Harley Benton G112Plus Unloaded

I needed an empty 112 cab to be my new workhorse for practice. It had to be compact and lightweight yet still stand up to abuse. Thomann released these and I pulled the trigger pretty quickly. I loaded it with a 16 ohm Celestion V-Type, which is a really underrated and versatile speaker unit.

A few issues I had with my particular cab:
1. The cab is not 100% straight. I had to space the rubber feet with thin washers to make it sit level.
2. There was some solder or small metal debris in the connectors - I had to spend 20 minutes gouging it out and carefully re-bending them to fit them onto the terminals on the speaker.
3. On the mesh cover, there is a small piece of rectangular wood behind the Harley Benton logo. The corner of this wood actually hit the edge of the mounted speaker frame, so the mesh cover was unable to fit flush onto the baffle. I had to place a thin cutting board between the wood and mesh, and carefully shave the corner off with a very sharp knife. Now the mesh cover fits just fine.
4. The mesh is not the greatest quality, so it may rip if it catches a corner on the move.
5. The handle does not have enough "travel" for larger hands, so it's not super comfortable to carry.

Despite these issues, it looks very clean and it sounds great.

Like most Harley Benton products, they usually have a few issues than can be fixed, and what you are left with is a lot of functionality for the money you pay.

A sturdy little cabinet for a price that makes it a bargain.
Unlike the 212 Plus Vertical, this cabinet has propper bushings for mounting the backloaded speaker, take note that the frontgrill is removable, that makes it easy for close up microphone placement.
Overall assembly looks pretty good, the front baffle is attached/stabilized by the frame in the front.
The tolex isn’t the best, but ok for the price, didn’t find any air pockets like on the other cab either, so job well done.
Besides using better tolex or even better, a paint like DuraTex, there are two things that can be improved.
1. The jack connector, I wish SwitchCraft was the minimum standard.
2. The terminals/connectors that are attached to the speakers.
Check how easy it is to take the ones Orange uses of the speaker.
All it takes is pinching the little thing at the end, having to use a tool is pita, especially when there isn’t a lot of additional lenght on the wiring.

Deffo recomending this cab, it’s a steal.