrPhotonjockey]

I knew there must be a reason I have held off on buying a HB. Thanks for the honest unboxing.

[@2bikemikesguitartopics145]

You are very welcome. I always tell it and show it as it is. And then if I can fix it that's what I show next. Unfortunately not this one. If the neck heal had been the same size as a fender I could have replaced it and saved it but with the heel width being too wide that's a killer

[@spookshilljoe7376]

Wow unbelievable!! This video couldn't have came at a better time. I've been looking at this guitar for awhile now and almost pulled the trigger a few days ago. Glad I didn't. You just made up my mind. Thanks again Mike!! Always great stuff!!

[@2bikemikesguitartopics145]

Ya, this one was crap. #2 replacement is a bit better but still needs the usual work stuff. It's save able. Video series to come out in a bit.

[@TheWGLOVER]

Luck of the draw. Nothing wrong at all with the one I bought.

[@cdavidlake2]

Yeah, I very nearly went with this one, too. Glad I didn't. Ended up pulling the trigger on an even cheaper one. From what I've heard, price doesn't necessarily correlate with quality on HBs.

[@2bikemikesguitartopics145]

@@cdavidlake2 It does seem too if you hit the $300 and up guitars

[@calbrockocat8728]

I bought mine 2nd hand for $150CAD and had to replace the bridge with rollers. This guitar is a pain to change the strings, as well, what with the ferrules blocking the passage of the string through the guitar. Other than that, the looks and the tones I get from mine make it a keeper. Can't wait for your series on it.

[@2bikemikesguitartopics145]

The Roswell pickups in it are really good. That's the saving Grace.

[@bear1084]

Damn, bummed to see you got such a crapper from them. I've purchased 2 (SC-DLX Gotoh and a TE-90 FLT) and both are great. I did end up doing a little bit of work with a fret end file on the TE, but nothing crazy. Sorry to see you had a bad experience with them, they do have some great stuff 😕

[@2bikemikesguitartopics145]

I bought scdlx and te90 as B stocks and both of them were better than this

[@bear1084]

@@2bikemikesguitartopics145 my SC was a B-stock 2 lol 😅😅 Only thing I ever found wrong with it was a tiny bit of what maybe looked like excess adhesive on the sides of a couple of frets, and they sprayed some of the pink paint onto the plate around the input jack. Both 2 minutes fixes. Now I know to at least stay away from the TE40

[@2bikemikesguitartopics145]

@@bear1084 On my DC-DLX I have not ever found why it could have been a B stock. That's the kind I like. However as usual I had to do some frets but that would happen even if it wasn't a B stock

[@bear1084]

@@2bikemikesguitartopics145 yessir, those are the best ones 💪💪

[@justinrayguitars6024]

I hate you got something like that. I know they probably have some nice guitars but the one I bought was a dud. Never thought about buying another one.

[@valueofnothing2487]

As long as you don't have to pay for shipping. I think the reason these guitars ate so cueap is because we are the quality control.

[@2bikemikesguitartopics145]

I feel exactly the same way. Thanks for checking in I appreciate your support

[@charleslanphier8094]

No more 'pretty good for the money' guitars for me. Saved up, got a Fender player

[@JeffCui-sb6vj]

Hey after you contacted them did they send you a new guitar what did you get your money back.. the real test is what kind of business they did after this disappointing experience????

[@2bikemikesguitartopics145]

Got a replacement. See here kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2KlnYSVnbWjfassi=biRlpkbLHWibPpEq

[@JeffCui-sb6vj]

Thank you for getting back to

[@j-man9457]

Wow! This thing is garbage! As I was watching the video, I was thinking to myself man, this guitar is not worth your time! I would only keep it if Harley Benton told you to keep it plus they were going to send you another one and lo and behold at the end of the video that's exactly what they are going to do LOL! And I agree with you 100% why would they not check the guitar for cosmetic and functionality at the warehouse before boxing it and shipping it out to a paying customer??? I guess common sense, and common practice or hard to come by these days...

[@nnamhor]

There isn’t enough $ in the price to cover quality control. And I agree about not being worth any of your guy’s time. It’s why I won’t do business with companies like this.

[@j-man9457]

@@nnamhor budget guitars are great modding platforms. I have bought quite a few and they are now killer instruments! However they work and are playable when I get them! But this guitar 2bikemike got is inexcusable. I can understand a terrible set up, bad fret work or screws not tightened down! But bad electronics and an unpolished finish on a brand new finished product? Come on, that should never be a QC issue, thise things should be addressed and checked as the guitar comes down the production line... budget isn't the issue, lack of common sense is lol!

