CHEAP Guitar EXPENSIVE Upgrades | Harley Benton Project
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- It's DIY time! Let's improve Harley Benton Progressive Line guitar with some Gibson USA hardware and Fishman Fluence pickups.
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Fishman Fluence Moderns - www.thomann.de/gb/fishman_flu...
Grover Tuners - www.thomann.de/gb/gibson_pmmh...
TOM Bridge - www.thomann.de/gb/gibson_pbbr...
Stopbar - www.thomann.de/gb/gibson_stop...
String Butler - www.thomann.de/gb/dietrich_pa...
Equivalent Spec LTD Guitar - www.thomann.de/gb/esp_ltd_ec_...
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It's DIY time! Let's improve Harley Benton Progressive Line guitar with some Gibson USA hardware and Fishman Fluence pickups.
Harley Benton Guitar - www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_l1000_vb_progressive_line.htm?offid=1&affid=367
Fishman Fluence Moderns - www.thomann.de/gb/fishman_fluence_modern_aln_hb_set_bk_n.htm?offid=1&affid=367
Grover Tuners - www.thomann.de/gb/gibson_pmmh030.htm?offid=1&affid=367
TOM Bridge - www.thomann.de/gb/gibson_pbbr045_nashville_bridge.htm?offid=1&affid=367
Stopbar - www.thomann.de/gb/gibson_stop_bar_02.htm?offid=1&affid=367
String Butler - www.thomann.de/gb/dietrich_parts_string_butler_v3_full_black.htm?offid=1&affid=367
Equivalent Spec LTD Guitar - www.thomann.de/gb/esp_ltd_ec_1000s_fluence_blk.htm?offid=1&affid=367
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I love chamber music!
Goddamn...this shows how frucking old I am."Dinosaur Death Metal"?(when you first said that I thought you were taking pot shots at late 80s early 90s death metal saying that we were old dinosaurs)....LMAO. After hearing it now I understand what you meant...🤣🤣(sometimes I'm a damn fool).
harley benton now makes headless guitars aswell
i did almost exactly the same. fishmans are killer, i put some planet waves locking tuners, and did the same with bridge and stop bar. couldn't be happier watching the video, no doubts if it worth it!!!! looking forward for an update with the wiring.
Sounds awesome!
Amazing band logo! I couldn't make any sense of it at all!
Highly intentional, I count that as a success.
@@ScienceofLoud Antorbital Fenestra
Looks like it was designed by my doctor, it's his handwriting alright 🙂
Is it real black metal or death metal, for that matter, if you can read the band name? Buncha’ casuals out here 🤣
(Granted, I read this original comment as a compliment).
That's the whole point with Death Metal bands' logos. One might as well grab a handful of cooked spaghetti, twist them for a couple of seconds and there you have it: a death metal band's logo!
Finally a Scottish guitarist that’s not kmac.
You’ve been missing out for yeeeeears brooo
@@elijahwhistler4795 yeah I have tbh
Secretly i thought about the same thing just now 🤔💭😂
@@lunytoonz3466 you too broooo. Catch up there’s years of good videos 🤘🏼🤘🏼
Is Kmac a guitarist?
Can't help but notice how much your playing improved, those leads are smooth asf and those riffs, yo, uff boiiii
When I heard “extreme dinosaur death metal” I lost focus on this video and started to ruminate on those possibilities.
Dinosaurs are metal as fuck.
You are a legend. You did a better job of explaining how to wire Fluence Moderns in 3 mins than Fishman has done in years.
9:20 - My curse - Killswitch Engage
10:15 - In dying days - As Blood Runs Black
ABRB! It's been too long, I couldn't figure out what that was!
Collin was once a core kid
Thankyou
@@BTCTim song always takes me back to freshman year
I am not familiar with the second riff but it reminded me of this kid: czcams.com/video/qPErD_Nq5TY/video.html
Dude . I'm an electronics student right now. I've been playing for years and you're the only dude I've seen to go through these videos and explain things accurately and in the depth they really should be addressed. My hats off to you. Fuck yeah
Just a tip for any newbies out there, chances are, if you don’t enjoy playing the guitar before all of the upgrades, you won’t like it after them either. There can be some exceptions, but usually that’s the case.
