This Harley Benton (Thomann) HP-42 guitar looks great

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carloscarlos Frets: 3426
Okay, so it's about 10 months old but I've only seen it now. I had to look up who Henning Pauly is and regretted it. But this new guitar looks great. That roasted neck looks fantastic, comes w/ locking tuners by default, graphtech nut, stainless steel frets for £300 or so? Brand new? Also a big fan of the HS, errr, HP90 configuration.
Anybody tried one? As always with these it sucks I can't try the neck before ordering.
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  • Henning is brilliant :lol: 


    As for the guitar, i've not tried this model but I did try the pretend rosewood tele by Harley Benton and it was excellent! I was impressed by the fret work and also on closer inspection just how the whole guitar felt very good quality, especially for the price.
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  • skunkwerxskunkwerx Frets: 6838
    What the fuck.

     £329 and its got a flamed maple top, locking tuners, graphtech nut and a roasted maple Neck and board?

    And what does it mean 22 medium jumbo stainless steel collars? 
    Ss frets?!?! 

    Saying that, the locking machine heads etc might be kak.. guess its all unbranded hardware. 

    But... Looks good on paper.
    Too good to be realistically great for the price??

    That, and I'd rather shove a sandpaper dildo up my a-hole than watch that tool's videos.
    The only easy day, was yesterday...
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  • JayGeeJayGee Frets: 1254
    skunkwerx said:
    What the fuck.


    ...I'd rather shove a sandpaper dildo up my a-hole than watch that tool's videos.
    Whatever else he may or may not have done Henning is the guy who helped me finally make sense of programming the MIDI controller side of my Joyo PXL Live.

    I can forgive him a lot for that... :-)
    Don't ask me, I just play the damned thing...
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  • timmypixtimmypix Frets: 2304
    skunkwerx said:
    What the fuck.

     £329 and its got a flamed maple top, locking tuners, graphtech nut and a roasted maple Neck and board?

    And what does it mean 22 medium jumbo stainless steel collars? 
    Ss frets?!?! 

    Saying that, the locking machine heads etc might be kak.. guess its all unbranded hardware. 

    But... Looks good on paper.
    Too good to be realistically great for the price??
    Bear in mind it's a veneer not an actual cap/top. Too many brands and retailers call veneers a "top". I don't mind too much if its like PRS where there's still a plain maple cap under the veneer - hard to tell from these pictures whether it's got that or is just mahogany with coloured binding.
    Tim
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  • carloscarlos Frets: 3426
    skunkwerx said:
     £329 and its got a flamed maple top, locking tuners, graphtech nut and a roasted maple Neck and board?

    But... Looks good on paper.
    Too good to be realistically great for the price??
    Might be they released this model to give the brand more value, to show how good Harley Benton guitars can be. It's priced higher than most other HB Fusion models and it's got better features. I wonder if that's their strategy.
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  • skunkwerxskunkwerx Frets: 6838
    JayGee said:
    skunkwerx said:
    What the fuck.


    ...I'd rather shove a sandpaper dildo up my a-hole than watch that tool's videos.
    Whatever else he may or may not have done Henning is the guy who helped me finally make sense of programming the MIDI controller side of my Joyo PXL Live.

    I can forgive him a lot for that... :-)
    Haha yeah he's ok really. 

    Good luck to him, he has a signature, I do not! Lol. 
    The only easy day, was yesterday...
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  • 57Deluxe57Deluxe Frets: 7329
    edited February 2020
    The original had 2x P90 which with the green/purple colourway interested me and I have sent comments to him on his YT to ask after it... This homogenised option though is a Nah... Doesn't sound good either...
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  • 57Deluxe said:
    The original had 2x P90 which with the green/purple colourway interested me and I have sent comments to him on his YT to ask after it... This homogenised option though is a Nah...
    I thought it was always P90/HB

    eg from 3 years ago

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  • JezWyndJezWynd Frets: 6021
    Roasted necks appear to be this year's thing. What's next; flambéd bodies?
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  • 57Deluxe57Deluxe Frets: 7329
    Jellied Heels...
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  • mbembe Frets: 1840
    ...served with Trem Fraiche and String Beans.
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  • I’ve got the HSH version of this. The locking tuners are very good. It’s one of the most stable guitars I’ve ever owned tuning wise, and the neck is ace. Frets were OK but would benefit from a polish. But still a great guitar. 

    I’ve always meant to buy one of the Yamaha Pacifica’s with this pickup configuration but not got round to it yet. 
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  • thegummythegummy Frets: 4389
    Who is he?

    I tried a quick Google but could only really find people giving their opinion on him rather than any info about who he actually is.

    Take it he's some controversial figure?
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  • skunkwerxskunkwerx Frets: 6838
    thegummy said:
    Who is he?

    I tried a quick Google but could only really find people giving their opinion on him rather than any info about who he actually is.

    Take it he's some controversial figure?
    He goes by eytchpi something or another. 

    Does gear reviews etc. Bit of a waffler.
    The only easy day, was yesterday...
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  • carloscarlos Frets: 3426
    thegummy said:
    Who is he?
    Very annoying YT personality. I don't think he's controversial at all, just another YT personality who could really use from editing his videos.
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  • thegummythegummy Frets: 4389
    I always find it so strange that Youtube people get signature guitars.

    I suppose I'm already out of touch despite being only being a millennial. 
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  • rlwrlw Frets: 4671
    57Deluxe said:
    Jellied Heels...

    Toasted nuts....
    Save a cow.  Eat a vegetarian.
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  • thegummythegummy Frets: 4389
    The guy looks like a kind of diabolical mad scientist.

    Don't want to comment on the look of the guitar cause I hate green so couldn't give a fair opinion but the specs for the price do indeed seem impressive. Always loved the idea of the P90 neck/humbucker bridge setup too. Never had a guitar set up like that but it just seems to make a lot of sense.
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  • darthed1981darthed1981 Frets: 11673
    I'd quite like one.
    We have to be so very careful, what we believe in...
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