JamesC01

It's strange they don't put those little upgrades in their cheaper guitars. A graphtek nut only costs about £13, and they could put their own harley benton brand locking tuners (that are only £30). I'm sure loads of people would be willing to spend an extra £45 to get some upgrades on some of the cheaper guitars (TE62 for example). If they made a version the TE-62, TE-62 plus, say, with some upgrades, I'm sure loads of people would be willing to pay £200 for it. They could stick a load of good upgrades in it for the extra £70, and I'd imagine it would sell very well considering it would be miles ahead of competition in that price range, like squier affinity. You're right about not needing to upgrade it. I probably won't (at least for quite a while). I've been content with my yamaha pacfica so far, so I'll probably be fine with the stock stuff on the HB. I suppose it would be nice to put a graphtek nut on it. I'm not a big pickup person, so I'll probably be fine with them unless I AB tested it with some other pickups.

I pulled the trigger on the harley benton yesterday. I prefer the body shape of the HB. The sharp horn on the vintage doesn't look as good to me. HB's horn is a little more rounded, like a real les paul. And the HB has the easier access to the higher frets, which is a bonus. The SC25th looks nice, but I was more interested in the flamed maple finish ones. I went with the SC-550 ii gotoh in PAF. What areas do you think it could be improved in?

I believe the vintage v100's are solid body's, whereas the HB ones are weight-relieved. I've gone with the HB, but the vintage ones do look very nice!

I'm going to buy a les paul style guitar soon, and have heard good things about the HB sc-550 ii and the Vintage V100. The V100 costs about £100 more, but I've seen people saying that the HB is comparable to it. I've seen more positive reviews about the HB, but that might just be due to popularity. The HB has stainless steel frets, and the one I'm getting has gotoh (non-locking) tuners. The V100 doesn't have stainless steel frets, the hardware seems about comparable. The bridge costs about the same as the harley benton one, but it has grover tuners vs gotoh on the HB. I'm leaning towards the HB, since I've just seen more positivity around it, and it's cheaper than the Vintage. Apparently HB has the luxury of being a bit cheaper since they only sell from thomann, so don't have as many extra costs as a company that sells from many different shops. They both seem like solid guitars, though.

I'm looking for a good build-quality, brand new, small concert or parlour size guitar. A few brands I've noticed are yamaha, tanglewood, alvarez, takamine, sigma. I was look at the yamaha fs800, which goes for about £250 in the UK, but noticed that the US price is closer to £140 ($200), so I'm not sure if the build quality is very good. I'd like the sound to not be too boomy. Just in the middle, a decent balanced sound. There's too many choices, and I'm so scared I'll end up buying one that isn't right for me, or one I'll end up disappointed with. I have a yamaha c40 classical, for ~£100, and while it's not bad, you can definitely tell that it's a £100 guitar. I'd rather something much higher quality than that, if it's possible for my budget.