HARLEY BENTON FINALLY DID IT

HARLEY BENTON FINALLY DID IT - ST Modern Plus

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0:00 Unboxing
1:01 Product Shots
2:29 Produced Track
4:34 Introduction
7:35 Features
13:51 How can they afford that hardware?
16:58 Clean Sounds
18:35 Who’s watching?
19:43 More Sounds
23:12 Mid-Gain
24:30 Trem Test
26:49 High Gain
29:06 MY2CENTS
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@christophercripps6017 Ай бұрын

Harley Benton has really stepped up their game in recent years. These are beautiful instruments

@bencekulcsar7441 Ай бұрын

+1 for warehouse test

@KjellBerg81 Ай бұрын

Yes, I think it would be a cool idea to go to the warehouse and inspect the necks. Keep up the amazing work Henning

@BASILEMOJO Ай бұрын

especially some picture on thomann are less promessing...

@zedka_9832 Ай бұрын

Hello, love your job, please go to the warehouse

@564df6g5h4d6f5g4h6d5 Ай бұрын

When your talking about the necks. Your talking about the compound radius?????

@Thomalom Ай бұрын

@@564df6g5h4d6f5g4h6d5 The beautiful flame

@felixayala05 28 күн бұрын

@@564df6g5h4d6f5g4h6d5I believe his doubt concerns the figuring/flame part.

@rockoutmichigan Ай бұрын

HB is really becoming something amazing lately!

@CYBERDROiD9000 Ай бұрын

Yes, warehouse video, please! :) The guitars look stunning.

@eoinc4091 Ай бұрын

A bit of ‘Viggle room’ for the ‘Viggle sticken’ 🤣

@sebastiendeheaulme125 Ай бұрын

Battle between this new guitar and the Sire S7 ?

@thelolguy007 Ай бұрын

The flame Top version actually looks like the Sire. Especially with that larger top horn. Maybe same factory?

@KimboTheAussie Ай бұрын

Sire for sure!

@BASILEMOJO Ай бұрын

SIRE HEADSTOCK MUST BE THE UGLIEST HEADSTOCK I HAVE EVER SEEN

@predigr Ай бұрын

Well, the head of the Sire kills a bit the guitar. HB is the first non-fender strato with a nice head I see. But yeah, both seem pretty comparable. This is cheaper. I personally think this HB sound more straty than the S7.

@LajosJunghaus Ай бұрын

Yes, the pickups sound way better than the Sire S7 FM pickups. That’s why i change my pickups in my S7 now with DiMarzio The Cruiser DP187 Brigde for neck and middle. That’s the actual Andy Timmons live set.

@stevecassidyguitar Ай бұрын

Awesome Stuff Mr Henning! 😎👌 Another vote for the warehouse check 😁👍 I've also just ordered one 🥳

@panosv7258 Ай бұрын

cant wait for your video mate

@Some_Habitual_Guitarist Ай бұрын

These look awesome. Can't believe how great the specs on these are. Great review btw!

@KimboTheAussie Ай бұрын

Till you get one in your hands...

@smeagol37 Ай бұрын

I got mine today and I can tell you the flamed neck is phenomenal!

@mihaitruta6481 Ай бұрын

Man, that s a great deal. Thank you for the review man, as always

@AlexandruCojocaru27 Ай бұрын

A pleasure to watch, as always. I am sure this is going to be a big success for HB, It will be difficult not to get more than one. I'd love to see HB focusing more on mid-level tier models like this one.

@DarylT64 Ай бұрын

Yes please make a surprise visit to the warehouse. Maybe get an update on any other models coming. Would like to see if the necks are really like that because that neck is awesome.🎸🤘🏻

@fenrirsghost2051 Ай бұрын

Nice one again Henning. Thx for the review. And yes, 100% GO to the warehouse check 👍

@ChrrZ Ай бұрын

these 2 look and sound amazing!

@charlesharper7292 Ай бұрын

Three of my HBs have roasted maple necks. They are all exquisite. I bet this is what you will find at the HB warehouse. But, what the hell. It will make a nice class trip.😅

@bluwng Ай бұрын

I love rounded edges and anything with binding disallows it.

