The NEW 2021 Harley Benton EX-84!!

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[@VapnFagan]

I had a ESP that had the input jack recessed in the side and i had to pull on the actual cable itself to remove it.. There was no room to get your hand on the jack (end of cable) to unplug it. After awhile my cable was no good ( from yanking on it to remove it ) HATED that style of jack.

[@hsj687]

Great to see Steve do a guitar review video. I miss the reviews of old on this channel…. the live stuff isn’t always convenient. Still a great channel, I’ve been a fan for many years 👍

[@captiancookie433]

I saw this guitar on Facebook and since then ive been very curious on how it sound, keep up the good work🤘

[@thegaindane]

The Harley Benton guitars in the $400 price point are excellent guitars 🤘... Very hard to see the guitar against your black shirt though 😉

[@BoogyWoogyCreep]

I bought the EX-76 GHW and love it! I changed out the pickups for Seymour Duncans and overall, it's a win!

[@ramurel2006]

The reason for that jack in that position/orientation might have a practical explanation: it really help when you put the guitar on the stand, the jack hook with the bottom arm of the guitar stand, so the guitar don't fell down. If you try to put the guitar without the jack plugged into guitar you'll notice that is difficult to find a stable position

[@KinkellaTeachesArchaeology]

I think of EVH with these every time as well. The You Really Got Me video, and the hamburger from Better Off Dead!

[@petebrown3715]

Have to disagree with you Steve. Black Explorer type with EMG's are James Hetfield all day long bruh, then Matias Jabs from Scorpions. EVH? Bit of a stretch dude. We know you're not a big Metallica guy, you were in hair metal camp in the 80's where I was in the thrash camp thanks to Metallica but I digress. I'd play that guitar.

[@SFBGuitar]

I forgot about Matias!! He's probably the one I most associate with the Explorer shape. How did I miss that? lol

[@amazingunderpants]

EVH recorded most of VH1 and the early albums with an Ibanez Destroyer, an explorer type guitar. It ultimately became the Shark on WACF.

[@philipstrotherjr8842]

@@amazingunderpants Some tracks with the ibanez, but I wouldn't say most. I believe he recorded more of the songs using the strat he had on the cover of the album.

[@dalepal]

That's a sweet guitar at an affordable price. It sounds fantastic with your playing.

[@raymondbarreras8153]

Well, since the damage journey starts in Germany it’s a strong possibility that DHL is the original culprit. I’m in So Cal & it’s DHL from Europe until USPS got my Harley Benton got here. BTW, I love the way you play 🎸

[@dezscott46]

Total in agreement with the jack socket. Also can I fit my wirwireless set up to it thinking it may be too deep Apart from that looks a cool guitar never owned a guitar with active pickups and this may be the one .

[@mercilessforever]

South shore mass here, love your content man!

[@kenhall6525]

Steve, how much is shipping now and did you use UPS?

[@playAgainMe]

Steve the question we all are asking ourselves is how does it sound through that sweet peavey vypyr amp you have. 😀

[@diegofiorillo6412]

If you stand up and play the neck dive is massive.

[@EthylOH]

Are the frets SS by any chance? I know HB has been using SS on a lot of new guitars in this price range (like the Fusion for example)

[@idealmethod]

gonna come back tommorow and learn all these riffs man!

[@Yo-pw2ee]

Hey, just wondering what amp you're using and how much it would cost for me to get one, I definitely need an upgrade. Thanks

[@BasementGuitarSuperstar]

Dude I may have to check these out. I’ve been loosely considering an explorer shaped guitar

[@BBQROCKSTAR178]

Happy New Year bro

[@leonthompson8988]

Isn't that body a little smaller than a normal explorer body. Dean made a Baby Z in the 80s in pearl white. I always wanted one. This reminds me of that

[@ericvalverderosado2046]

Jack design is some interesting problem to address with explorers and V's…that kind of jack design works perfect on the newer Charvel's but yeah…gotta figure out new placements

[@mikewatkins3533]

When I think of explorer.... I see Phil Collen. Love the Destroyer Guitar!😎🎸🎸

[@intoit1074]

This is a take on James Hetfields ESP Snakebyte guitar. The cut in the fin is the dead give away. He's used ESP guitars since the late 80's and they were black and white models, and then he designed his own version of the explorer and gave it cuts in the fins. Harley is just trying to capitalize on that

[@BatFan1]

They're avoiding getting sued by Gibson like the straight copy of the old EX model they had. Homaging the Snakebyte is not capitalizing on the model, they're simply avoiding Gibson plain and simple. The SB isnt a bad model to "copy"

[@WTWTA5760]

@@BatFan1 it also comes frome a strap problem I think

[@bc454irocz89]

10 years later Steve's still playing the same intro lick and tone 😂 don't ever change brother \m/

[@greatreset3]

So I guess we know what we'll be seeing Saturday night? 🎶🎸

[@Ayyem93]

Really considering picking one of these up but I'm skeptical because of the price and never having played an HB before. Are they generally well made and good playable?