In this case, instead of spending $500 on upgrades for a $200 guitar you’ve never played, just get a used ESP LTD EC-1000, or something along those lines. There will be an immense jump in quality.
Speaking from experience, btw.
Edit: if you already have the guitar and like it, spend as much on upgrades as you can! It will only improve it.
Just as well I really enjoyed this guitar before the upgrades then.
The equivalent spec LTD listed in the links is still an Indonesian made instrument. There's very little wrong with the eastern manufactured instruments these days.
CSGuitars Awesome! I love doing that too. I’ve swapped out every part but the body on my trusty squier (now nicknamed Squender) p bass and love it just as much as the day i got it.
Sorry if my comment came across as rude, I’m nearly asleep and it’s harder for me to get my point across when I’m drooling onto my pillow with one eye closed lol. I’ve edited my comment to sound less hostile.
CSGuitars this is the kind of guitar i was referring to btw reverb.com/item/35768012-esp-ltd-ec-1000
CSGuitars one more thing, just wanted to say that you’ve taught me so many things about guitar, and its related gear, and i feel like i owe you thanks.
....never thought I'd see the day you'd install active pickups
I can't decide whether I hate Fishman Fluence unless I've tried them.
Also having one guitar with actives is useful for demo purposes. Even if I don't like them, other people do so it's only fair they get representation.
@@ScienceofLoud very good point. Just find it funny how it was one of your videos that swayed me off them. Unless they are on bass obv :D.
*peckups
@@ScienceofLoud I hated active pickups because all I had tried were the solid plastic cap EMGs (that just don't sound natural). I love the Fishman Fluence Classics I put in my PRS SE Custom 24.
Peckups*
You and Agufish should collaborate on a HB high intergrity project
I'll have a word with my boi, see what he thinks about that.
@@ScienceofLoud A CSGuitars HB signature guitar is a wild dream, but damn, that's a gooood idea
OOOOOH DID I START A CROSSOVER OF MY 2 FAVOURITE MUSICAL TUBERS
HIGH INTERGRITYYY
IT'S HIGH INTERGRITY TIME BOIS
Anyone else think that Harley Benton should create a Colin signature series Singlecut model in this exact configuration? Using the economy of scale, HB should be able to get this exact configuration in at under 450 GBP
Agreed - so long as Colin gets paid a royalty
That would be a good idea.
It could be in the vein of Agufish's signature model :)
@@Kylora2112 I was thinking more along the lines of Colin's Gothic V with the brass hardware.
Or, a full blackout model, including black binding.
It’s not that easy that should sign contracts with fishman and others and it’s gonna cost a fortune.
The way you explain things is brilliant and educational. Saying "those extra pins need to go to a ground by way of grounding or a switch" just really helps explain electronics to those who need it, like me!
HB make some great bang for the buck guitars, I laugh every time I think about how the single Seymour Duncan in my HB strat cost more than the guitar itself.... lol.
As a long time fan of your channel, I can honestly say it’s inspiring how far your guitar chops have come!
ONE OF THE BEST COMPARISONS I HAVE SEEN.
THAT THE GUITAR WORKS IN "TOCK BAND", AND THAT IT SOUNDS ALONE, EXCELLENT GOOD MAN.
Holy shit that mix sounded incredible, perfect for the style. I personally prefer a more prominent bass but still god damn that sounded good
I did the same with the SC Custom but chose P94, 50s Wiring and Tone Pros Hardware. Works great, the most Harley Bentons are great platforms!
your videos are rad, man. keep em coming! Im in the middle of upgrading my own guitar that Ive had 19 years,. 260 when I bought it in 2004. Its been with me a long time and been a part of every wrighting process no matter what better/more expensive guitars Ive owned. I feel its time to let this little gem shine!
Your advice on push/pull pots being 2 items in one housing is invaluable - I was modifying one my guitars yesterday -5 way switch with coil splitting in positions 2 &4 and a preinstalled push/pull- the previous wiring job was a bit of a mess (23 year old guitar) and I had to remind myself a few times that the tone control was fine and didn't need to be touched, just the switch element.
Excellent video as ever, and a great sounding guitar.
Loved your videos for yours. Brilliantly informative, clear and the editing is good
Really, you are turning this INTO an Eclipse.
That's precisely the idea. I think I got pretty close.
