Harley Benton Aeolus

[Webby]

Disclaimer: I have not played this guitar, just saw it today and thought it might be interesting for the jgo-crowd. It certainly looks nice at least!


I have had some good experiences with the harley benton stuff, and I think this one might be really nice. They describe as a sort of Single-cut Es-335.

Here are the specs
Body: Mahogany
Top: Flame AAA Maple Veneer
Neck: Roasted Flame Maple with Satin Finish
Gloss/Satin Transition at Neck Joint
Truss Rod with Spoke Wheel Access
Fingerboard: Roasted Maple
Neck Mount: Set
Neck Shape: C
Inlays: Pearloid White Dots
2mm Glow in the Dark Side Dots
22 Stainless Steel Medium Jumbo frets
Nut: Graphtech TUSQ Black
Nut Width: 43 mm (1,69")
Scale: 635 mm (25")
Fingerboard Radius: 350 mm (13,78")
Thickness at 1st Fret: 22 mm (0,87")
Thickness at 12th Fret: 24 mm (0,94")
Binding: 1 ply wooden
Pickups: Tesla VR-2 Alnico 5 (Bridge), Tesla VR-2 Alnico 5 (Neck)
Controls: 1-Volume & 1-Tone, push/pull coil split
Switch: 3-Way Toggle
Bridge: WSC Tune-O-Matic Style
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Tuners: Grover Locking

Might actually be cool!

https://harleybenton.com/product/aeolus-bengal-flame/


Paul

[Webby]

Forgot to add: it costs 399€ at Thomann

[citizenk74]

I like the specs, and the over-all look is very nice!

[Stefan Eff]

It looks pretty tempting but we all know we only get what we‘re paying…

Roasted Flame Mapleneck, a wooden binding (!), hell even Gotoh locking tuners. At least for sure an interesting basic for good pickups/electronics and I‘d bet those guitars need a fretjob besides other things:

But nevertheless- interesting and I always wonder how to build a guitar like this for such a low price

[docsteve]

It looks pretty tempting but we all know we only get what we‘re paying…

Roasted Flame Mapleneck, a wooden binding (!), hell even Gotoh locking tuners. At least for sure an interesting basic for good pickups/electronics and I‘d bet those guitars need a fretjob besides other things:

But nevertheless- interesting and I always wonder how to build a guitar like this for such a low price

There was this article by someone from the industry who explained how guitar prices are made. In this case, they cut out the middleman. Harley Benton is Thomann‘s house brand. No distribution, no retailers, it’s straight from the factory to the online shop. If it was an Ibanez, it would retail for twice the price.


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[339 in june]

+1 on the good experience with Harley Benton stuff
My TE90QM (kind of thinline Tele with 2 P90s) cost me only 203 €, no fret work needed, just a tweak on the truss rod after some weeks of use.
Nice sound
Nice playability
Maybe I'm lucky with mine but you find more and more positive feedbacks on these instruments
So why do we have to pay more ?
I'm seriously thinking about their 335 copy in the future ....!

[Stefan Eff]

Also stainless steel frets…wow. Dunno which color is nicer?

„Frost Flame“ (all matte)

Or


„Bengal Flame“ (gloss)

Indeed interesting.