Customer reviews about Harley Benton Ukulele DIY-Kit Sopran

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You get what you pay for...

Customa 23.04.2020

Cheap instrument (i was aware of that before buy) that would leave more satisfied if the following were better.
1. Holes and dowels for mounting the neck to the body have a play.
2. Fretboard narrower than the neck. I was also expecting better quality for the fretboard and frets.
3. The body came with predrilled holes for mounting the bridge in a way that the bridge was not parallel to the nut.
4. The instructions for mounting the nut were a bit confusing since the line/point that separate the neck from headstock was diagonal.

The whole experience could be better with better quality control of the individual parts.

All in all, if you are looking for a cheap uke just buy a finished one.
If you are looking forward to the assembly, while being aware of the actual quality, then go ahead and buy

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Kind of dissapointed

tara 29.05.2018

I know it costs 20 euro but it had several issues. The holes to connect body and neck with the sticks(I don't know how these little wooden things are called :P) were close to 2mm wider and had fill them and redrill them(not an easy task considering you have to line up body and neck. The fretboard wood looked cheap and the frets were sharp and not even. Tuners and bridge had surprisingly no problem.
Concluding and I can't say I did not like the finished product or the process but you have to have some knowledge and several hours for this project.

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Cheap and cheerful

Anonymous 23.08.2016

Simple review. For a very cheap kit you end up with an ok Ukulele. Very simple to make, in fact it takes longer to paint and finish than it does to construct. Tunes ok but struggles to stay there after a little strum. Kids love it though.

All in all 7/10

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Pretty good, easy to assemble

Anonymous 07.05.2014

The manual was for different model, but it was still easy to assemble. The neck was wider than the fretboard, so it really needed some craftsmanship. For the price the sound is good, at least when you change strings.

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SPHXN 30.08.2019

Had a fun time building and painting this. Maybe Im not a ukulele guy but the sound was ...boring

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Could be a great and creative toy for a kid and maybe a good starting point for learning Uke, but don't expect anything more.

peme 02.01.2018

Finished ukulele with painted body was a great gift for a six year old kid, so in the end I was satisfied with it, but quality was much lower than I expected. Body is made of the cheapest plywood with no binding and it is even held together by metal pins. Fretboard was cut askew at the nut (but luckily was possible to be sanded down without decreasing the length of the first fret too much) and it was nearly impossible to glue the neck straight to body. Nut and saddle are cheap plastic, strings in the kit are useless (with Aquila strings it sounded much better). Machine heads were nice and I liked the look of open gears.

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petermyro 16.07.2019

Rough instructions, can go wrong in many ways easy if you are unexperienced

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