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The back also has a veneer, sadly it isn’t a flamed maple veneer as on the top. The body consists of 4 pieces of woord.Although when buying in a shop, I would look for the guitar with a perfect top. It also has some knots which gives it some character. It’s not a photo-finish (it has a nice ‘depth’ to it which a photo-finish doesn’t have) but a veneer, probably 0.6 mm thick (standard veneer thickness). The guitar was delivered within a week after my online purchase and my first impression was quite positive. But it should be playable and with a few modifications and upgrades Some quite nice guitars may come from these countries, of course -especially for that price- it’s never going to match a high-end guitar. The guitars are probably made in China, maybe Indonesia. It’s a German online store so when you are living outside of the EU, their products may become quite expensive because of taxes and shipping costs. In fact it is a brand run by one of the biggest online music stores: Thomann. Harley Benton is not a very familiar name. There are some “unboxing videos” of this guitar on youtube and the reviews are not that bad.
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Finally after some contemplating, I decided to purchase the Harley Benton TE-80 guitar which looks as a quite good copy of the Prince telecaster. I bought/imported it early last year and it’s physically in excellent shape other than a slightly loose input jack (does not affect sound.)Local pickup in a public place. It’s a Tele style semihollow with two humbuckers. Selling my Harley Benton TE 90QM in Transparent Blue finish.
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There's a small nick above the pickup and a slightly loose input jack (does not affect sound), it is otherwise in excellent physical shape.Lo. Harley Benton TE 90QM Blue Telecaster Style Semihollow Electric Guitar - $160 (East Wenatchee).
#Harley benton te 80 plus#
This guitar on Thomann’s site is $155.00 and $30.00 plus doll for shippi.
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Play and sound wonderful, it is well built, aesthetically looks phenomenal. The famous Harley Benton TE-52 New guitar (no box or tags), on the pictures you can see the plastic protector film on the pick guard.