Excited for the livestream! 🤟

Hb has turned up the heat with this new high spec'd series. If Fender made this even in Mexico, it would be $2000. Looking forward to the comparisons with Charvel, fusion, Fender etc. Thanks Steve!

Mate you crack me up “the trem also moves my bottom lip” lol 😂 another great video keep up the stellar work

Happy NGD Steve, I received a Harley Benton TE-62 in Shell Pink yesterday and I can't stop playing it.

I was thinking about getting the seafoam green but that white is really nice . HUMMM.🎸🤘🏻

Nice guitar, but your eye glasses are even cooler 🤓

The excitement 🤣🤣. The best colour choice too

Wow that's an amazing looking guitar, the fret board and back of the neck look fantastic, it sounded great even through just the lapel mic, looking forward to the full review, tempted to to get one !! 👍🎸😄

Totally honest and legit feedback. Hope HB is listening!

Anyone else got a hold of one yet? 😀 Hows yours? Mixed reviews so far 😬 I'll know more after more playtime 🎸

Very Cool, Thankyou Steve. Nice guitar, and WOW, the Neck on that guitar is gorgeous. All the Best. Cheers

Great review, as usual, Mr. Cassidy. Here's a suggestion. If you find fiddling around with your light source to be an annoyance, you might want to change the over all lighting scheme of your set. Even from the early days, I have thought it to be rather cave-like. Consider functional lighting for reviews over mood lighting. Just my two cents. Cheers!

Love the flame on that neck

Hey man, EXCELLENT - Thanks for this video! I will get one of those new HB guitars, too. They all are already sold out, after just a few days! In 6 - 8 weeks they will be available again... CHEERS from germany!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Ahh!, you got the white one, that is my favorite combination too. I like the output jack on the front as well, the cable is not in the way when playing sitting down. The updated JET JS-300 have the output jack on the front too 😍 Beautiful flames on that neck and fretboard 👍 Happy NGD! 🙂

Awesome! I wasn't planning on getting any guitars soon, I had forgot the ST modern plus was coming out though! I'm ordering one very soon!

So much for waiting for the Thursday live stream 😂😂😂 I wouldn't have been able to resist either tbf

Thats a nice looking guitar Steve, hope you enjoy it.

Looks and sounds pretty good 👍👍🤠🎸

Extremely impressive spec!!

just in time for my beer!

That’s great to know, thanks pal 👍🏼🇮🇪

im excited! so im staying

I knew you couldn't wait amigo! I am surprised by the color choice though, I thought you would have gotten a wilder color. I definitely could recommend the Tusq string trees (white) for your guitar. For the humbucker you could put in the springs in the pickguard screws but you will want to raise the screws in the humbucker under the strings. Raise those up, that helps to wake up a humbucker. For the push/pull you might want to put on Tele some knobs, they tend to be easier to grab. I'm happy for you buddy, enjoy!

Dude I literally never clicked on a video so fast in my life 🤣👏👏👏

AAAAhh... Awright ya wee bawbag. You got a new toy to play with. Looks grrrreat ! Lang mae yer lum reek ! - I wish you a long and healthy life

Good stuff. Despite the little flaws, it's probably still appropriately priced. Love the figuring on the neck! If you confirm the high frets, perhaps they can be tapped down.

At last a down earth good honest review. I'm not convinced I'll be straying away from the JET JS450 though 😉

Great looking neck Steve 👍

What I want is an SSS version of this guitar!

great vid love your channel been here since 50 subs love watching your channel grow. As for the guitar.... I think it confirms you can polish a turd but it will still sound and feel like Sh#t. I got a jet js400 on your advice and love it after changing the humbucker and tuners. But I am yet to play an acceptable harley benton, I honestly wouldn't have one for free. pay a bit extra and get a vintage brand those are premium guitars that are unbelievably low price. the new relic range and their jimi hendrix strat and greeny les paul are phenomenal. Thank for the vids keep being awesome .

Hi Steve, nice guitar! This would be the color for me too! I have actually come to like the Laurel fretboards though, since i have discovered that sanding and polishing it to 2000-3000 grit will make it look and feel great (and of course some Warwick beewax....). Theres no more white ones available (already😳) but a b-stock just showed up....🤨 I will wait what else HB come up with, i'm on a singlecut binge and have got 3 b-stocks on which i have done 'things'...😅 👊🏼🎸🤘🏼🎸

Mine arrived in excellent shape. The neck is a bit thick but I'm used to my Ibanez!

Thanks for this firt impression! It would be nice to compare it also with similar priced superstrat like the Sire S7

Happy NGD Steve. Hopefully see you on Fatocasters stream on Friday.

