Harley Benton RX-10 BK Rock Series

Hello everyone!

This is my first Harley Benton guitar, and my fourth guitar in total. I bought this guitar because I liked the look of it and I needed a low priced guitar for practice.

The very first thing I usually do with a new guitar is a complete setup. I was so happy when I saw that this guitar was perfectly adjusted by Thomann. The only thing I did was to tune the guitar.

I play the guitar for more than six years. I've never owned or tested a guitar with such a comfortable neck. It suits my hand perfectly! I have to mention that neck binding is nice and makes this guitar look awesome. Also, I would like to emphasize the fact that action, neck relief and intonation were perfectly adjusted, and this in conjuction with the nice neck shape helps alot in very fast playing.

The pickups have a lot of gain, and I really like their sound, because I usually play Heavy Metal and Power Metal. They also seem to be adjusted in a height I like.

I love this guitar and I will buy more Harley Benton guitars in the future.

Thanks!

This is my first HB guitar, im user of ESP E-II and LTD guitars and this one can compare easily to $800 Guitars.
when I received the guitar I inspected it, the set up was sweet, low action, nu buzzing, the guitar build was super awesome, no hard fret edges, truss rod was in place, the gloss paint was flawless, neck is comfortable and smooth, guitar weight is light.
The only thing I did not like is the position of cable input, it is placed in the bottom of the guitar which can get in your way while sitting, but this is common in V shape guitars.
Hardware seems ok, I don't get a noise from volume or tone pots or input jack, pickups are surprisingly good for metal, I don't think of swapping it now.

in overall it is really a solid guitar. Totally recommending it.
Thank you Thomann for making affordable guitar with excellent quality.

When you see this guitar you understand at once that now there will be METAL! Of course, its shape is 88% of reason I (and I am sure that most of others) bought it.
But! After getting this guitar and trying it for a couple of weeks I was really amazed by two things (for its cost especially!):
1) Sound. It's stable, strong and have nice reaction to attack level of playing. Noise is minimal.
2) Build quality. Frets are really smooth as on more expensive instruments I've tried before. Guitar neck is of comportable thickness and its head head looks absolutely on point with such shape.
It's absolutely right decision that there is no tremolo but there is tried and true tuneomatic. No tremolo means no troubles with tune.
The only minus as I see is overbalancing, so it's a little bit unusually to play and you need to have some tension in left hand. But after about 2 weeks I become accustomed with it. And surely it's not convenient to when seated, so Stand for Metal!
Nice guitar. Really. And good service of Thomann. Cheers from Russia.

I had bought 2 guitars from US dealers that don't check guitars before shipment. A $500.00 Ibanez arrived with a seized Truss rod. A $170.00 Squire arrived with a split body due to a poor neck install. Thomann broke my run of bad luck with a near perfect guitar for a lot less money. Not only is it a good value it was checked before shipment. Shipping damage can happen. No reason to ship a customer a bad product. Thomann got that right. While at this price you can't expect perfection it was much better than you might expect for the price. The frets need a minor dressing on the tips and the nut slots needed a little polish work. Setup was fine out of the box. Great value! My first HB won't be my last! Shipping to the US took 15 days due to the US Postal service letting it sit still for 5 days after clearing Customs.

Greetings to Thomann and fellow readers.

I have searched for a guitar which will suit my needs, playing style and budget for a long time. I had scoured the Internet for hours on end looking for an acceptably priced fine quality V-style guitar. Since I was getting desperate for the instrument, i opted for this HB RX-10 BK Rock Series. I do not regret it.
The guitar is very finely built for its price range, and while it offers basic features, I do strongly believe that they are more than enough to suit any musician with a tight budget. I play mostly metal, so these Hi-gain pickups really come in handy for the music genre I base myself in. Although, the only downside to this instrument is the clean tone. It is very muddy and underwhelming, but I strongly stand by the fact that it can be overlooked because the overall pricing and the quality of the instrument are more than acceptable. I had found absolutely no problems with its build quality, hardware, electronics or else.

Overall, I give this instrument a fairly high rating as it really deserves it. I have been playing it for only a month though, so if i experience any problems with it I will be sure to update my comment.

I got the Harley Benton RX-10 BK as a present four years ago and between all my guitars it's still my favourite.
When the guitar arrived, the headplate was broken but the Thomann customer service immediately sent a new one, even before the broken one returned.

The workmanship of the guitar is good, no sharp edges etc. Only the wiring of the jack loosened after three years of "nearly excessive" use.
The Randy Rhoads shaping looks great and the paintjob was done absolutley well.

The sound of the RX-10 is quite good, it's hi-gain pickups are delivering the typical Heavy Metal tone that's promised by the shaping.
Solely the neck pickup sounds a bit to sterile, it has too much heights and misses a bit of deep end frequencies.

All in all, the Harley Benton RX-10 BK is a well manufactured, good sounding guitar with a true Heavy Metal shaping and an absolutley affordable price.