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Seven String Harley Benton - Worth the money?
Want a 7 string guitar but don't want to spend a fortune?
This week I take a look at the Harley Benton R-457MN WH Progressive Series Guitar.
I needed a 7 string guitar for a project I was working on but didn't want to spend much, I didn't know if I would enjoy playing a seven string guitar so I opted for the Harley Benton R-457MN WH from Thomanns.
I have had the guitar for a few months now and I thought I'd share my opinions on this guitar.
Full transparency, this is NOT a sponsored video, I received no money from Harley Benton and I paid for this guitar with my own money.
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This week I take a look at the Harley Benton R-457MN WH Progressive Series Guitar.
I needed a 7 string guitar for a project I was working on but didn't want to spend much, I didn't know if I would enjoy playing a seven string guitar so I opted for the Harley Benton R-457MN WH from Thomanns.
I have had the guitar for a few months now and I thought I'd share my opinions on this guitar.
Full transparency, this is NOT a sponsored video, I received no money from Harley Benton and I paid for this guitar with my own money.
Thanks for watching and don't forget to like and subscribe.
Check out the guitar here - clickfi.re/FwpHsx9d
Join this channel to get access to perks:
czcams.com/channels/a446t4UFVUvoIkot03eMHA.htmljoin
Subscribe to my Live Channel for the podcasts and streams.
www.youtube.com/@UC_pwornBSyI-zIHH4wZWD5A
Become a Patreon patreon.com/guitarstuffstudio?Link
Buy me a coffee buymeacoffee.com/sleepypilg3
My Linktree for everything else linktr.ee/guitarstuffstudio?subscribe
#sevenstringguitar #7string #harleybenton
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I know why you need a 7 string; you can’t be bothered to down-tune your other guitars because they’ve all got Floyd Rose’s 😂
Name it The Seven Seamen! Wait...
Our rhythm guy brought a 7 string to practice. I laughed at him. It was the butt of many jokes. The last time I ever saw a 7 up close. He would never tell us what he did with the thing.
poor dude lol
@@guitarstuffstudio Oh, I got my fair share, if I missed a riff or came in late the first thing I heard was did I need a 7 string to get it right.
Say its name 5 times as fast as you can. LOL
Has stroke.....
Thanks for watching
Great video, thanks for the info
No worries - thanks for the comment and feedback
i bought Harley's fretless bass 8 years ago. great piece of instrument for about 150q (can't remember how quid stand those days). sounds perfectly even unplugged. there is some issue, that you can relate into 'fretwork' on fretted guitars - high C are sometimes muted, so it became as not perfectly fretboard work done, but... my friend, with i play from time to time, bought a 'highend Harley' strat. sth around 300q. he's in love with it. he have bunch of Jacksons for his proffessional stuff but wanted something for lighter stuff (HSS). he's in love with it too, and he just regret, that it looks how it looks, because it beats he's Jackons as hell in terma of creating sounds (;
Yer right but……. Gibson did the Dean headstock back in the fifties 😮 I saw this “Dean” Flying V in the Gibson Garage in London. £20k can you believe it? What’s more can you believe they let some random dude (me) play it? They offered so what would you do? Long story short I liked the £5k Les Paul custom more 😂 than that. Here’s some detail about that Gibson Dean Flying V czcams.com/video/Ifmui30POeM/video.html
She objectively isn’t even in top 1000
I use little strip of foam from the back an old mouse mat just after the nut or behind the bridge -cost nothing as I made sure to take the mouse mat from work Works a charm and stops guitar looking like it wants to enter a Tennis competition
Unboxing guitars is the most boring thing I can imagine and still some youtubers don't stop that shit.
Such a shame all the cheapo "metal" guitars are black... The explorer is cool too but I hate black Explorers and Flying V. Cherry, white, natural wood... those are Flying V colours... White is super classic, it's a Randy Rhoads basically... I will shell out the extra 200 for the natural wood Explorer because those are gorgeous and so close to a proper 1958 Explorer. I hate their symmetrical Vs... wish they made the 58 Flying V. The trademark expired... still it's so cheap I might get one just as a guitar I can leave in the band room and won't cry if someone knocks it over. I say that now but once I put Toneriders and fancy hardware in and polish the frets and round the board I'll get attached to it like my TE62DB. I treat it like my Gibson. It's my precious. Sold out for 4 months so it may as well be... I can't speak highly enough of the HB Teles... Gor one of their premium Les Pauls and it is one of my nice guitars. Feels all fancy. The binding had paint marks on it so I got 20 bucks off and got out the razor. If they can make them this nice. Skimp on scraping the binding by all means I can do that myself. And frankly I've seen paint on the binding on guitars triple the price
Me: motorcyclist and bicyclist “who doesn’t like tinkering and wrenching?” I just do my own strings because “see gadgets and tools 😁 I’ve been accused for changing them when I’m bored…not true! I swear!
Gary from guitar Center …”shut UP Andy!” 😂
I use a cheap rechargeable snark clip on for my acoustics. I tune then remove it. I had the battery operated one for a couple years and it worked great with no issues. I passed that on to my nephew and picked up the rechargeable snark for myself and it's working great a year or more later without any issues. I'm getting ready to order a Peterson strobe tuner with metronome just to be that much more anal about being in perfect tune...lol
Studio producer Chris Tsangaredes (rip) in an interview on CZcams had a great little story. He had a guitarist in his studio who wanted Chris to get him an Eddie Van Halen guitar tone. Chris said back to the guitarist "your not Eddie Van Halen, you doughnut." The guitarist went "huh?, what if I had what he uses?" Then Chris says "Eddie would sound like Eddie no matter what gear he uses. "You will only sound like you end of". I thought that story was great as it teaches you that the player has to get their own sound.