[@hswizzle4208]

I’m in the same boat as you and everyone I’ve seen says the HBs are very well made guitars

[@bennyjones1597]

Very cool I like the guitar and I always liked your plan very cool I haven't seen you in awhile keep it up

[@troywilliams6849]

Thank for review🤘

[@MarcCoteMusic]

Hey, I actually like that headstock... and that is something I don't say often, given my penchant for the classic Strat headstock. I've often thought about getting a Harley Benton, and someday I might, but I just can't see buying a guitar without trying it and there's nowhere to do so near me. I've actually been considering a Sire Larry Carlton S7 in Sherwood Green... I don't like the headstock, but everything else seems like a Strat... only better. I'd be happy to watch a video of you trying one out.

[@onefatstratcat]

I'm old skool.. I watch Barbi Benton while playing my Harley Benton :)

[@dragan4658]

Steve rocks everything he plays! HB keeps getting better and better and very affordable! Gonna get one, one day!

[@buffdaddy2032]

He plays the same dam licks !!!

[@nialld2638]

I’ve just bought one of these in white am eagerly awaiting its arrival 😀

[@revolutionar]

i have the same guitar but i don't feel that the tone knob makes any difference.

[@apocalypse4720]

don't they make wireless transmitters for issues like that?

[@cbodall]

Why did they discontinue the blue?

[@LookieChannel]

Always wanted to try the Explorer shape...it's just not my style of music. But still damn that's nice :)

[@waylong25]

Plenty of guys in other genres use Explorers, but I understand where you're coming from lol Never know if you don't try I think. I enjoy an Explorer myself. There was an Epiphone 1958 in black that someone had replaced the pickups with the EMG ZW set with the super tall pots and man, other than the long pots, I loved that guitar and I regret getting rid of it lol.

[@bushmann9272]

love my Harley Benton basses!!

[@Cpmnk]

The blue looks sick in real life

[@yetimatzenightcat8702]

Sorry, was in the yard 🤷‍♂️😄 ( is the guitar working with steteo cables too ) ???

[@cestman]

looks and sound 🔥🔥🔥

[@tomw1970]

When I see an explorer I think of Matthias Jabs first then Allen Collins.

[@royyazzie6028]

Don't forget Nick Neilson of Cheap Tricks

[@ploppyjeje8680]

@@royyazzie6028 and James hetfield

[@michaelbujanda8785]

When I see an explorer style guitar I think of Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick playing on his Hamer Standard guitars that were custom copies of Gibson explorer guitars!!!😊🙂😃😀🤓 I also think of Matthias Jabs of the Scorpions!!!! But yeah. Eddie Van Halen played an Ibanez destroyer guitar in the mid 70s thru the Woman and Children First album!!!🙂

[@yetimatzenightcat8702]

😄👏👏👏👌👍 🐈

[@stewarttomkinson3356]

Just saw a Solaris guitar just like that with a jack in the same place

[@brownsfan7753]

You Rock!!

[@diegofiorillo6412]

I hated the neck on this guitar. Also I need to set the action very high to not get any buzz. Took it to a luthier he said strip the parts and sell them and put it towards another guitar as the wood is shit. Also the notes were dying at the 15th fret so needed a fret level. Just got a really shit one

[@soundguyjimmymolina2986]

Your tone is great but I never hear any difference in tone regardless of make, model or manufacturer. Is this intentional?

[@RT-if2ij]

Great demo, should have wore a light coloured shirt tho.

[@KonstantinosSeitanOfficial]

Amazing intro music dude

[@KonstantinosSeitanOfficial]

Can you share me the tab that you play that ? Pls 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼♥️

[@billbonanzinga2635]

Is it def mahog?

[@gregmackey7517]

Is there any recourse for the damage done during shipping?

[@SFBGuitar]

Probably not. There might be some "no fault" low dollar amount, but not sure I want to go through the claim process. To be honest, because it's black and easy to match, I can probably touch it up and make it look 90% like new.

[@martinclayton7260]

Eddie was playing an Ibanez destroyer, not an explorer!

[@davidjohnstone2952]

I thought that evh used a Ibanez destroyer...could be wrong

[@Ibaneddie76]

How can that guitar only cost $400? That's a really good deal.

[@kkarx]

It looks like a guitar for kids. Look at how small it is. :-x

[@Birtheater4545]

@@kkarx no no. He’s just a big guy it’s just a perspective thing

[@christianhildalgo]

@@kkarx It's definitely not small... Bigger than my bass body wise and almost as long including neck. Usually guitars feel like ukeleles to me.... Compared to Gibson or ESP explorers, no idea though.

[@teknical100]

Stick three humbuckers in it - Phill Collen. I'd buy it.

[@hawg427]

Is this a smaller body than a Gibson Explorer?

