Three great affordable alternatives to Fender offset guitars from G&L, Vintage and Harley Benton!

Today we’re comparing three affordable offset guitars that aren't made by Fender: the G&L Doheny Tribute, the Vintage V65, and the Harley Benton JA-60CC.
G&L Doheny Tribute at Thomann: thmn.to/thoprod/558812?offid=...
At Sweetwater: sweetwater.sjv.io/rQBdQ5
Harley Benton JA60-CC: thmn.to/thoprod/514488?offid=...
More on the Vintage V65 here: vintageguitarsus.com/collecti...
I’m currently on a journey of discovery when it comes to offsets, and I wanted to see what else is out there besides Fender - and I thought some of you might be on the same journey too and might appreciate me documenting it! OK, so G&L are a Leo Fender company as well, but you get the point: the world of the offset extends beyond that of the Jazzmaster, Jaguar and Mustang Fender and Squier guitars that we typically see.
Indeed, all three of these guitars have their own thing going on. The G&L Doheny features Leo Fender-designed single coil MFD (Magnetic Field Design) pickups, alongside the Leo-designed PTB (Passive Treble and Bass) tone pot design and dual fulcrum vibrato bridge.
The Vintage V65, meanwhile, was designed by another guitar industry legend - Trev Wilkinson - and features his hardware throughout, including a pair of Wilkinson soapbar P90s. The Harley Benton is all about what HB does best: offering the most affordable take on a certain style with as much as they can squeeze in at under $200! The JA-60CC has two Roswell JM-style pickups, and, like the Vintage, features a hardtail bridge.
In this video, I test the three guitars out in as many different musical styles as possible, from country, folk, surf and indie, to pop, rock, blues, punk, metal and more. Which one do you think sounds best?
Here are some links to the various playing samples and info bits:
00:00 Hello!
00:17 Intro and what we’re doing today
01:29 G&L specs and info
04:17 Vintage specs and info
06:14 Harley Benton specs and info
08:10 Today’s rig and plan
Clean Sounds
09:03 Clean tone reference chords
09:51 60s pop rhythm tone
10:11 Funky chords
10:38 Ringing open indie pop chords
11:18 Indie art pop chords
11:32 Country lead sound
11:53 Surf pop chords
Clean Sounds with extra reverb/delay
12:25 Atmospheric melodic riff
13:17 Indie pop picked arpeggios
13:57 Jazzy indie arpeggios
Overdriven Sounds
14:41 Upbeat barre chords
14:58 Fat indie rhythm chords
15:27 Droning open string riff
15:49 Southern rock arpeggios
16:08 Indie rock barre chords
16:32 Garage rock riff
16:48 Indie rock octave chords
17:13 Choppy barre chords
17:31 Groovy classic rock riff
17:57 AC/DC inspired classic rock riff
18:15 Airbourne inspired rock riff
18:48 Hendrix inspired classic rock riff
19:04 Driving rock riff
Higher Gain Drive Sounds
19:18 Classic hard rock riff
19:35 Glam rock riff
19:56 Hard rock lead
20:38 Alternative rock riff
21:02 80s rock riff
21:50 Green Day inspired punk rock riff
22:30 Pop punk melodic lead riff
22:46 Punk rock power chords
22:59 Progressive rock riff (Drop D tuning)
23:26 Palm-muted power chords (Drop D)
Clean Channel w/Revv G3 Distortion Pedal (all in Drop D)
23:51 Metal chugging riff
24:08 Mastodon inspired metal riff with country twang
24:44 Rammstein inspired industrial metal riff
24:56 Hardcore punk riff
25:33 Classic metal/sludge riff
26:10 My thoughts
26:48 Price
28:20 Looks
29:07 Build quality
30:33 Playability and necks
31:35 Weight
32:15 Sound and pickups discussion
34:58 What other great offset guitars are out there?
36:27 My conclusions
38:53 Which is my favorite of the three?
39:22 Thanks and goodbye
My setup was as follows: I ran the guitars into my Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 head, using my Revv G3 for heavy distortion sounds and my Source Audio Collider for extra reverb/delay sounds. The amp went from the Red Box DI straight into my Focusrite Scarlett 2i4, which went into Logic Pro X. That's it. No post-processing on the sounds was done.
Here’s some links to those bits of gear:
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H&K Black Spirit 200 head: thmn.to/thoprod/447827?offid=...
Source Audio Collider: thmn.to/thoprod/475734?offid=...
Revv G3: thmn.to/thoprod/437353?offid=...
Focusrite 4i4 (the new 2i4): thmn.to/thoprod/467952?offid=...
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Enjoy!
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Backing music from the KZbin Audio Library: Duck In The Alley - TrackTribe.
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