It was basically an Eclipse out of the box
@@ScienceofLoud I play the real thing, and LOVE what you did. I mean, ffs, I most often change bits here and there even at the higher end... It takes a shrewd outlook to spot the good playing guitars and tweak them to your spec. Buying the Harley Benton has the great benefit of being playable straight away, throughout the upgrade process. Plus you start to understand what upgrades make what difference etc so I can only praise what you've done here as eminently sensible. Great playing at the end, by the way. Love peace regards and good health from the New Forest UK
Maybe better
I’ve been wanting to get into guitar tech stuff for a while now and I think I just found the perfect channel so thank you for existing👌
Before watching: cool topic! Here's what I treated my Harley Bentons to: Schaller locking tuners, a Stetsbar trem, a Duesenberg Les Trem with roller bridge, String Butlers and, of course, Schaller strap locks.
And I don't regret a single Euro I sunk into them. Solid bodies, straight necks, beautiful finishes - these things basically _beg_ for upgrades. And some HBs are considered on par with expensive names by some, if not slightly better. I do not disagree.
This video game me the knowledge and confidence to get an inexpensive, used Epi SG and turn it in to a black and gold beauty. Great content
Nice upgrades and that lovely uplifting song was just the thing to start my day!🤘😎🤘
The song made the whole video worth it.
Really great tone demos - those are frequently lacking in these sort of videos on other channels.
At a younger age I bought a Godin guitar. It was a joy to play with, the sound was amazing, the pickups sounded like Iron Maideon tone on Seventh Son (yeah the Gallienkrueger era and I like it), there was no noise with the pickups even thought they where hot for my taste. So I decided to upgrade everything, I changed the pickups for Seymour Duncan. And I still regret the move to this day. Even if they are worth 400$ more they are noisier and I am not sure they sound better, they obviously do not sound like the tone I was happy with. Think carefully before you change the hardware of what you think is cheaper than the big names. And think just a second that in 2020 with the technology almost everything sound better and have less noise than the old band we are listening from the 70-80 for a lot less money. And crap from China/Korea these days are a lot better than some of the best stuff we where buying in the 90s. I spent 150k$ on gear in the 90s, and if I would spend the same amount of money today I would have better gear and be able to fill 3 houses like mine instead of a room.
Man, that thing is sick. Im considering doing a mod project with one of these and now the new active jazzmaster they just launched. Nice work. Love it!
Damn!! That's a gorgeous guitar!! Really love the black chrome pickups and bridge with the matte black body..
That ending is the best to finish this wonderfull sunday evening.
Thank you Mister!
Apart from very well upgraded guitar that turnout awesome, your playing improved like hell Colin! You started proper shredding now! Well done mate.
First time I saw a video of his...
I subscribed as soon as he said "the science of loud" love already
I literally bought a pair of Fishman Fluence pickups for my Harley Benton SC-Custom II Lefty (Literally this exact guitar, but lefty) about 4 hours before I found this video. Thanks for letting me hear what I'm likely to get from this.
This video was way more informative than I was expecting
I've just bought a HB explorer with actives that I intend to put blackouts into
And I think I'll be making some more modification now thanks very much
brilliant video, informative, well articulate and easy to follow. coupled with the hilarity of the death metal song in the middle, brilliant
Found a dirt cheap Cort M-100 on ebay this spring. It's an old model and was cheap even back then, but I like the shape so I turned it into an upgrade/revival project. God I love this thing now. Mod everything!!!
I came here directly from the Pickup video, owning a Custom II with passive Roswell pickups. So I found it fascinating that even with quite different pickups there is still a part of the sound that seems to stem from the rest of the "rest!" of the guitar - a part I quite like.
I have never heard a hatley Benton sound so damn sick I thought it was an esp ltd at first a very good job well done
Just got mine delivered, love it. Think I might upgrade my own one too. Great vid
Did not know that the string butler thing exist. Already ordered one. Thanks for this informative video
I've always wanted to do something like that. Looks super fun
I've been here on this channel. Not just the production quality has been so much better, but also Colin's guitar playing.
Great upgrade vid, Colin and entertaining as always. But it would be nice to hear the guitar back to back before and after to hear if it's worth the money...
I havent watched one of your videos in a long time Colin, you've gotten much better at leads!
