Harley Benton Victory Active SBK

Great value for money this, arrived in about a week to the UK.

Fret ends were absolutely fine on mine, fret tops were a bit scratchy but nothing a quick polish didn't sort out. The fretboard itself was drier than the Sahara so needed a good bit of lemon oil. Neck is very comfy, almost no neck dive when standing too. Pickups aren't the greatest but not bad for the money. No issues with grounding or excess noise on mine, played through several different amps and didn't notice any buzzing so I must have got lucky.

Going to be upgrading the nut and tuners as they seem to be the weakest areas, but all around a really nice axe for the money! Looks totally killer too \m/

Ive seen two videos from Youtubers who i won't mention, after watching both videos about noisy pickups i bought one for myself anyway and running through my ENGL savage 120 with no noise gate there was no extra noise other than the normal distortion hum, noise gate totally clipped it. The neck is wonderful, a nice modern C profile, the pickups themselves do lack a bit of punch however, not the greatest chug hums you can get but still does the job better than most twice its price. The satin finish is fine, very well applied my guitar also had no dings or scratches. The nut is a cheap plastic nut but causes no problems ot at least hasn't yet, same with the tuners. Nothing special yet work just as needed and especially after a good setup and the guitar has time to settle it rocks! Im not saying buy this guitar and im not saying don't buy it. I watched different videos but bought one anyway to see if if have the same problems and have no problems at all. Don't take everything you see or hear on YouTube as gospel. Try it if you like. You can do alot worse with alot more money.