[@zuperdee]

Holy moly! That’s one of the most disappointing unboxings I could ever imagine!!! Hopefully the next one is better… Or at least salvageable! Things like a bad switches, jacks, and sometimes even pickups, are easily fixable, and fret work is harder, but still manageable… But things like bad woodwork and finish work would be the absolute death blow to me!

[@2bikemikesguitartopics145]

Yeah if the heel with on the neck would have been like a standard fender I could have replaced it and gone forward but it's wider so any replacement fender style neck will just have too big a gap on either side then I decided I didn't want to have that look even if it was a second version of that guitar. I was hoping I could save it like I did gold one which was really messed up but salvageable and offer it up as a giveaway. Number to did come in a little better, just needs all the usual work

[@Theintruder100]

Ive got one B stock little bit of tarnishing on the tuners but that was it plays great and the condition was spot on.

[@2bikemikesguitartopics145]

That's good you were luckier than I was. I have been lucky on other b stalks though

[@Theintruder100]

@2bikemikesguitartopics145 The prs lookalike was a B stock but was unplayable. although I set it up and was a lovely guitar given it to my son now had to make space lol

[@nicolasmoreno8174]

It's ironic how a B-stock guitar can be in better shape than a new one. HB quality control has to improve a lot

[@2bikemikesguitartopics145]

Yeah it's really hit and miss on the beast stalks. I've gotten a few really good like they are new and I couldn't find what the B stock part of it was then I get some that are extremely bad and then I get a brand new one that's worse than be socks so yes you're you are correct 💯 and now I'm off Harley Benton

[@jasujokelainen5073]

Not very ironic, If you think about it.

[@seandavid680]

That's not a brown fret. Like on their website😢. They exaggerate the fret color to look good but its black in real life

[@raduiulian4364]

That's how studio lights works...

[@strategicthinker8899]

Thomann quality control is non-existent. The little tags they put onto the guitar are put there by the factory not by Thomann. They never inspect the guitars, so it's a total lottery what you're going to get. I've stopped buying with them years ago after too many disappointing quality issues.

[@kevintrawick1278]

I dont mean to sound unkind but, after all it is a Harley-Benton

[@2bikemikesguitartopics145]

Somehow I feel that this is a negative comment but you didn't elaborate on what you meant by it. There are some very good Harley Benton's.. I have at least a five or six Harley Benton's with experience under my belt, what is your experience?

[@kevintrawick1278]

@@2bikemikesguitartopics145 What I am saying is that Harley Benton is a very cheap guitar and I feel you are holding it to some overly high expectations.

[@2bikemikesguitartopics145]

Seems like your generalizing Harley Benton's name with the cheap when there is actually a range of guitars from the lower end like this one was up to some fairly expensive ones. Regardless they're selling it as new and it should come looking new that's what I'm expecting.

[@rainerjaschke5216]

What a disappointment this is for you! It seems like you got a better guitar from Ammoon. The body of this HB almost looks identical to my Frankenguitar. Mine has two tones and one volume but it has the same bridge and the string pull throughs are the same.

[@2bikemikesguitartopics145]

Both a moon guitars were perfect compared to this

[@UNKUHNOODLES]

😳😳 Sounds to me like Harley Bent-one is trolling you... Either that or they have a disgruntled employee that's familiar with your channel and is purposely sending you duds that are curiously defective with EXACTLY the things that irk you the most. (Like that crappy switch) Corporate espionage is rampant all over the place these days...🤔🤔🤔

[@2bikemikesguitartopics145]

That could very likely be

[@user-vn1rh1fi1w]

Have you en problem with copy guitares❓️❓️❓️💀

[@2bikemikesguitartopics145]

I don't know what you mean by the question. There are always all kinds of things on copy guitars that need fixing and upgrading

[@TheWGLOVER]

Mine was perfect.

[@2bikemikesguitartopics145]

Will, good to know. Yours must have been built on a Wednesday and mine was probably an early Monday morning or late Friday afternoon. Thanks for checking in and providing the info I appreciate your support

[@joethompson2910]

I’ll take 2…. One to crap on & one to cover it up with!!

[@Barbarapape]

Another Harely Benton B grade that should never have left the factory. Sad and very frustrating, the switch is easy to replace, but not the poor finish. This is why i have stopped buying from Thomann, they send out far too many bad samples.

[@2bikemikesguitartopics145]

After my Gold top fiasco I thought I was done with them also but I decided to give it one more chance. This is what happened and I did get a replacement which is coming up in the future after the next evh guitar. It was better but still needed all the usual work to make it good and great. Thanks for checking in I appreciate it