Looks great. Did the film on that humbucker really affect the sound?

Lacquer cracks at the neck pocket are nothing to worry about. I have had a couple of American Fenders---a Strat and a Tele. Both suffered from lacquer cracks.

That's the color I want. I wouldn't buy one with a laurel fretboard. That neck and fretboard are amazingly flamed. I want to buy one.

I’ll just say that for less money I got a shergold masquerader classic with top specs, seymour Duncan pickups and a boutique design. I mean, this HB is cool and a new standard of quality per pound, but there were quality and unique guitars around available for this much (used though) so new it really is impressive 🎉

I don't own a harley benton, but I was thinking of getting a cheaper guitar for traveling. It doesn't have to be a perfect paint job (it's going to get dents and scratches). I just need it to sound good and stay in tune. And this one looks great. Thanks for the review.

The neck on mine isn't even nearly that flamed, yours looks gorgeous. I got the maple fingerboard version. Tons of uneven frets. How do the fingerboard edges feel? The specifications say that the edges are rolled, but the one on mine feels completely flat

Looks fantastic. The neck looks awesome, but not sure I would like the profile.

I was thinking about picking one up just to see if i could work with it. Fret ends aren't sharp are they?

The Neck looks so beautiful, it's just hard for me to get super excited about it given the flatter neck. It looks like it's got a good chunk behind it at the lower frets at least, so it'd probably still be comfy for my chubby hands

Thanks for the video! I've been eyeing the st modern plus but already have both the charvel dk22 and fusion 3, so I'm really keen on the comparison video. I'm not a fan of D/Square-y feeling neck shapes and this has been my main blocker for ordering the st modern plus, I'm wondering it feels compared to the C shape necks on the fusion and charvel

Nice vid! Me as a rosewood fanboy am a bit dissapointed they went for Laurel. Other than that, they offer great value for money. Very curious about your opinion of the compound radius neck 🙂

Roller string trees are under £4 y'll be alright. The dark sounding humbucker may be an indication that the volume potentiometer is a 250k ( a common mishap on HSS Guitars). Swapping it out for a higher value (e.g. 500k) may solve the problem. No one seems to have done a teardown video yet (get on that if you like) so I don't know what value the stock potentiometer is for sure. Some people actually prefer thin trem' blocks and find them more responsive. Despite the impression most American KZfaqrs give it's not a universally regarded as bad thing. That trem' sounds incredibly responsive & popped right back into tune after divebombing in a way a fender just can't do, and with brand new strings! That's remarkable! I think you're gonna be ok ;-)

Great news a good sample with no dings or laquer cracks. Necks are always a personl choice, i prefer slim wide radius ones so this one may be a bit on the thick side for me. At least the pickguard and plastic parts are far better than the other colours. Would i buy one, i don't think so at the moment for now my Fusion 2 still keeps me happy.

Beautiful guitar, is the colour Snow White or is it an off-white colour?

Wasn't expecting you to get a white (magnolia) one, looks nice. That humbucker rocks exactly the same on my Schecter HSS (Indonesia) - are you going to make a seperate fix-video "The ST Modern Plus Humbucker rocks" ?

Beauty

Hey, did you get those glasses from Ecoeyes!

Is the top of the fretboard rolled? or is it just the bottom? What are the string trees? Butterfly? That barcode really bugs me! I am on the fence about buying the exact same guitar for my white guitar collection or waiting for some used ones to become available.

How would you compare it to a 60s classic vibe squier?

Wow!… Look at your video go 😮 👍 My Framus unboxing video have had 86 views 😂😅

What do you mean by saying the frets don’t go all the way to the edge of the fretboard? And why would they do it that way?

You remind me of a character in a Guy Ritchie film. Edit: You're the first person I've ever watched that pronounces EART right. Maybe they should use a hyphen lol.

1st dibs when you sell it please and thank you 😂

Amazing specs and finishing for the money ❤ as ever how does it compare against your No1 Jet . Btw the 6 string jet not a private Jet😊

8:30 - Totally called it on the rocking humbucker, its a lack of attention to important details.... I also think there's something intrinsically wrong with mixing single coils and humbuckers if you're also not going to match the ground impedance with stacked pots.... shame there's no SSS version. Really, I think the appeal here is the neck, which I must say is quite beautiful, but it's not where I want to put my money... They've sold out already, so there's obviously a lot of appeal, but for me,, this guitar is pass..... great vid ! 🥰

Nice one getting this up! That neck is drop dead gorgeous! This stratty type isn't my style, but comparing it to the HB Fusion and the Charvel is a go if I'm deciding! CHeers, Steve!

Quite a lot of guitar for the money.

