SG Ukulele Review - Harley Benton DC-Ukulele Review And Demonstration

[@rooseveltdumornay4954]

I can't believe the amazing sound coming out of that ukulele. I didn't know you could rock out like that with an ukulele. I have to add that one to my collection. I didn't even know they had electric ukuleles. Awesome video. I love the horns and that awesome intro

[@wmcmps]

Thank you for this review. My order is on the way.

[@wmcmps]

@@MrHardguitar Too bad there is no pickguard. Gonna try to make one myself.

[@dannyarty2912]

I ordered one aswell

[@jareth_g3385]

where do u order it???

[@wmcmps]

@@jareth_g3385 Harley Benton is the home brand of Thomann.de. But it looks like they don't sell it anymore.

[@dannyarty2912]

@@jareth_g3385 I ordered mine of thomann

[@neonerbse.]

I've got one too and I love it so much. I put a low G on it. For the money it's a bang..💫🙌

[@MrHardguitar]

Good idea.

[@NinasIdeas]

I like this ukulele 🎶. Great job.

[@marieandersson5730]

A very nice review! Thanks ☺ I recognized most of the song. This is for sure a uke I wanna buy sooner or later. The shape of a Gibson SG is so cool, and the sound is very good for such a cheap uke ❤

[@MrHardguitar]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Lp_barstow]

Наконец то. Тот акцент, который я понимаю)))

[@2radergirl262]

its either smoke on the water or mortal combat! (i really want that ukelele its so cool)

[@samblasco2359]

Just bought it, can't wait to try!

[@carlinisatnirvana8499]

How was it?!

[@diogomonteiro3420]

Funny fact ukulele is based on a Portuguese instrument, it was the Portuguese who took the UKUlele to Hawaii.

[@walthervogelweide3262]

hey i'm from germany and as i saw your video, i knew i must have an electric ukulele, wow. It's amazing because it combined a smart traveller kit and experimental sound. Highway to hell by AC/DC, Ozzy's Iron Man and paranoid, one classic blues like George Thorogoods bad to the bone and Deep Purples smoke on the water are in a very clear sound, so it triggered me. I'll try different kinds of strings on it and will play with many different effects. I know i can use it for my steetmusic jams and hope i can use it for one of my rockbands too, or to record samples for own Psytrance tracks with it. So by this price it's ideal for me, learning to play ukulele by this way, recording and modulating my own riffs. All over i want to support your nice style of making demonstration-videos, it was really fun to see and listen.

[@dari.2125]

✨i dont know why i dont know for what i just need it ✨

[@BobHarvey.]

I don’t know the song but I’ll leave a comment anyways. And I think I might get this uke!

[@MrHardguitar]

This is a very funny musical instrument. Good luck!

[@Nafan60]

Wow! Grandiose! I want this tool! Thank you for the video.

[@JoeySchmidt74]

I got one of these for my missus last year and only just got round to fixing it. Thomann replaced it, but didn't want the first one as it would've been more expense on their end to ship the first one back. They both had the same issue; the entire bridge assembly is slightly more than 1mm too close to the neck, which seriously affects intonation. After removing and shfting position, all is going well now. As someone who is relatively proficient in guitar repair, this was a bit more difficult due to my sausage fingers! It was a tad daunting, which us why it took me so long to repair. Anyway, good review and great playing sir.

[@JoeySchmidt74]

Also, forgot to mention, on both of them the nut had a sub millimetre gap between the fingerboard, which also affected the intonation.

[@katerinamaskanaki4349]

Can you please tell me how do you switch the gains? Is there something you do on the ukulele or is it on the amplifier? I play regular ukulele and want to buy an electric one to rock!!! \m/

[@MrHardguitar]

Yes, you need an amplifier to play this ukulele. Gain is adjustable on the amplifier. I used a gain from my amp (for some songs) and from guitar distortion pedals. I plug ukulele in the pedal, and only then in the amplifier. For the beginning, you just need a guitar amp with two channels - clean and gain (or overdrive, or distortion...). And GOOD LUCK 🍀🤘

[@MrHardguitar]

BTW, You can contact me via Instagram - mrhardguitar or via Facebook - m.facebook.com/MrHardGuitar/ I'm always happy to help 🎸

[@tobytobyson]

Sweet little thing. Thanks. Great video!

[@charleebremer9067]

I love the ‘highway to Hawaï’ 😂😂😂

[@diytop6352]

Good review. Keep growing!

[@jonasniederson5172]

Very good review, thanks! I put Aquila 86U Red on it which really makes it hellish,. Not only that the strings are dark red, no - the low G is the banger, :-D

[@RJsCave]

love it!

[@tolvajakos]

oh man you should have plugged it into a big marshall tube amp with a 412. that would have been interesting! nice review still, of course. fun, good style.

[@tolvajakos]

@@MrHardguitar oh, i thought it went through the little orange thing. yeah, marhall tube amp always works.

[@autumnautist]

My 6 years old son (who loves Queen) want's a "rock Guitar". Do you recommend this? I plan to tune it open and buy a battery portable 1w amp. What's your opinion on that for a kid to rock? Thanks and Cheers!

