That paint job looks legit. I was shocked to hear you did it at home with spray cans!
@enthused7591 Жыл бұрын
Great points. I've had a handful of Harley Bentons, and some are very average, and a few are absolute world beaters. I currently have the SC Special in the dirty mustard yellow and it is by far the very best guitar they make for the money. Full size pots, high quality wiring, and pickups that rival any P90 guitar on the planet with excellent low-end thump and balanced, super satisfying articulate mids and highs. For the $190 I paid for the SC Special, I like it even more than the $400 Fusion T EMG with $200 Retro Active 70 pickups. Those pickups do NOT sound as good at the P90s in this $190 guitar. That said, you're 100% right that the bridge isn't ideal (although it doesn't bother me a ton personally) and it really needs shielding. I like the tuners and nut though. I would buy this guitar again and again and I truly believe for the price, it's the best guitar on the entire market right now, period. It's 100% giggable and hold up 100% to my old Gibson special P90 I sold because there wasn't enough difference in quality between that $1000 guitar and this $190 one. That's how good these sound.
@addictedtogear Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your input it’s always great to hear another person’s opinion. Keep on rocking!
@garyp5522 Жыл бұрын
You did a nice job painting that guitar. It looks beautiful.
@addictedtogear Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@WonkeyWabbit Жыл бұрын
The original Jr/Special tuners would have been the even cheaper 3-on-a-strip Klusons, not individual tuners as were fitted. Get a good set and they're fine, but they can be less than ideal. I've never owned a P90 equipped Gibson that had shielding (I have three). I've always had to do it myself. I also have a Hamer USA Sunburst archtop with P90s that didn't come with shielding. You need to remember that these Harley Benton Guitars are budget guitars. To shield and link all the cavities to ground would take time and slow down production, so that would put the price up. These are made down to a price-point, not up to a defined quality level regardless of cost. Even, so the quality level is very high indeed. The original HB SC-Special bridge is a standard Chinese offering based on a Leo Quan Badass design. I had one on a kit SG Jr. Like you, I found it far to thick and couldn't lower it enough to get a good action. I ended up finding another Chinese adjustable saddle bridge that was much, much thinner, but which ended up having saddles that were too low to get a good string break angle on them, so fitted the taller saddles from the original bridge to get a solution that worked. I now wish I'd gone for a much more basic pre-intonated bar saddle like the originals.
@addictedtogear Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the information. It’s great to hear someone else’s story. Thanks for watching.
@shanewalton8888 Жыл бұрын
They need to call it that SC-Addicted. That would be cool
@MarkJohnsonJams Жыл бұрын
That shade of red is sick!
@pressleycaliforniacustoms9526 Жыл бұрын
Sweet!! What a fantastic job. The red and black look mean. Perfect upgrades!🤘
@alexhenderson8356 Жыл бұрын
The paint job looks very professional. At least from my phone screen. Nice presentation
@zd351 Жыл бұрын
The Red looks killer Tony. Vroom vroooooom!
@jltrem Жыл бұрын
Beautifully done re-finish.
@HandWiredAmps Жыл бұрын
I have the white one too. Went on a cheap P90 buying spree and picked up 4, including the SC-450 P90 GT, TE-90QM, and DC Jr TV Yellow. I haven't spent any real time with the white SC Special yet (maybe 10 min). Needs a full setup, fret level and re-crown. I have found that some of these HBs just need the frets pressed back down and may not need leveling. If they pop again, glue them in. Another note on the matte white finish, it's not grown on me yet and gets dirty just looking at it. I also have the DC Jr in TV yellow and it was much better out of the box, but I still did a fret level. Haven't found a guitar that didn't need some leveling yet, that's wood for ya. If you're able to do the work yourself, you can get a nice playing guitar for this price range. I have as much fun working on them as playing.
@HappyHermitt Жыл бұрын
4 costed less than 1 Gibson! Can't go wrong
@timelwell70029 ай бұрын
The new machine heads are a geat improvement, IMO. However, call me eccentric if you will, but my solution to the tailpiece problem would have been as follows: 1) To put a short trapeze tailpiece (of the type normally seen hollow body jazz guitars) 2) This in combination with an adjustabel bridge (NOT a stop tailpiece type, but the type seen on many hollow body guitars, Gretsch guitars, etc.) This would make the overall string length longer whilst of course the scale length would remain at 24.75". And this would enable the guitar to be tuned down either a semitone or even a tone, but still with adequate tension on the strings. I've actually done this on a few guitars - and it works..! Ideal for indy, grunge, etc.