I love my fusion t. But I would surely trade for the HSS ST here type. I believe the pro series Harley Bentons are just amazing value. Great look over bro. ❤

Great video 💯🎸🎸🎸 one question this is guitar st modern is better a Fusion T HH OCT EB???

Will Fender Stratocaster pickguards fit on this guitar without recoiling holes?

Give it some time too settle too uk temprature regarding neck relief too be fair, agree whatever strings they fit they all feel nasty,would love too see a proper trem /tuning stability test is this trem worth the hype

The ST is for Steve Tcassidy. STeve Modern Plus.

Shoot out against Jet JS-400/450?

As far as I could tell the neck really sounded beautiful. The neck looks awesome. I won't get one, as Thomann banned me from their store. Maybe in a few months used.

Do you sleep with your fingers in mini racks at night? You've got the longest fingers I've ever seen!

How are yours fanned frets?

How did you get one so fast????!!!!

I almost ordered a Harley, but motorbikes are a bit dangerous so I'll use my car instead.

What the import fees from Germany?

How does it compare with fender mexican player strat and PRS silver sky SE?

How is the neck stablility?

Head to head with the Jet JS-400?

The Harley or a jet js 400 with upgraded pups?

It seems that the Indonesian HB's are the ones to get. I'd rather have a good bones guitar over one with a bunch of flashy hardware that nobody really wants (Babics, Tesla) and I'll take a stable quarter sawn neck over a flamed one every chance I get. You should build a modern parts caster out of Paulownia wood. (cheap, light and resonate).

This vs Jet 400?

St modern plus woods and pickups are better forme than fusions that’s why I prefere more than fusion iii.

Put Ernie Ball 10 46 ,Elixir are too thin...Guitar is fantastic

Rolf Harris impression, controversial these days 😬😅

Like to hear you talk...... 👏

i'd get a Sire s7 over this,if frets are not perfect,working on steel is a PITA,Tesla pickups....i don't know

Not a single hard tail variant, what a shame

Tesla pickups are great except for the software updates.

The Fusion is made in Indonesia. This one is made in China.

We all know it's you, jacksepticeye

We know you are not a bridge player. Poker? Pontoon?

What!!? Costs this much and still have little trem Block? Makes no sense.

It's amazing after listing issues with yours (including uneven frets) you convince yourself and state it has zero issues. Nigh on every other unboxing video you watched had issues too which you describe in this video. Sounds like potentially every one has issues, but certainly a high percentage - who would waste £400 on that? Makes no sense to me as someone who wants a working guitar to play. I guess because it falsely appears cheap (a guitar with uneven frets isn't really worth anything is it?) you rationalise the flaws away almost as soon as you've stated them. Oh you don't seem to understand specs either. e.g There's plenty of nickel steel fret wire that's more expensive than stainless steel (from the same manufacturer) i.e you seem to have been convinced, perhaps by some overpriced USA guitars, that stainless steel is a higher spec, but it's a harder material that's all, it's not more expensive particularly - and there's as much variety in the price between each material (nickel silver, stainless steel, evo gold etc) as there is within each category, i.e you can pay twice as much for some stainless steel fret wire as others but equally spend more on nickel silver than you do for stainless steel. It's a spec where unless they tell you what fret wire they used you can't really put a value on it. e.g I have cheap guitars that have medium nickel silver frets and they've worn away, but I have big jumbo frets on a ESP LTD that I've had 20 years and they are showing no significant signs of wear - not all nickel fret wire is the same and it's not like cheese it doesn't just wear away, unless perhaps your experience is with cheap fret wire on budget guitars. I mean, yeah, I'd get a guitar today with stainless steel frets, but with eyes open that the words "stainless steel" are not sufficient to tell you the quality and it certainly doesn't mean it's higher spec or should cost more than another guitar with nickel silver fret wire. It's like buying tools, if they say "steel" that doesn't mean anything because cheap tat tools as well as more expensive and significantly better tools can be made from steel. Pretty much everything else on the guitar is own brand. a cheap brand or unbranded right? I mean I have a £150 guitar that has locking tuners on it but, again, perhaps because they appear on some really high price guitars some seem convinced they are a high spec thing. Not really. Undoubtedly some tuners (locking ones included) are branded and cost a lot more. That would be a high spec.

Yer "not a bridge player"? Is this a card joke or a pickup reference, I can't tell....

pysh-pyll?? haha, that language.....

Frets are not perfect and they are stainless steel - that makes it even worse. Levelling them won't be fun.

There should be no string trees on a good guitar. No one needs an additional source of friction on the strings.

Too heavy.

Sounds like crap.

Mate if you want a bargain got 13 guitar's for sale half listed price all immaculate running out of room