Harley Benton TE-90FLT VW Deluxe Series

After 2+ years with the guitar I can say that it's an interesting instrument with some flaws that are kind of expected for the price.

Soundwise its very good considering the price. I even used it for studio recordings and live shows for the tele-ish feeling.

Quality though, is not that good and it has numerous flaws (mostly the frets and instability with temperature changes. Also electronics are quite bad) that make it unreliable for serious work. Its a 185 euro guitar after all.

The fact that it has a very good sound for the price, and can even be utilized for serious use in the studio makes it a really good choice for beginners, since the guitar can be relevant after the player has "outgrowned" it.

Another use case (and the way I use it) is as a practice/travel guitar when you don't want to take your higher end instrument(s) with you.

This guitar is of very decent quality, especially considering the price. Unfortunately the guitar I received is different than the pictures shown at Thomann and had an issue with the bridge mounting.

The guitar I received has odd looking routing for the filtertron shaped pickups. The routes are almost square at the corners and do not follow the graceful corners of the very nice looking pickups. It looks as if this routing is for a different pickup altogether. This spoils the 'Cabronita' look i thought this guitar was going for.

The bridge is also different, it looks like a copy of a gotoh style unit and is very well done. When the hole was drilled for the grounding wire beneath the bridge there was some "punch out" or splintering of the wood around the drills exit under the bridge. The bridge was not able to sit flat on the body because of this. The way I received it, I was able to stick a thin fender pick under the treble side of the bridge.

Now that I have repaired the bridge, it is a good player. The pickups sound really good. The reverse headstock is just awful, lol but I knew that going in. The incorrect pickup routing makes it an ugly duckling and I'm just not that excited about it now.

Guitar loses magic after a while.
Sound is not very impressive and distortion lacks soul.
Tuners can?t properly hold the tuning of the strings. I broke one of the tuners when I bumped into the wall with it. My fault of course, but still can?t say it?s build to resist.
Can?t say I expected better for the price.
Also, the empty chamber to relieve weight throws guitar off balance, and you can feel the absence of wood under the pickguard.
Guitar is pretty, though. Believe with some decent tuners and pickups would be stage worthy.

Would not buy again.

It is unfortunate, it seems I am the 2nd person who received this guitar and wrote a review with the pickup cutouts being "square" and ugly. It really does take away from the beauty of the guitar, making it look like it was messed with by an incompetent luthier or a noob end-user. ie : me

The ash body is fine, the neck is great, the pickups are charming, but now the gaps around them distract. The bridge pickup isn't actually centered under the strings, being a little too much to the right.

Wish it looked as good as it sounds. Options? Return it, though with the world-wide mess this is a painful thing. Cover it ? Technically Fiter'Tron style pickups can have a mount pickup ring, but on this design, the bridge pickup is bordered on 2 sides by the neck and the pickguard.
Looks like I will be chatting with support.

Added 1 star as the Service department responded well to my criticism and made things wright.

Everything looked fine .
But it wasn't
I've got 15 guitars and have been playing 35 years .....
So whats wrong ?
1.Frets aren't level in a random fashion no particular area just here and there about 8 of them . -no biggie i can do this .
2.Action very high because of the frets .This was obviously the solution by whoever tested this prior to dispatch ....I know who you are !!
3.Bridge isnt square to the pick up routing !! , once you notice it you cant un-notice it .So 4 out of 5 of the holes will have to be plugged and redrilled. Arggh!
then do a set up and it will be fine .fingers crossed
This feels like good parts thrown together and by the way whoever 'Jack' is -you have no idea about quality control !
Edit :Work done .set up done .Action now great . What is killer on this guitar is the pickups I thought low impedance would mean weak .Nope..brilliant is what they are . I've found the Roswell manufacturer :-$50 for each FLT-Ni pickup :-how is this guitar price possible ?