Harley Benton Electric Guitar Kit HB35-Style

HB35-style electric guitar kit

Complete self-build set
Construction: Semi-hollow body with mahogany sustain block and bolt-on neck
Body with arched top: maple (wood colour may vary)
Bolt-on neck: maple
Fingerboard: Amaranth
Dot fingerboard
Neck profile: C-Shape
Double Action Truss Rod
Fingerboard radius 305 mm (12")
Scale: 628 mm
Nut width: 42 mm
22 Frets
Pickup: 2 humbuckers
2 Volume and 2 tone controls
3-Way switch
Chrome-plated hardware
Die-cast machine heads
Strings .010 - .046
Colour: Natural
Recommended tools (not included): tear-proof thread, narrow plunger to hold the potentiometer and the 3-way switch during installation

Note: Body and neck have been primed with pore filler - suitable for varnishing, but possibly unfavourable for staining - may have to be sanded again. An above-average level of craftsmanship is required for successful assembly.

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Available since August 2023
Item number 549486
Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
Hollowbody Guitar No
Semi Hollowbody Guitar Yes
Colour Natural
Body Poplar
Top Maple
Neck Canadian Maple
Fretboard Laurel
Frets 22
Scale 628 mm
Pickups HH
Tremolo No
Including Case No
Incl. Bag No

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Beautiful.

Phoo Phighters 14.03.2024

This is an absolute beast of a guitar. I was always looking out for a Gibson 335 but could never afford the real thing. A few years ago I bought the Harley Benton Les Paul kit and found myself a great guitar and had lots of fun putting it together.

When I saw this at 180 euro I jumped at the chance. The Humbucker pickups sound wonderful. I was skeptical about the bolt on neck but the inner step has it feeling super sturdy.

The tuning heads could do with replacing and I found getting the wires in place absolutely infuriating as it has to be done through the f-holes but other than that it is an incredible guitar for an amazing price that I will be using as my main guitar going forward.

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Frankie Fatballs 22.02.2025

This is the second Harley Benton kit I've built. It was a journey.
Read the instructions out of the box; noted warnings related to stain due to use of grain fill in factory process.
Fired ahead anyway: sanded the guitar body back, 220 - 600 grit. The set about applying water based dye burst. The dye took well and soaked into the wood except for some remaining spots close to the binding (I was reluctant to sand enough to change the contours of the body). It was a a little patchy but I was happy enough. Carried on with a thick epoxy resin coat which I wet sanded right back to 3000 grit and polished to high gloss. After cutting to shape, the face of the headstock got the same epoxy coat and polish.
I oiled the neck and the back and sides of the headstock with Danish oil.
Aftre all this, I finally assembled it. The wiring was tricky and made me profane but in the end, I managed it (look out for missing step in instrictions about harness wiring for pickup selector switch routing through the bridge pickup cavity).
Plays nice, plugged in or not.
Enjoyed the project and love the guitar.
It is a beautiful thing.

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A neat kit, but....

Private_Ugglan 29.12.2025

Don't buy this if you expect to just throw it together in an afternoon and play in the evening. Don't buy it if you don't have the ability to think on your own and have some basic building/crafting skills. It's not a first-timer kit. These are the main issues I ran into:
1:The screws for mounting the tuning knobs snapped before even bottoming out, so I had to drill them out, tap with wooden dowels and use better quality screws.
2: The connectors on the wire loom are too big to fit through the drilled holes intended for the wires in the body, so I had to cut, re-route and re-solder them.
3: The pick guard didn't fit in it's position between the pickups, so I had to adjust it by filing a wider gap in it. The machine screw and nut to attach it to the metal bracket also wasn't included. Pennies, but still...
4: The screws for mounting the bridge pickup are too short, so I supplied my own.
5: The manual skips steps and does things in a weird order sometimes, so I had to back-track and re-do some things.

Overall it's a real fun project and gives you a neat guitar in the end with loads of potential to get a custom axe for cheap IF you're willing to put in the effort. Probably won't be the last one I build from this product line. Guess that's my last warning. It's quite addictive...

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Great for a hands-on project

Florin Enescu 20.12.2024

Bought it only because I wanted to paint with my own design a guitar body and wouldn't lose too much if it went wrong. Kept only the body and the neck, everything else changed with high quality parts. Why buying an expensive Gibson 335, I like this one more - it's my work here.

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