Harley Benton SC-550 Plus EMG PAF

With one initial exception this is a 5 star guitar. Finish is beautiful with absolutely no flaws, action is low, fretboard and frets are level with no buzz anywhere, fret ends are excellent and intonation is spot on. Now, the only issue was that the low E locking tuner was stripped. A quick email with a video was sent and two days later a new tuner was on the way. Excellent service response! It arrived international in 3 days, just like the guitar did previously. Replaced it yesterday and now everything is perfect. I absolutely love the guitar and the active pickups.

The guitar came with a very good setup, only minor tweaks to the intonation but it was not really needed. Finish was flawless, could not find any problems. Only con was that the truss rod cover was missing, it has been there so i think it was removed during setup and forgot to put in place after. But i have contacted thomann and i will get one.
Great guitar with awsome pickups, they have very good clarity and does work well whitout battery but i will use the active function with battery because it sound great.

I have it now for almost a year. Great looking guitar. Love the sound. My only concern was the switch that came not working well. It could only switch 2 modes not 3, so i had to buy another to change.

Very balanced sound.
Pickups more vintage than modern.
Fretwork and nut action had to be corrected.
Locking keys are good quality.

Overall build quality and sound for the price - amazing!

This guitar was delivered this morning 5 days after despatch, not bad all the way from southern Germany to Manchester. Really lovely looking, has a very nice flemed veneer top, could not find anything wrong with it, just a pinging from the d string but easy to put right. I was apprehensive at first buying without trying but took a leap of faith and for £319 its as good as my korean prs tremonti that cost over £600 a few years back. Get one if your inclined. Only gave 4 stars throughout because i'm not rating it against its price but against pricier gear with which it competes very well.

Very pleased by my purchase! Beautiful instruments and very well crafted!

I pulled it out of the shipping container (which was solid and safe), plugged it in and played it. The tuning, after Germany to Indiana shipping was almost spot on. Well set up, no flaws.

The reviews were right, this is a massive step up in quality from the SC-550 Deluxe, light years better, in fact. I have the 550 Deluxe but, although it looks great and plays well, I always felt the sound let it down. This, on the other hand, sounds fabulous, a real big sound but one that positively chimes! Get one while you can.

One small gripe, and I don’t know if this is a common fault, but the bridge volume control knob was off when the guitar arrived and won’t stay on, I suspect because of the way the body is shaped. Anyone else having this issue?

Beautiful guitar with great sound. This really feels like a way more expensive guitar, Harley Benton hits it out if the park again. No sharp frets, holds the tuning. Just a 10/10 all the way through

Received today, packaged well and arrived a day early.

The quality is excellent, lovely smooth frets, no blemishes. The top is a perfect paradoise amber fade, not too light and not dark like the sc550.

I use it to play hard rock like GnR and is a perfect fit.

Pickups sound good, all round superb guitar that feels better than the price tag. On par with my Epiphone Les Paul Plus Top Pro but half the price.