Harley Benton Fusion-T HH Roasted FNT

Good bits: first, value for money - incredible spec for less than €400.
Delivery - speedy to say the least.
Setup out of the box - mixed (see later, but all correctable by an hour or two's setup) but nothing like as bad as the PRS at twice the price I sent back two weeks before).
Quality - good finish, great neck, frets spot on and nut nicely cut, weight and balance fine, hardware good quality and spec.
Less good bits: far too much neck relief (easily corrected). Mainly, a badly fitted bridge pickup (these fix with two screws directly into the body cavity, sprung upwards by a pad containing two springs). The pickup was way out of level and couldn't be adjusted; the output wire was caught between the pickup base and the pad, tilting it, and the fixing screws were out of line, jamming in the holes in the fixing bracket. Perhaps someone had tried to free the movement by force, because the hardened steel screw had chewed the holes and produced what looked like metal filings - not good near a pickup!.
Trem setup not perfect, but corrected without neck tilt adjustment being required.
That's all there is on the debit side - you might ask why I didn't send this one back as well; I've been playing guitar since pro in the 60's, and have some expensive gear, and simply wanted a workhorse guitar to take the strain (fret wear mainly) from the others. Having seen this guitar, there is no way I could get anything of this standard in this spec at this price, and with a second setup and a good fret polish, it plays as well as any other guitar I have - plays physically, not for fine-tuned audio stuff - I had intended to change the pups and some electrics, but that's on hold for the moment - it's "good enough for rock'n'roll" - light years ahead of the PRS and its creaking trem, nut cut by a gorilla with a triangular file, neck relief out from side to side, first fret levels all over the place, and completely out of tune - watch their video of pre-delivery quality checks - it must have been signed off by Hans Christian Andersen.
Well done Thomann - nobody's sneering at Harley Benton these days . . . .

J ai acheté cette Harley Benton comme seconde guitare et à ce prix je ne m'attendais pas une telle qualité de fabrication et de finition.
Une vraie bonne surprise.
Points "négatifs" (pour chercher la petite bête et toujours en rapport avec le prix)
J ai trouvé la touche du manche un peu "rugueuse" pendant les bends et vibrés mais rien de bien gênant.(ça semble s'atténuer à force de jouer dessus)
Les micros sont un peu faiblards mais restent précis même pour du shredding.(peut être à changer,a voir ).
La guitare ne crache pas pendant le changement de micros ou le réglage du volume.Cela dit je vais quand même changer les potards volume et tonalité vers du matériel Fender.
Points positifs:
Une guitare très agréable en main,(pour avoir testé une Télécaster Fender je peux dire que je préfère largement cette Harley)
Le manche permet des solos rapides,les frettes étant bien posées et surtout bien poncées (petit coup de gueule contre ibanez qui proposait un modèle prestige à 1500 euros avec des frettes mal poncées !!!)
Le vibrato n'est pas la pour faire beau,il rempli sa fonction sans problème (à voir avec le temps)
Le système de blocage cordes est franchement le bienvenu sur ce type de gratte,un plus non négligeable.
Bref,Cette Harley Benton a de la gueule et peut rivaliser avec des modèles plus haut de gamme,une vraie bonne surprise.
Livraison sans souci,merci a Thomann !