Harley Benton TE-62DB LH LPB

This tele with its double bound body looks beautiful. The body is a bit thinner and the body edges are not contoured.

Neck, frets, intonation, everything absolutely great.

The bridge pickup is nearer to the saddles and hence the bridge pickup is a bit sharper, but you can dampen it with the tone control. The pots are right-handed pots reverse wired for lefty turn, so no real functional sweep on them. Either resolder righty or buy true lefty pots.

Generally a bit thinner sounding tele, but overall, a no brainer as regards value for money, absolute steal for the money.

I'd wanted a double bound blue sparkle telecaster since I was a kid, having first seen one in the hands of Don Rich playing on the Buck Owens Ranch show.

But given that I'm left-handed, such things were not for me. Until Harley Benton came along! This guitar is beautiful, plays just right, has an exceptionally well-cut nut, and beautiful maple neck. I'll probably change the neck out eventually, but only because I'm a sucker for stainless frets, and it turns out there's a small army of luthiers on ebay in China making fender necks for cheap. Lack of stainless frets is my only minor issue with this axe. Otherwise, it's beautiful and perfect, and I'm deeply grateful to Harley Benton for making it.