I've watched in like the couple of your older videos... But this one earned my subscription. I love to take sheep guitars and make them better. And more importantly sound. Excellent work with this one., 👍
i only just saw this today thx to my YT fed !! Thankyou for putting the links to this in the comments. That string butler is interesting !!
The wind swept look in the sound clip made the video for me 👌🏻
The string trees is a new concept I have just now seen. Very cool!
sounds great ! I wish you had compared those fishman with the HBZ active, using the same signal chain, just to hear the difference, but the final result is very convincing.
i've never been a fan of active pickups until i heard/played the fishman fluence moderns. to my ear they have much better "string separation" than other actives.
I can relate to this, my personal guitar is the body of an english squire with the pickups of a japanese strat and a custom neck, pick guard and headstock, the body isn’t as polished as a regular strat but it’s a lot lighter.
Good video. Very informative and entertaining 👏
Dude! Those sound GUD! Lots of brutality and bite and zero overdriven buzz and sizzle like the old HBZs.
I just heard a song about the Pachycephalosaurus and I'm hype about it. 🔥
Now do a song about the Eustreptospondylus.
Dude, you're amazing! I've been a guitarist for almost 8 years now and last year, around March, I decided to buy a bass. Since I never played BASS I went with something really cheap and got me a Harley Benton. Gotta say, they kick ass and they're cheap af!
I intend to do a couple of upgrades to my Jackson JS22-7, including stripping away the paint and giving it a nice new coat of paint (something flashy, bright blue or lambo orange) and replacing the pickups and changing the bridge and tuners. I bought myself a brand new Sterling JP60, so now I can give my Jackson JS22-7 some down time from use and do these mods on it. This 7 string used to be my main guitar for the last three years for recording and practice until I got my Sterling.
I think a lot of people don't realize that you can simply make a cheap guitar sound like a million dollars just by intonating it properly and giving it some good pickups and some other mods if it needs it.
I have a Jackson RR JS32, put some Seymour Duncan on it and guitar is fiiire, now I have a cheap Ibanez that I want to customize (is a guitar that doesn’t matter to customize for the price, but it has a big personal value for me, so…).
Great channel. As a fellow guitarist I could watch these videos all day.
Awesome video Colin❤️
That BMTH riff goes so hard. Mad props for showing it off
Man Colin's been woodshedding. Guitar rocks now! Awesome vid!
Good to see a fellow Scot doing so well on CZcams... Well deserved! 🤘🏻🏴
awesome colin, i did same thing with my ltd ec330, camo wraped the body and headstock, red emg's, locking machine heads. hardware from guitar shop tech.
Love your lyrics bro!!! ;) I dig dinos too man!! Takes Death metal to a new level if you ask me! Rock on bro!! Ty for all your detailed talk on gear too, I still like to modify my stuff at times too.
It's all good! These upgrades to a cheap guitar, reminds me of the old farm pickup truck with a kickass engine on the show Street Outlaws. It'd be funny watching people who didn't see you mod this and say, "You're playing a crappy Harley Benton?", and then you proceed to melt their face off with this metal beast!
Dude! Cool playing. Cool guitar also :)
Colin: "let me take an all black guitar and make the accenting parts gold!"
Also Colin: "let me take a guitar with gold accents and make them black!"
Just playing around. Love your videos
Dude I had no idea you could shred like that. That was killer!
Dude, I remember you saying you are bad at playing.. should I give it up then!? :P Great Jurassic music, let the Dyno be with you.
I'm just good at only showing the stuff I can do. Extreme editing.
@@ScienceofLoud I guess is a skill too :)
Dude those vocals were just awesome 🤘🏻
That In Dying Days riff hit me hard man! Was not expecting that at all from you!
Your riffs are absolutely brutal.
I need more of this Dinosaur Deathmetal project 🦖 🤘🏽💀🤘🏽
Awesome. Video. Though I wish you had a “before clean” and an “after clean” video so we could hear what the actual difference was before all the pedaling and amping for death metal.
Lesson learned! That's just science (of loud) and you can't argue with science.
Fisman's are awesome and just straight up buying some RGD7 with fishman's pickups might save me a lot of upgrades and work for years to come.
But good to know how fun those upgrade projects are.