I personally enjoy setting up my own guitars as I've learnt from all the top guitar builders from Tone Talk episodes on CZcams. It's ok paying someone to setup a guitar, but it still might not be how you want it. You will laugh but there are some players can't tune up their guitars let alone restring.
Awesome ! 🤘🏻🔥🔥🤘🏻
Thanks Nick
Well done man,,I enjoyed that and you done a great job.🤘😎👍
Thanks Neil
Another great video. Love the guitar
Thank you so much. It was a lot of fun to do
I don’t think there is any such thing as a beginner guitar; all guitars are either good or they’re not. If they’re not good, DON’T get one as a beginner or you’ll give up! SO yes - this would be a great option for a beginner, because it’s a good guitar, but it’s also great for anyone who wants a cool looking, great sounding V with good tuning stability 😊👌🏻
Good point well made. For someone who is just starting out learning and doesn't know much about guitars it's always nice to hear that a certain guitar is good for a beginner to learn on tho.
There are a lot of reasons a beginner may give up separate from the quality of the guitar, therefore it's heavily implied that being inexpensive is a plus. You'd also typically want something easy to maintain and mainstream (so a Floyd Rose trem and fan frets aren't considered ideal.) There are many guitars that can serve a beginner well, but the niche of beginner guitars does exist.
Sounds MEAN, really very cool! Have to say though Andy, looks like a toy on you, wish I had one to see what it looks like on me and compare 😂
Yeah I am kinda tall and stuff
@@guitarstuffstudio You are literally a Viking!
Skal
I enjoyed that, and seeing/hearing you play. It's so great to know that a good guitar can still be had at a decent price, and that it can look terrific too. Thanks for doing the review!
Thanks Judy. I'm still astounded that the guitar was as good as it was for the price.
Your face goes all Victorian father when you play. I do mouth munchies. I need to buy this guitar. cheers.
I tried so hard not to make faces lol. Go and get one, it is such a fun guitar to play.
I do not need another guitar,.......but if I could sneak one in and get away with it (my woman already giving me that look) I would give it a go.
Just say you won it or something
@@guitarstuffstudio Think I have fallen into that guy pit,....we have what we need and it for the most part works. Adding becomes noticed, I will think on it might be able to find a side ways in. The other think I have looked at of late is a guitar build kit.
Great demo! They really should make some V's for lefties.
I will mention it to Thomanns. HB don't seem to have the best selection of lefties
Killer video, brother. For those watching and want to see the Cab video: czcams.com/video/MkMpuUJSUgc/video.html
Thanks man
Great video bro
Appreciate it
I just discovered youre you tube channel ,its really interesting so I subscribed , keep up the good work.
Welcome aboard!
"A nun in a cucumber patch " ... Brilliant !! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I've heard from road crew people (many years ago) that many famous guitarists play very light gauges like 8s and lower. Even SRV dropped down to 9s because his wrists were starting to feel those 11s. I just put Reverend Willy's 7s on my PRS Paul's guitar.
Nah SRV never went to 9's that's bs! He may have went lighter but not that light!
EVH, Brian May and Beck all used light (9 or below). Vai uses 9s most of the time and into a tour he might upscale to 10s if he's feeling his wrist has become louder.
@@JohnVieto yeah that's true, I forgot SRV was using 13's I think he went down to 11s or something like that.
The guitar community on Twitter is a pretty good group of people. We usually run of the dickheads who want to be aholes.
Thanks for watching. Got some real nerdy guitar stuff coming up very soon so make sure you like and subscribe so you don't miss anything.....
Still love that guitar 😛
She's a beaut
One of the best things I have ever done was change to light strings.
I think 7s are just a little too light for me. 8s are my sweet spot
crikey!
I know right
@@guitarstuffstudio I thought I was being racy using nines...... I'm an OAP now and I'll get some 7s and 8s to try them out. Some of my guitars have tens and I have a problem bending more than half a tone. Cheers!
I know that the quality is lesser on CZcams, especially since I don't pay for it, but I do like the sound.
Thanks man
I have the first iteration of HB's vertical 2x12 cabinet with the V30s and just happened to find it at a thrift store for $59.99 USD. I am very happy with it and could not pass up the deal.
I use one of HB's vertical vintage 30 cabs under my Marshall DSL20. I think it's a killer little cab for home and studio use. I wouldn't try touring with one since the construction is more medium duty rather than heavy duty. But I can honestly recommend these cabs for any budget minded player. Tone wise, it sounds like any other modern V30 loaded cab. So you know what you are getting. Nearly all modern V30 cabs are loaded with Asian production speakers regardless of brand or price point.
The BULK of our guitar/bass work, when I was in my shop was restring and clean!
Mr. Beast? Whatever HAPPENED to MS. BEAST????
I don't think we talk about him anymore
@@guitarstuffstudio LOL! Or HER it seems lol!
A cab being very heavy isn't necessarily a good thing as a quality material like real pine or baltic birch plywood is considerably lighter than cheap stuff like MDF and particle board. V30s are made in Vietnam not China and as Harley Benton guitars are also made in Vietnam I would imagine this cab is made there as well. Basically a couple of V30s would cost about as much as this cab loaded so it seems a pretty good deal.
Well I’m convinced, the only thing stopping me clicking the link and buying one right now is that I don’t have an amp head to use it with!! 😂
‘Stacks up’ 😂, yes we see what you did there!
💜
Sounds nice and tight! Now I want a 2x12.
Thanks for watching. This was my first ever gear review. I'm sure I'll get better probably.