Harley Benton SC-1000 SBK Progressive Line

Købt som første guitar til min søn, der elsker den.
Den krævede lige et lille setup, da den kom frem, men intet voldsomt.
Den lyder ret godt på fuldt blus, men grundet EMG Pick upperne, er den ikke ret dynamisk. Du kan fint skrue ned for volumen, men det er først på de sidste 10% at den begynder at rydde op i mængden af Distortion. Det betyder intet i min verden, men kunne måske godt irritere andre.
Der er måske nogle små uperfekte steder i lakken, men man skal lede ret målrettet efter det og andre vil nok bare kalde det relic. Lakken er tynd, så man kommer hurtigt til at slå små skjolder maling af guitaren. Igen, så betyder det intet i min bog. Denne guitar har fået min søn hooked på at spille guitar, så den har bestemt gjort sit arbejde til perfektion.

Efter at have prøvet en HB'er i øvelokale vidste jeg, at næste guitar skulle være denne.

Guitaren spiller fantastisk hvor vægten især er det som positivt overraskede mig. Pickupperne lyder helt fantastiske.
Det eneste minus er tunerne som nægter at holde tuning - det er forventet at noget skulle trække denne guitar tilbage når man tænker på prispunktet.

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This is my first guitar with active pickups. I'm a huge Metallica fan, and love the sound that Hetfield gets from his guitars with active pickups. I ordered the L-1000VB fully understanding it wouldn't compare to a much more expensive Hetfield model ESP guitar. With that being said, I was blown away when the guitar arrived.

The finish is a cool looking matte black. The pickups are also black, which gives it a very cool look when paired with the gold hardware. The flag inlays also add to the look of the guitar. So aesthetically it looks awesome.

The tuners on this guitar are sort of loose and imprecise. I was surprised because the chrome hardware on my other Harley Bentons was quite good. The guitar came with D'Adario strings which was a nice plus. Most guitars these days seem to come with terrible strings that you have to replace right away. The D'Adario's are nice. The guitar also came with a 9V battery, which is nice. Would suck to get the guitar and not be able to play it because you didn't have a battery laying around. The guitar is silent until you put the battery in the compartment in the back of the guitar. Like I said, I've never had a guitar with active pickups, so I don't know if all of them behave that way.

The sound quality is very good. The pickups seem to be quite hot, which I was very happy about. Hammer ons, pull offs and tapping are all very easy to do. Also get some nice sounding pinch harmonics and a nice chug when I palm mute the E string. Sounds very dark and heavy when tuned down.

Now the bad part:
I ordered my L-1000VB along with a L-450Plus. Both guitars were shipped in separate cardboard boxes. Then each box is loaded inside of another outer cardboard box. The only sort of padding was a couple of air bladders that were wedged in. This prevents the guitars from shifting, but offer very little in the way of protecting the guitars. Both the L-1000VB and L-450Plus arrived damaged.

The L-450 had a broken 3 way switch, and the L-1000VB has a crack on the corner of the headstock. It looks like it was dropped. It cracked the clearcoat and the wood underneath is splintered. It's really a pity, because I love this guitar. Thomann really needs to figure out a better way to ship these guitars so they are better protected. I've ordered guitars from China that are packaged in styrofoam and they arrive in pristine condition. Cardboard boxes simple don't offer any sort of protection. I have to send photos of the damage to the guitars, and the boxes to Thomann so they can investigate. Hopefully I can get a pristine L-1000VB once they review my photos.