@nedim_guitar Ай бұрын

I agree! I prefer rounded edges on an S-style. But I could go for a bound if I like the looks and feel of a guitar. I've never seen myself as a purist or having a particular preference, I'm not just one guitar type player. I play Teles, Strats, PRS double cut, Yamaha Revstar, I've tried Les Pauls and other single cut, but I moved away from those. Turns out my main preference is single coils, leaning mostly towards the Strat. And I play pretty loud and heavy. Humbuckers tend to get a bit dark. Wide range humbuckers, though...

@brandall101 10 күн бұрын

You can definitely round binding! It's just plastic, super easy to shave or take sandpaper to.

@jamesmarciniec4787 Ай бұрын

Wow, they look and sound fantastic.

@OmgItsAlexOfficial Ай бұрын

I ordred one when they launched this morning. Crazy excited

@bluematrix5001 Ай бұрын

Great Video dear Papillon!

@Chris4Liberty Ай бұрын

I received my ST-Modern Plus yesterday. Looks, feels and sounds really good. No complaints, except for one really big one: the fretboard edges are not rolled.

@StudioChimiel Ай бұрын

I was there for that conversation. I felt at minute 35 you were finally getting somewhere.

@benstewart9207 Ай бұрын

His English is very schbäschl 🤪

@mikesaw81 Ай бұрын

I just love your videos and your funny faces keepup the good work LoL

@lone-wolf-1 Ай бұрын

I vote too for a warehause visit. But not for checking consistency in specs (since I think the overall quality consistancy of the pro line of Harley Bentons is in a very narrow ballpark for such affordable guitars), but more for me expecting an interesting insightful video. 😊 This two are very very nice guitars! I 🔥🤟

@CountNetsrac Ай бұрын

I vote for you going to the warehouse, too. I'm sure a interesting and hilarious video will come out of it.

@JustSomeGuy Ай бұрын

Glad you mentioned the issue with the saddles. I brought the bridge years ago, and I've never been able to palm mute with those saddles. On the plus side, they make action adjustments a breeze.

@michael1 Ай бұрын

? I don't get what he's saying at all - how can you palm mute by putting your hand on top of the bridge? I mean it's a floating bridge for one thing so you'd push the guitar out of tune. And where you pick changes the tone so everyone is picking at different places yeah? over the neck, back near the bridge and between the 2.

@Leo_ofRedKeep Ай бұрын

@@michael1 Palm muting can only be done this way and is done on all floating bridges without issues. It gives played notes a staccato effect. Muting with the palm is not palm muting and doesn't do the same thing: it mutes the strings that are not being played.

@JustSomeGuy Ай бұрын

@@michael1 The Babicz bridge is slightly raised where the strings comes out of the saddles, so you can't rest your palm across that point. The problem is that's the sweet spot for palm muting.

@cameronfarrell9076 27 күн бұрын

@@michael1 you'd only push the guitar out of tune if you're not used to palm muting on a trem and you put a lot of unnecessary pressure on the bridge. I've owned Floyd rose tremolos since my first guitar so I'm used to resting my hand lightly. My mate tried to play my guitars once and he put so much pressure on them because he plays non trem bridges and puts a lot of pressure on the bridge. Honestly it's probably a really good thing to learn how to do regardless of bridge style, putting that much pressure that you'd push it out of tune can't be good for your hand or your technique

@michael1 27 күн бұрын

@@cameronfarrell9076 You don't need a lot of pressure to push a string out of tune. Even fretting a string can do this. Bending strings moves the bridge. It needs a reasonable amount of force to do a divebomb, but the slightest touch on the trem bar will change the pitch. Although you obviously have the advantage of a lever there I think if you observe more closely you'll see that you're altering the pitch if you rest your hand on the bridge because the bridge is moving. And I say look rather than hear deliberately because it's possible that your pitch sensitivity isn't high enough to notice small changes and that you can't tell by listening. Nevertheless others will be able to hear and it is happening.

@jogmas12 Ай бұрын

It’s about freakin time !

@HarleyBentonOfficial Ай бұрын

Thanks for the honest review as always! 🤟😎

@predigr Ай бұрын

You may consider to open a custom shop for people that want your expertise and factory to make its own guitar with a very competitive price. I can't find a guitar of my love yet in all strato like I see, even ultras. By the way, congrats for the HEAD of the guitar, it is the 1st time I see a non-fender strato with a nice head. Keep up with the great work.

@HarleyBentonOfficial Ай бұрын

@@predigr We'd love to do it but right now it's not possible yet. Hopefully in future!