[@henridederen7262]

Nice instrument, nice sound. Is the amplifier the marshall in the background? I recognize all the songs from my childhood years, but I have forgotten the names. (except BLACK SABBATH - Iron Man / Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water / BLACK SABBATH - Paranoid). It's probably been the age that left a hole in my memory. Thanks for the review

[@MrHardguitar]

Yes. For this review I used my Marshall. And, thank you.

[@nankypooh655]

Most were AC/DC songs.

[@NatureAndTech]

Really enjoyed that. How is the tuning stability?

[@MrHardguitar]

“Not great, not terrible” (c) Dyatlov from Chernobyl

[@felixcanamerogarcia2473]

Woooww Sounds amazing, I think I need it to live too... Jajaja Regards

[@markayeowell]

Thanks for the review.

[@MrHardguitar]

My pleasure!

[@antoniomarella3184]

Amazing demo, you're very good at this and with Humour, it's priceless. I knew your KZbin channel, know I also know your Facebook 😉🎸🎶. Stunning instrument for that price! Any advice for affordable solid body uke, with metal strings, tenor size (or better : baritone size but stringed GCEA) with demos it would be perfect. Don't tell me "buy a "real"electric guitar", I already have a Gibson LP Studio and a Squier strat 😉 Thank you for your work!

[@michaelfitzgerald5248]

Vorson or Flight have great solid body ukuleles that use metal strings (guitar strings) gauges are available in item descriptions with most sellers.

[@nankypooh655]

My HB uke came with steel strings.

[@carlinisatnirvana8499]

Now I have to get it!

[@nothing_void_empty]

А теперь эта гитара на авито)))

[@charlesgrey8651]

Bloody Awesomness 🎶👌🤘👍🖖❤

[@ddrummerr]

I have questions. maybe we can try changing strings on the metal string? it’s impossible?

[@pureviolet2742]

1:50 I though You'll play WDBWOTV by twenty one pilots xd Nice Video btw I'm gonna buy one for myself!

[@NightDentist]

Realy cull gitar ! I like this !

[@mnbv990]

I need one NOW!!!

[@MrGoodDreamer]

Cute ukulele 🎸🤗

[@sandrineosn2051]

Love at first sight when I saw it at Thomann website few months ago 😍 and I said "I need it !!!" too. Thanks for your demo, it helps my decision 😆. I need a quite little, mini or little bigger if sound is really better and, not expensive 😢 amplifier, would you recomand one or two please ? Thanks 🎸

[@abbeyjayne1657]

The orange one in his video is awesome

[@hikupmusicofficial]

if they had an lp one yes im personally not much into sg

[@shagstars]

They have it and its even cheaper and hollowbody with pickup.

[@michaelfitzgerald5248]

Vorson and Flight have LP model solid body electric ukuleles - that use steel (guitar) strings.

[@nankypooh655]

@@michaelfitzgerald5248 Yeah I was gonna recommend that the check out Flight for the LP model. I wanna get a Flight SG when I save up enough money.

[@leoncorbett4553]

Iron man Paranoid Smoke on the water

[@NataliaKozlenko]

Amazing!!!!

[@s.lofficialchannel7750]

what cable did you use? Mykola? fast-answer please^^

[@Slyizable]

I think with Aquila Red it would sound a lot better. I use it with them but my amplifier is mediocre.

[@kenedwards3430]

Must have

[@Bishin-sv1ws]

Do i need any pedal for that nice sound???

[@DMSProduktions]

Ochen harasho droog! \m/

[@MarguiRama]

Hi. Do You have the website to buy it? Thanks

[@dannyarty2912]

Yo I literally bought one

[@kellyfuentes8395]

where do I get one? I’m from Mexico and there’s no

[@guillaumes9524]

does it work with a regular amp and guitar/bass cable?

[@nankypooh655]

Yes.

[@ffeeddee89]

I had one from thomann, have you tried to change the strings and use metal strings instead of the original ones?

[@piotrkanclerz2551]

Actually I'm considering buying from one girl. But she mentioned changing strings was a hell - several imperfections of this instrument, cost quite a lot. I might let you about the sound with metal strings soon

[@nankypooh655]

@@piotrkanclerz2551 Mine came with metal strings, not nylon.

[@danielmaude4017]

Does it come left handed

[@jobloman5409]

Hi Mykola, can you give some more pieces of information as to how you recorded your instrument. Did you plug it directly to the amplifier with the standard supplied cord? Or did you use a special cord? Did you add a preamp between the instrument and the amp? Or did you record directly the dry sound of the instrument with some sort of mike without using the instrument pick up? Thanks

[@mawi5704]

Hi. Im also interested in how he recorded. The one thing that I saw from the video is that he definitely didn’t use a supplied cord. The Cable used is a right angle fender instrument cable. Costs about $20. If you have bought the Ukulele or will buy it. I would definitely recommend you to invest in a high quality cable. I broke many cables over time. Even higher quality Fender ones. The best cables I used so far are the Cordial Series 25 and a Mogami (I don’t remember which one). They each run you between $40 and $70. The cool thing about them is that they have neutrik silent plugs. That means that when you pull them out they don’t make any noise. Hope you’re having fun playing :)

[@mawi5704]

And by the way. Just saw it: If he used the Marshall amp in the back he definitely had something in between the amp and uke. Maybe a preamp, effects pedal or buffer. The Cable going into the amp is a different one than the one leaving the uke.