Awesome job on this collin !! :)
Got so happy when heard the verse riff of as blood runs black
Someday i could buy a guitar too😍
Musicians like you keep inspiring me💓
a cool upgrade will be also a piezo bridge , thos lespaul style bridge with piezo are quite affordable , thinking of installing one on my lespaul style guitar ,
Really cool. The Guitar Sound ist very good , your playing is excellente. 🎼🎸🎼🎸👏👍🙂
Nice playing, nice guitar, nice rig, nice video 😎
extreme dinosaur death metal is exactly the genre we need in 2020 🤘🏻
PS this sounds so good, it makes me want to upgrade from the stock BC Rich BDSM pickups on my warlock to Fishman Fluence Modern
Recently bought a HB SC Custom Line, the one with gold roswell pu’s and straplocks for a £100 with a gigbag and I’m satisfied for the price 🤘
Barely used too!
Those upgrades definitely make the guitar sound alot better, that tone is great and that song is brilliant although you know I love a bit of death metal haha
Great educational vid! Thanks
That As Blood Runs Black song was of the first things I learned when I got my first electric guitar. Jesus... the nostalgia
He really did it. He said something good about active pickups
Logo of your new death metal project is unreadable. APPROVED 🤟😁
Seriously sick mods man! Not a bad substitute for an EC-1000!
That moment when you can understand growling more then his Scottish accent lol
just kidding man, grate job, keep on creating good content! 🤟
Appreciate the As Blood Runs Black riff!
A dinosaur death metal project!?! With intelligent lyrics!?! I am down with that!!! As long as blast beats are involved some way you are golden my dude.
Your videos made me want to get my black Epi LP Delux again which has been neglected for far, far too long.
The only upgrades I made to mine is a set of new tuners - Gotoh self-lock, in black of course - I hated those vomit-green plastic thingies and when one of them broke off I was only too eager to get the lot replaced. And I put on black volume/tone knobs. I had thought about getting some new pickups for it, but given mine has those mini humbuckers this limited choices for my always-broke butt back then.
But no matter, I shall first off get familiar again with the old girl.
BTW, it was only after I purchased the guitar in the very late 90s that I realized that her serial no. ended in "666". If this is not a sign...
in some videos his hair is majestic, in others he has that grunge look from my high school days. lol, no real reason why i wanted to mention that but love the videos. keep them coming.
You're dino death metal project better include a Jurassic Park sample and/or cover of the theme.
That's a terrible idea and I love it. It's going on the list.
@@ScienceofLoud if Oxygen Destroyer and Mortician can sample Toho and horror movies, then you can sample Jurassic Park.
Look up the band Graf orlock, they turned Jp into a break down of sorts. The band weekend nachos did a great thing with the theme from lavender town
Honestly sounds pretty similar to my EC-1000 with EMGs. The neck looks quality enough to probably play similar too. Wild. About $300 less than mine was when I bought it. A lot of work though. Plus, that string tree is a great inclusion. Probably stays in tune way better than mine, even with locking tuners.
The mix sounded awesome, looking forward to try the fluence modern set myself. The riff at 10:15 is killer! Can’t get enough of that
If I'm not mistaken, that's an old As I Lay Dying riff.
@@hedbngr18 thnx
@@hedbngr18as blood runs black, in dying days
Great video Sir !!
I have 2 of these and they are amazing for the price, unlike the SC Custom Line Silverburst that I got as a B-Stock
Thought about getting this for my buddy in Christmas and upgrade the picks up for fishman moderns he will definitely love it and passing down my line 6 pod go to him
You are going to throw away a whole lot of money then! The pickups alone cost more than this POS! I had this exact same guitar and it feels like plastic! Every single part is cheap and it will not stay in tune! Your friend is just going to be disappointed, even if he doesn’t say it.
I've got a Squier Bullet made in China Strat I bought on facebook marketplace for $50. It was okay but obviously had been played a lot as the pickup magnets were pretty flogged and the pickguard and knobs were beaten up. I put in a genuine Fender loaded pickguard from USA. Had to wood putty some old holes and drill some new ones. The hardware on old vs new was trash vs treasure. Ernie Ball slinkys and lemon oil on the fingerboard. Like a new guitar. Now it's a $140 dollar guitar but sounds and plays friggin awesome! Locking tuners are next. My mate is a real muso and reckons it's pretty good!