@pedalscapes Ай бұрын

Very nice looking guitars - Nice touch on the 7/8 - Cheers😎

@archbox8593 Ай бұрын

14:17 I guess you can say Thomann has a bit of leverage on the whammy bar :P (i will see myself out, thank you)

@jancabri8291 Ай бұрын

Exactly: EUHEU! Great review, Henning!

@gjm1971 Ай бұрын

UPDATE Yesterday mine finally arrived, and yes the neck is as flame as these two that you reviewed.... BUT unfortunately arrived with scratchy, unpolished frets and some not leveled correctly from the 14th fret to the 22nd... so i have extreme fret buzz and dead spots, even with a high string action! I wait for a refund from Thomann to fix it... That bad QC again... 🙁

@JackJD Ай бұрын

You mean that thomann will refund you for the poor QC?? Didn't know they would do that

@gjm1971 Ай бұрын

@@JackJD It not the first time that I get a refund to keep and fix a guitar. They have amazing support 🔥

@tessi4993 Ай бұрын

Hell yeah I want to see a warehouse tour 🤘🏻 by the way please review the Harley Benton Tube 15 amp :)

@paplays5468 Ай бұрын

sound comparison with sire s7!!

@gott2585 Ай бұрын

Hello Henning, usable China made locking tuners (for example Guyker) you can buy for $20 with all taxes and shipping. Thomann will buy it probably for less than 5$. $50 as you said is a bit to much.

@mannyfragoza9652 Ай бұрын

Harley Benton ST-Modern Plus HSS FBLB... very nice indeed

@emilbergdahl3063 Ай бұрын

Nice!

@hoodedbugler Ай бұрын

As always better than the official video. I want the white one, I think. Maple fretboard, stainless steel frets, great price

@andrewkrodel7976 Ай бұрын

The best thing about this is you can easily swap the pickups and electronics on the pick guard. The fusion III it’s no so easy. I’m tempted but I agree with you on the bridge.

@aristocaster Ай бұрын

The volume pot is moved where it is normally on Strat, and that is great.

@dieketarre Ай бұрын

Hardtail version please! Knock off a few bucks and solve the chunky bridge issue in one fell swoop!

@gjm1971 Ай бұрын

Next week i will receive the ST-Modern Plus HSS OW, hope the neck will be like these two 🙏

@stefanchernev4996 Ай бұрын

Also, a SSS version would be great, because the currentHB with SSS are not so deluxe...

@Leo_ofRedKeep Ай бұрын

It has a coil split. The fools who think it's not "proper" won't want anything that is modern anyway.

@truthofthematteris1056 Ай бұрын

Oh man I have been waiting for this for so long😭😭😭😭

@user-iz6ry2ms6x Ай бұрын

Beautiful AX's wow ... Thomann

@steviesynapse Ай бұрын

Great review Henning, yes to the ‘warehouse neck check’. Great looking guitars and specs, I’ve just ordered one. Staggered locking tuners and no string trees would have ‘knocked it out of the ball park’.

@charlesharper7292 Ай бұрын

Damnit Henning! HB did it again!!! They stole Fender's thunder. Very nice.❤

@titoos4570 Ай бұрын

Do it do it do it !!! ❤

@augareth 27 күн бұрын

Your product shots Henning are world class. Brands should pay you for photo shoots.

@EytschPi42 27 күн бұрын

They should

@ustadb Ай бұрын

Apart from the great guitars and review - there was some very nice song during the unboxin intro ... like it very much 😍🎶

@Elias_a95 Ай бұрын

Can’t wait for the SC-custom 3 review

@dallionaire8947 Ай бұрын

The neck pickup sounds great

@transparent6748 Ай бұрын

Well I just ordered one ,,flame bengal left handed,should arrive in the middle of next week here in Denmark 🤞,,thanks for the review

@paulklement4511 Ай бұрын

You go there; select one and I buy it 🎉😂 - as allways....charming video - thanks

@eoinjames4018 Ай бұрын

Super content as always, can you please tell me what the frets are like on these they look tiny in the pictures

@terribleligadelmal4541 Ай бұрын

Crowd: 🎼 ||: Ware-house-test! :|| 🎶

@jonatanronaldgonzalezariza18 Ай бұрын

Great video ....the st modern is better a fender stratocaster????

