Harley Benton TE-62DB LPB

The impression on opening the box is positive, it looks just as good as it does in the pictures. It also sounds great, the pickups are quite good, I'm comparing them to a Fender Player Strat and they stack up well. The bridge is the weakest position, but it's still a nice, clear sound.

The tuners work great, neck is lovely, frets in good shape and the finish is beautiful. No problems with tuning or any of the hardware except one minor thing - a ferrule from the back of the body dropped out when changing strings. Pretty minor because it's held in by a string being on there anyway, but a little annoying.

The main issue I had though was the electronics. There was quite a lot more than the usual single coil hum when plugged in - it was loud even at low gain and volume. After opening up and fixing the ground solder it's fine, but not ideal on a brand new guitar. Thomann assured me this was normal hum, but I can directly compare to another single coil guitar and it was LOUD. It's quieter now, but this is not a silent instrument. It's got a vintage sound with vintage hum so even working as intended, you may not like how much noise these pickups generate when your hand isn't on a metal part of the guitar.

I would rate the quality higher if the QC was a bit better, but the guitar is good - sounds good, looks good. It's not going to beat a more expensive Telecaster, but it's a lot of guitar for the price.

Good stuff and every time goes better from HB. Everything functions perfectly, no loose knobs or switches or plugs.
Sounds good. Not exactly I wished but thats me. PU's are good but again - not my preference for T-style. D'Addario strings from factory are very nice move and I think it is part of the good sound.
Stays in tune and intonation is perfectly adjustable.
Neck is exellent quality. All finish is superb, including fretwork.
Downside for me is weight, which is rather on heavy side. Not as much as TE90 series but could be less for full gigs. But again, that's me and I know that lots of players prefere rather weight then "weightless".
Good joice!

I received the Instrument today. Looks pretty good, although the shade of blue is lighter than the website showed - but okay). The neck is narrow (as advertised) and good for me with smaller hands. However the fret edges were 'noticable' (a little) when playing (not terrible but noticable). There seems to be a little bit of fret choking here and there on the neck (even though I specifically asked for 'quality control' to check the guitar before shipping). The pickups sound fine. Tuners seem okay at the moment, although I need to restring the guitar 'properly' to be certain there are no problems. Intonation appears to be okay. All in all an Okay guitar for the money except for the string 'choking' here and there (and I'm not talking about string choking when bending the strings either).