Harley Benton SC-500 WH Vintage Serie Bundle

The Harley Benton SC-500 WH is a single-cut guitar from the manufacturer's Vintage Series and combines a solid basswood body with a carved basswood top and a set maple neck, a construction that provides plenty of sustain. The neck in turn features a 22-fret blackwood fingerboard that, together with the black pickguard, provides the perfect contrast to the guitar's high-gloss white finish and has the classic 648mm (24.75") scale length with which SC-style guitars have long been associated. The fingerboard is adorned with block inlays for improved orientation when playing, and the guitar's classy look is completed by cream-coloured body and fingerboard binding as well as three-ply front binding and high-quality gold-plated hardware. Last but not least, the SC-500 WH comes loaded with a pair of vintage-style humbucking pickups that provide a full, powerful sound. This bundle also includes a Harley Benton HB-80R amplifier with tube-emulating circuitry, spring reverb, and a dedicated EQ section for each channel as well as an AUX input for practising to backing tracks. A nylon gig bag with an external pocket for sheet music and accessories is also included, together with a 3m instrument cable.

Thanks to the classic combination of a stopbar tailpiece and Tune-o-Matic bridge, the Harley Benton SC-500 WH Vintage Series will stay in tune even when the player changes tunings on the fly, making it a good choice for Rock and Alternative music as well as for Metal in its many guises. Its two humbucking pickups are designed to deliver everything from crunch through to full-on distortion, so chunky powerchords, heavy riffs, and even searing lead tones are very much on the menu. That is not all, however: This guitar will also handle clean tones very well, so soft ballads, thick jazzy tones, and smoky Blues licks are also no problem. Even without a tremolo system, the SC-500 WH thus promises plenty of playing fun. Those who plan to take this bundle from place to place on a regular basis should note, however, that the HB-80R combo tips the scales at 14.5kg and is perhaps more suited to occasional trips.