@kiko2129 Ай бұрын

deffo go to thomann and check that. i miss your old thomann videos XD

@rockheavy1972 Ай бұрын

I would love to see that video visiting the warehouse :)

@PooNinja Ай бұрын

Yes please

@undertaekertv 29 күн бұрын

I love how it is slightly offset

@derKleine92 Ай бұрын

Ich hab 2011 oder 2012 eine Harley Benton Gitarre spielen können. Die war so „naja, ging so“. Die aktuellen sehen so unfassbar gut aus. Leider habe ich seitdem nie wieder eine in der Hand gehabt. Wird also Zeit😃

@deluxeedition46 Ай бұрын

Yes do it! Go warehouse make little video on here showing it the trip/experience, be fun and educational 👍

@asmol82 Ай бұрын

I really liked the roasted neck. ) For beginners, very good! ;)

@pascallionaire970 Ай бұрын

I am absolutely in love with those flamed necks! This is a smart move by HB because you don't see them on many low to mid-range priced models from other brands. This, paired with the modern features, might eventually make me put an HB next to my Krautster II at some point. Generally, there is too little talk about the look of guitar necks, in my opinion, because the neck is what you see the most while playing guitar, especially as an introverted guitarist like me 😅

@JoeBaermann Ай бұрын

Found it very easy to adjust to Babicz trem bridges, probably caused by playing with a lively FR for some years, the more expensieve version of them are my absolute favorite, it has side locking. Thomann did not and probably still doesn’t have the 2 point version of those, had to order 2 recently via the distributor instead. As I did mention earlyer, the Wilkinson bridge on the Fusion III does not stay in tune with heavy trem usage even when clamped down for only dives, these do.

@TheBbtlegit Ай бұрын

Great looking guitars.

@I.M.Guitar-Nerd Ай бұрын

I like the warehouse idea.

@alexb.5703 Ай бұрын

@EytschPi42 how are the pots? On my HB fusion III they are set for the humbucker so the single coils are very bright…is it the same here? Very tempted to pull the trigger on the Olympic white one 😜

@user-jz4gy2vk4c Ай бұрын

How is it compared to the Sire?

@philipp0327 Ай бұрын

Great Video. What's the amp for the clean sounds?

@TimmayZ Ай бұрын

these look awesome! Can you tell what the weight are on these? (Or did I miss that in the video?)

@Cpmnk Ай бұрын

They need to make a tele version of these

@TheNeumanizer Ай бұрын

I hope those are coming! Or even Jaguars! I'm not a strat guy, but I like the specs.

@Cpmnk Ай бұрын

@@TheNeumanizer a hh jazzmaster like this would be a dream guitar for me

@equaleyez Ай бұрын

HP if you have a day to go to the warehouse, please go !

@mkrj2576 Ай бұрын

Beautiful guitars. Lots of players want a hardtail HSS S style guitar.

@NuclearSoda Ай бұрын

And while you’re in the warehouse check the fret work, especially if the frets sit well in the fret slots. Cause I returned an HB with horrible fret work and haven’t wanted to buy one since.

@johndo9648 Ай бұрын

Was very excited seeing those specs. Then I realised I don’t like strata and single coils 🤣 Thanks for the show and tell. 😊

@andres.igmendez Ай бұрын

would you pick this up or a squire If your looking for a good budget strat that could eventually be modded to get close to a Fender strat level? (in terms of electronics, pickups, neck, frets, etc)

@paullittle8719 Ай бұрын

Whats the name of the song playing during the unboxing? It's fantastic.

@Nasosdag Ай бұрын

The shape of the veneered one has strong Larry Carlton ST-models vibes... the upper cutaway seems more pronounced. Just something I noticed. They look and sound great anyway. And definitely bang for buck.

@Rose.Of.Hizaki Ай бұрын

I have a 90s pacifica that looks exactly like the LPB apart from the colour and it needs a LOT of work. By the time im done with it, I might aswell just buy the LPB. Too bad it doesnt come in purple.

