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Harley Benton HB-80R Celestion

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Harley Benton HB-80R Celestion
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Solid clean sound for a great price
Chilly-Dilly 08.06.2018
As usual, the Harley Benton brand is punching above its weight. This is by no means an amazing amp, but if all you're looking for is a loud amp with a good clean sound, this is the one. Having the 12" Celestion speaker is really nice, and it's not something any other companies (that I know of) could feasibly do at such a low price.

However, if you want a heavy metal tone, you're going to want something else. Personally, I'm thinking of getting the Revv G3 to go in front of the amp to solve this problem, but if you're not after the crazy metal distortion sound then it shouldn't be a problem for you.

TL,DR: Good clean sound for really cheap. Worth it.
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Harely Benton HB-80R
Karpathian 12.04.2022
Great If you are playing in a band for bars, pubs, private events it is perfect for
bringing it along being just the right size to fit inside your car or use in your studio office.
The power it has is just as good as any pro amp, plenty of volume enough to blow your ear drums out. Settings has what you need to perform and is very effective. It could use a delay, other than that I have no complaints, for the price it does what it was made to do. Cheer's
Jeffrey Carp
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Awesome cheap amp (for cleans)
Rm87 10.11.2020
This amp has two channels. The channel 1 is good for crunch, It is relatively easy to get good tones out of it as long as it is set loud.

The secon channel is only good as a clean amp or a pedal platform. The gain sounds bad, but takes pedals greatly, thanks to the celestion speaker.

The included reverb is surprisingly good too. But this is NOT an amp for home use. This is loud.
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Very good amplifier
bajy 26.05.2019
Harley Benton HB-80R is a very good and powerful amp for electric guitar and other instruments. I've tried it on stage without problem. I'm not so satisfied of the overdrive and sustain.
Generaly, it is a perfect choise for a beginer and a semipro guitar player. The value for money is perfect!
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A great practice amp
Loukoil 06.03.2019
I wanted a cheap practice amp to take with because i didnt want to take on the road my tube amps all the time. The amp has a great clean sound for its money and it is something that I did not expect. The second channel which is the overdrive one, it's decent and the celestion speaker really helps I believe that with a good pedal it will sound more than ok. The quality is surprisingly good for the money but do not expect it to be like the high end amps.
In conlusion, I highly recommend it especially for beginners but for more experienced players as well!
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Not complaining
Royce 30.10.2022
Price-to-quality is okay. I use it for home practice, never tried it on stage. I would say it keeps a good company, not comparable to expensive amps, this one has limited coverage, and the sound is good, not great, but good.
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Great clean sound, nice for beginner guitarists
Anonymous 06.12.2016
I would say that this amp is great if you're just learning how to play the guitar and you're not playing in the band and all you want to do is rehearse and get better. That was why I got this amp in the first place.

So as I wrote in the heading. This amp has really cool clean sound. It can be set nicely and you get a Fender-ish nice clean sound with a touch reverb. But when it gets to dirty sounds, they are actually dirty. Not terrible, listenable but you get what you're paying for. Maybe it sounds better if you use few stompboxes but I cannot comment this, because when I was using it, I didn't have any.

The built itself is solid and everything works as it should. I never had problems with playing on low or high volumes, it's also nice that you have the footswitch which I didn't expect when I was starting out, because I thought that this comes only with expensive high-end stuff haha. There's also an fx-chain and speakers output.

I also used it as a monitor because quite a few smaller venues don't have more than one monitor and this one was normally used for the singer, so this amp was monitor for the drummer, it went okay. It's no really what this amp is meant for but it is an additional feature.

Overall I would say that it's worth the money if you're just starting your path as a guitarist, but if you have some time to earn some money, spend a bit more and buy something that will be useful for longer period of time.
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Good, but quality could be better
Siljo 08.01.2019
Amp which i received, was not in perfect shape, as artificial leather on inside was unglued, so i had to glue it, also there was an issue with electronics which brings amp from stand by state (it was not working correctly, so i just disable this part of electronics). Regarding sound and features, amp is good and despite some imperfections i would recommend it.
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Overall a good amp
Georgenaruto1 19.10.2018
Perfect for beginners or for home jamming and studio practice. I recommend it for everyone . Alongside with a good pedal this amp becomes a monster.
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Excellent for the money
Anonymous 23.06.2016
This Amp is worth the cost.
It is loud and has a very unique sound to it.
Export packaging is not so good, I received it with a busted knob and had to solder a new one.
After the fix I can say that for the value , it's worth it.
It's heavy and built ok.
Celetion speaker of high quality.
All in all , I would recommend this Amp considering the costs.
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Harley Benton HB-80R Celestion