@thecrimsonchin9466 Жыл бұрын
Love the change to guitar. Could you maybe make a short video on how you fixed up the pickups? I have a Harley Benton with similar pickups that hums allot and like to fix it
@Alex-fd2dr Жыл бұрын
Tony I can’t believe you got those results from painting with a rattle can , paint job looks better than Gibson
@addictedtogear Жыл бұрын
You are too kind Alex. Thanks for watching.
@nicosonic Жыл бұрын
So I got this guitar in TV yellow, with the original bridge the action is perfect, I don't know why you'd want to change the bridge honestly. also I don't find that the bridge is rough to the hand.
@deanmccaskill5495 Жыл бұрын
I had a couple of these. I think I still have one or 2 actually. Anyway I never cared about the action part. I like a med -high anyways. But I did change the knobs and I filed the saddles on the top and bottom outside saddle. That made it much more comfortable
@bobafett4889 Жыл бұрын
Oh ok, when I saw the thumbnail I said to myself, "How tf did this dude get a red one?" Lol I wish they would do faded red, brown, green and blue versions.
@mr1bienvenu1 Жыл бұрын
How about a link to that bridge you put on there?
@Barbarapape Жыл бұрын
You have done a fantastic job of turning a mediocre guitar into a good one. That red sparkle finish looks so much better than the plain white and transformers the whole appearance. The bridges used by HB are like their tuners, and beg to be upgraded. Hope you enjoy play your much improved SC-Special.
@addictedtogear Жыл бұрын
Thanks Allan. The upgrade was well worth the upgrade.
@note4note8587 ай бұрын
Wow that paint job looks fantastic. nice work. I picked up a used one for $160. Do you remember which bridge you upgraded to?
@warrennilsen637 Жыл бұрын
Did he say what kind of bridge he used as the replacement?
@enthused7591 Жыл бұрын
He answered another comment on that - Wilkinson wrap around
@Musicology1975 Жыл бұрын
Nice Axe bro🎸👍
@addictedtogear Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@deHelli Жыл бұрын
Hello, great colour! I love it!
@650thunderbird Жыл бұрын
👍🏻👍🏻
@peterengland2892 Жыл бұрын
Great job Tony Did you strip the white back first Or just spray over?👍
@addictedtogear Жыл бұрын
Just scuffed up the white and painted over it.
@calogeroavanzato398 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the update, great looking paint job, can you give us a link for the bridge, thanks
@eertje01 Жыл бұрын
So whats the product number of the Wilkinson bridge you put on there? I can't seem to find it on the internet. Thanks!
@sk8guitars Жыл бұрын
I had the same problem with my Harley Benton fusion hard tail. The hardtail bridge was to high.
@Fuff63 Жыл бұрын
Enjoyed this thx
@addictedtogear Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@salsplace Жыл бұрын
That looks incredible. What spray paint did you use?
@BenjaminKanarek Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your review and lovely red SC Special. Can I please have a link to the bridge that you changed?
@addictedtogear Жыл бұрын
I don't remember the link but you can find them on Amazon
@HenrikMoos Жыл бұрын
What bridge did you use?
@ptrisonic Жыл бұрын
Can you tell us: which bridge did you end up with? You have to be happy with a guitar; I've had to alter pieces that were very expensive - because the guitar was worth it... Best, Pete.
@addictedtogear Жыл бұрын
Wilkinson wrap around bridge.
@restofthejunk01 Жыл бұрын
Nice job buddy..what make of bridge did you upgrade to?
@yellowcat1310 Жыл бұрын
nice red.
@HelixLT2024 Жыл бұрын
Bonita
@Ones_Complement Жыл бұрын
"The slots were rather deep. [...] Actually the slots were a little bit high." What.
@addictedtogear Жыл бұрын
Yes, they were cut deep so the string was too deep in the slot but they bottomed out high. When the nut is cut properly the string should only be half way into the nut slot.
@nicosonic Жыл бұрын
But you can't intonate the new bridge.
@addictedtogear Жыл бұрын
Yes you can. It can be adjusted forward and backward with an allen key.
@nicosonic Жыл бұрын
@@addictedtogear Yes but it's not string by string ?
@nicosonic Жыл бұрын
@@addictedtogear i'm interested in this guitar, is the original bridge usable because of the action ?
@myuncle2 Жыл бұрын
No matter the hardware, if the neck it's too thin, you can't do anything about it.