@markjoseph8795 Ай бұрын

*The ST modern HB guitar looks quite a bit like my workhorse guitar...ESP LTD Elite ST-1.* *Minus the Floyd Rose...of course.* *Nice demo!*

@rollingslothmachine3431 Ай бұрын

These look and sound great! It`s funny that this is pretty much exactly what I did to my first guitar ever, a Yamaha Pacifica 112 from 2006, including the Babicz bridge, new hardware and Wilkinson instead of Tesla Pickups. I have a Harley Benton 550 with Teslas as well, so I know they sound great too. When I upgraded my Pacifica a few years ago, the Harley Bentons just switched from Wilkinson to something else I didn't really like. But the Tesla PUs are on par with Wilkinson again. Both PU brands don't have to shy away from the G"redacted" PUs in my LP ether and have a way better price to performance ratio. That pelham blue one is very tempting though, since my Pacifica is "only" candy apple red and I prefere blue. Maybe I have to give those a try. Thank you for the honest review as always, Henning! Edit: Oh and for everyone wondering how good the Babicz bridge is. I played guitars with Fender, Ibanez Japan, Duesenberg, Bigsby, as well as PRS USA vibratos and except for the Duesenberg, this is my favorite by far. It stays in tune exceptionally well, even when I don't play the Pacifica for weeks (shame on me ^^"). It also manages tuning to drop D well without having to retune the other strings and yes, I have no problems palm muting with it. :D

@chaz__ Ай бұрын

The HB website is saying these models have a laurel fretboard. Is it as dark as it looks on camera? I hope so, because a dark fretboard is my favourite on a strat.

@robertholtom9345 Ай бұрын

Hey Great Review, Yes Harley Benton Has come out with some great Stratocasters, for a very reasonable Price, even better than Squier's Classic Vibes Or Contemporary Stratocasters. Rock On!

@theoduch5051 Ай бұрын

My god finally a cool hss with 22 frets from Harley Benton ♥️ tho i'm kinda sad the neck carve on the green one isn't available on the blue one

@androtekman6131 Ай бұрын

Yes go to Thomanns.

@jogmas12 Ай бұрын

Wonder if they will do a TE modern???

@fishypaw Ай бұрын

Quite a lot of guitar for the price. Add staggered tuners and a more easily muted bridge (like you suggest), and I'd be tempted.

@greatvanzini Ай бұрын

Warehouse check would be great!

@sir-gamesalot 17 күн бұрын

Hey, What kind of guitar stand were you showing at the beginning of the video?

@DelvunShadowheart 19 күн бұрын

they look awesome! are you gonna compare them to jet js400?

@canadianintheukbrian Ай бұрын

If there is two brands in my humble opinion that are giving a massive FU to the big brands is Vintage UK Guitars and Harley Benton I own two Vintages love them to bits, this HB looks and sounds great, I am looking at next year on a new guitar , man , I tell yah these two companies have you covered I really love this Harley Benton ST-Modern, on the Vintage UK , they should be worried with these models the specs on them blows me away, I always love your reviews , I love honesty, that Lake Placid Blue colour looks brilliant , me thinks there is HB in my future ,

@DoctorSilence95 Ай бұрын

This is pretty much the same guitar as my Japanese Fender aerodyne special Strat. Same trem and all but for less than half the price which is amazing. Wouldn’t trade my aerodyne for anything though. Best guitar I own by far.

@vinylftw 26 күн бұрын

My guitar is perfect except the same exact noise/hum that can be heard in this video when guitar is not been played. I mostly own guitars with active humbuckers and hardtail bridges so this noise is new to me. Is it because of passive single coil pickups or arent the Tesla pickups not good enough? Or is it a shielding or grounding problem? The noise is louder when playing with tube amp, solid state is not as bad.

@nobelj3137 Ай бұрын

thi is a wonderful looking guitar but when shopping i noticed the framus d series and its extremly similar no roasted neck but it comes with 3 seymour duncan pickups in a very interesting combination and the framus is 50 euro cheaper but i get it yall love the woodgrain lol .

@jroobz Ай бұрын

that is bonkers

@shawnhockey4841 Ай бұрын

Yes I’m for the warehouse video, also I prefer the non strat more modern guitar . Also you know all the big dawgs I loved the phill cover can’t wait for the MEETTTAAALLL🔥🎸🤘Version

@uktmaxx Ай бұрын

looks so like the Sire S7 - especially the flame one!

@worldoftanksaveragaplayer Ай бұрын

If you don't notice the differences to the Sire you must be pretty blind!

@uktmaxx Ай бұрын

@@worldoftanksaveragaplayer offs... i am just saying that the flame one is similar NOT THE SAME

@Jay-rd6fe 3 күн бұрын

id totally get this one to my expierence the pro harley bentons or higher end ones feel great look great good specs the difrence to id say an ibanez premium since those have simulair specs is that the ibanez u can feel is a bit more premium but besides that id still go for a 399 euro guitar over a 1500 ibanez premium any day