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Harley Benton SC-550 II PAF

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Harley Benton SC-550 II PAF
£279
All prices incl. VAT
Available at short notice (usually 2-5 days)
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Looks good but not QC
Fireside998 06.08.2021
So 4 day delivery to USA was great! When I opened it looks perfect. Action was a tad high. Finish and overall quality is perfect, looks great.
Only problem I have is the 3 way switch only works with the neck pick up. I get no sound at all when I put it in middle position or bridge position. All ready got rid of packing so will end up coming out of pocket to fix it. Otherwise it looks and sounds great. I guess the electronics or QC are not what they could be.
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Good but not perfect
István93 02.11.2025
Beautiful finish, but the maple top doesn’t look like the picture. Aestethically the guitar is flawless, not feeling cheap. Neck is good not too thick. The bridge PU is too muddy and dark for me but the overall sound is OK.
The cons:
The nut is way too high. In the first position the guitar is unplayable, the notes are sharp. There are high frets. Action is very high and cant lower it cause of string buzzing. Maybe the neck angle is bad too because on the higher frets the action is way worse. Anyway I sent back the guitar. It could be a good guitar, but it would need to be taken to a luthier and I’d have to spend another 200 euros on it.
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Nice guitar let down by poor fret work!
Ralph-UK 19.11.2025
It's a nice budget guitar but nothing magical. I was impressed with the pickups, they sound excellent and could cover everything from blues to rock. My big issue is with the fret work; sharp ends and lots of high spots. The guitar I received would have needed a costly fret dress to remove buzz so I had to return it.
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Harley Benton SC-550 II PAF
LameGuitarist 17.11.2022
pros: instrument is built well, tuners hold tune good, pickups sound above average, electronics are good with alpha pots

cons: instrument was unplayable out of the box mainly because of the nut - very badly cut and misplaced about 2 mm on one side so low E was almost out of the neck. After placing the nut centered realised that nut is smaller than the neck about 1 mm ... so it is wrong size nut to begin with. Action at first frets was so high that it was impossible to play. Fretwork is not good either..few taller frets that are easy to fix but some have toolmarks on them quite deep. Finish flaws are there but at this price point i'm not expecting PRS quality finish
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Harley Benton SC-550 II PAF