[@markhorsburgh]

Just bought one of these. It is sexy as hell. However I am getting a right twang of the 2nd and 3rd string when I press the first or second fret. Really annoying.

[@carlinisatnirvana8499]

Try changing the strings?

[@ibnufasya6408]

Damn. Harley Benton always make good stuff.

[@ibnufasya6408]

@@MrHardguitarthey have a lot of cheap but high quality guitars.

[@ibnufasya6408]

@@MrHardguitar make a video about it pls😃

[@ibnufasya6408]

@@MrHardguitar yeah i wanna know how to build a guitar too so it would be helpful

[@MariUSukulele]

Highway to Uke

[@MrHardguitar]

YESSSSS 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@larabohm9354]

Shit...now i need it too!😂

[@FLAMENCO961]

I think a proper demo would have been trough a pa sistem or an acoustic amp

[@sierragold]

Why would you put it through an acoustic amp??? LOL It's a solid body electric uke

[@markclark4795]

so the devil plays Harley Benton. I suspected as much. Good value. I bought two TE’s this year and will probably go back after DC’s. Thomann got me hooked. 🤘🏽

[@dannyarty2912]

Thomann are good I bought this ukelele he plays in this video from thomann

[@aaryan6138]

Highway to hell Iron man

[@adinhdstudios7397]

I know both songs

[@24nikita]

why didn`t you change the strings for metal ones. Use a bit of initiative in your demos.

[@MrHardguitar]

Thanks for the idea. Maybe I'll do it in the future. But I am worried that the neck may not be able to withstand such a load.

[@michaelfitzgerald5248]

@@MrHardguitar Let me know if you tried this. I was thinking the same. I expect I will get one of these anyway at that price point, and probably try it too.

[@hugosoukenik6278]

i think that its iron man from black sabbath

[@nichu4048]

У тебя яркий акцент, откуда ты? Просто интересно

[@richardervins]

Hm. You forgot to mention that the intonation is terrible and that the original string set is useless and that the tone control doesn‘t really work, and that there are no strap buttons. Other than that it’s a really nice paper weight…😅

[@MrHardguitar]

Harley Benton didn't pay me for this video. In this video I shared my personal opinion. In short, this ukulele is a very fun thing. If it cost $300, I would rate it more critically.

[@richardervins]

@@MrHardguitar That‘s not the issue. Thomann uses your video. And people obviously take it seriously. I would pay double the price if I got an actually usable instrument. In matter of fact, that is what I did: After realizing the Harley Benton wouldn’t work, I bought a Fender Strat Uke - that is also manufactured in Asia - at 149,- € -and it‘s perfect, I use it on stage, and it’s a lot of fun. The HB hangs on the wall and just looks good (even after Thomann sent two new ones). All said, maybe it would be nice if you‘d mention all of the shortcomings of such a piece - and not just the QC issues. 😇✌️

[@Kvitne_pisna]

Smoke on the water

[@sidney4022]

...and his music was electric

[@nankypooh655]

I was rather disappointed. For starters, it's no different than my Epiphone Les Paul uke, except the Epi LP has nylon strings while the HB has steel strings. Also the Epi is an acoustic/electric hybrid hollow body while the HB SG is a solid body, but, soundwise, I didn't really hear any difference. That's fine, though because it DOES rock. HOWEVER...... I noticed that it only has one strap peg, and not two. So I need to get a second one put on there, but the REAL disappointment was with the tuning pegs. When it arrived it was horribly out of tune. Only three out of the four strings stayed in tune for the most part, but the A string kept slipping out of tune. I kept tuning it, and tuning it, until the string finally snapped on me, which I was afraid that was going to happen. After I removed the string, I noticed that the tuning peg was rather loose and wobbly, so now, not only do I have to get a second strap peg attached to the back of my uke, I also after to quite possibly replace a tuning peg, and if they're all like this, I'll have to replace all four of them. This is a major inconvenience, and not a good way to make a good first impression, no matter how low the price. I'm still gonna keep it, and rock out on it once I take it to my local luthier, and have them do the proper work, but I'm going to save up my money and get a Flight SG electric ukulele, in hopes of better quality and quality control. On a Fight, you can actually see the pick ups, (Two twin single coil humbuckers, located at the bridge and neck) and two volume and tone controls, and a three way toggle switch. Have you tried one, yet? You should do a review on that and see how the two compare.

[@dannyarty2912]

I hear paranoid

[@shagstars]

Dog eat dog? and Highway to hell

[@ernests3913]

4:04 paranoid

[@raptureomega1912]

Iron man :D

[@AsRaTCW]

i wish it had a faceplate, maybe even fake pickups

[@MrHardguitar]

I agree with you. This ukulele would look better with pickguard!

[@creepersevenlerdernegi13]

Good joke😂