[@BatFan1]

it is. Best guess it's based on the Chapman Ghost Fret model. Rob said he made his like 10-15% smaller than the Gibson.

[@PooNinja]

Harley is finally exploring EMG’s

[@x220rulz]

😂

[@Alfredo78666]

Whatsaaaap, young fellow kidzzz?!

[@Studio-lx7ge]

I would need 5 Minutes to explain the important stuff. You talk about clours like you want to decorate your Living Room. What Messure it has? It looks like an 625 like the Hetfield Collection.

[@meatrocket1]

Pixxy Lixx 🤘🏼

[@jasonpatterson2218]

Cool channel.

[@amievil3697]

Eddie and the "IBANEZ"

[@picassoboy52]

Don't you know we don't tune in to hear the "clean" sound?? Lol

[@currituck]

Swing and a major miss on the headstock. It`s like a shrunken, melted explorer, esp and jackson headstock. Whoever chose that headstock has a horrible eye. The jack placement actually works. My Hamer USA Diablo has that style. It will not come out easily and that`s a good thing. If they change the headstock, I`ll buy a white one.

[@bowhunter0762]

I bought James hetfield of wolf & man guitar from China, it's a small guitar.

[@bozeeke]

With a name with the number 84 in it, it should have a Floyd with an EVH D-tuna and some sort of 80s-ish hard rock humbucker.

[@vividvulpe9842]

bro.... Bro! My dude! This guitar is under $400. What you rappin about? You and I should save and get the guitar we really want.

[@bozeeke]

@@vividvulpe9842 it was a Van Halen joke. 1984 (the guitar has the number 84 in it!) Hello!?

[@vividvulpe9842]

@@bozeeke Bro... Bro! Oh, my bad

[@ipdjbt]

@@vividvulpe9842 Bro bro bro bro bro bro!

[@vividvulpe9842]

@@ipdjbt bro!

[@riniones]

Dior pink

[@sunburstlespaul9]

I think EVH too. Almost half the first record is his destroyer. Also Jeff carlisi rocked an explorer

[@ArturGordonPim]

Man I'm glad I watched this video .. 1st of all .. that 3rd colour is a GODDAMN PINK???😱😱😱 I thought it was white and I ordered it this morning.. gotta cancel order asap!🤦🏻‍♂️🤪 2nd thing , you are spot on abot that jack position .. I never understood why they made it like that either. I really appreciate all the informations you gave here about this guitar .. I do like it , but I think I will order previous model Ex-84 progressive with hbz magnets , and without that cut in the back side of the body! It's a 2-3 weeks wait but f**k it! Thanks once again!

[@King-st1yi]

You sound like Neil deGrasse Tyson

[@johnnyrkramerthemusicmovie3147]

son of a b#%Z%# a new sweeeeeeeeeeeet guitar steve ha lol

[@BreinGames]

That clean tone is hideous.

[@zoolgarudaaa]

Ugly headstock nah

[@currituck]

I agree. That headstock is a swing and a major miss. Too small and anemic. Not quite explorer, esp or jackson. It looks shrunk and blunted. That headstock would cause me not to buy one. That sucks.

[@Mark_Ocain]

kinda washed out shell pink

[@whitneymoore7659]

Id be returning that damaged guitar.

[@Parrmageddon]

Maybe next time don’t wear the same color shirt as the guitar, it will make it easier to see the guitar.

[@elizabethgarrison8928]

The jack angle perfect. What the hell do you care how the jack is angled. Your always sitting when you play. Every guitarist knows when you play you always stand. It helps you to get used to play better. When you open your video content stop playing your ordinary licks. Some licks every time. Learn something new please.

[@smoggy1964]

If you don’t like it then run along

[@seagullpoet]

I agree. Very often, same licks.

[@BatFan1]

He's at home playing for no one but himself, Elizabeth. He doesn't need to stand up, he's not performing for you, Elizabeth. You don't have to tune in to his channel if you're tired of the licks, Elizabeth. He plays the same licks because those are the licks he plays, Elizabeth. Learn not be a bitch, Elizabeth.

[@bookooc5605]

So is this just a "bought another guitar' every week channel? I don't understand the need to always buying guitars. Unsubscribed.

[@calbrockocat8728]

Steve brigns you options as it's fun to check out the larest and the newest gear. You don't have to buy it to be interested in it.

[@POLARIS2]

It's more than just that, guy. There are stories, commentary and solid guitar playing. See ya!

[@yetimatzenightcat8702]

@@calbrockocat8728 👏👏👏👌🙋‍♂️

[@larsheuker]

Dont you just hate when people demo and review guitars on a obvious guitar channel?

[@stringrip]

If you just play the one guitar all the time you will wear out the frets.

[@Noscrap909]

Hey let’s wear a black shirt for a black guitar review.

[@johnstandup8162]

Sea shell pink! 👍🤠