Harley Benton ST Modern Plus - things I missed.

Great follow up video and some nice clean tones there- lovely stuff!

Looks wise it's a beautiful guitar that's only second to your playing...............You are a HUGE advert for this. I enjoyed this vid.

So you have decided to keep it, am I right?

Btw, amazing video covering more stuff!

This guitar sounded far better through a different amp, which goes to show that the guitar
and amp have to work togeather to get a smooth clean tone.
Would i buy one, not at the moment, having just sold over 15 guitars that i never played
buying more Strat style guitars would make little sense, and i can do without the hassle of sending
bad samples back.
Re comparing it to a much higher end guitar does seem a bit pointless, custom built guitars are expensive
for a reason, provided that they are not Fenders !

Do you have two of those freaking Schecters?! Or is the lighting just making the blue one look green now? 🤯

I agree that it would be a weird comparison against the Cory Wong! 😹

Man, Jim, you really can play. I have a question, I cut a tendon in my fret hand index finger in an accident, and I couldn't play guitar from the time of the accident , 2008 until a couple years ago when I finally got my hand strong enough, in 2022. I was only a year or two into learning how to play the guitar, so the problem is I am right handed, and play right handed, and i can't move the first segment of it (The part with the nail) and it is a little crooked, and I can't straighten it all the way, so normal barre chords are difficult, so I usually use the Curtis Mayfield/Jimi Hendrix way to make barre chords, which is fine with me since I am trying to emulate both their styles, they are my main influences. Other than playing with my other hand for the fret work, which I would need to turn the nuts around and restring my guitars, is there a way I can play with my damaged hand as the fret hand? Any tips or videos I could watch for tips? I have pretty much given up on the CAGED system for playing, since I have a very hard time with the index finger making the chord shapes, so I was thinking of just using triads, and the Hendrix technique where he grabs the neck with his thumb and index finger, and then forms the triads with his other three fingers, so I guess that would be a way I can use the CAGED system?!? I am asking you because you play a lot of chords and seem to have a lot of experience, if you don't have any suggestions, that is ok, I am just trying to be pointed in the right direction. For Cowboy Chords, I just don't use my index finger, I use the other three fingers to form the chords and that works great. People have suggested to just play power chords, which is cool because the music I like to listen to and play is garage rock/proto-punk/proto-metal/metal/grunge/punk and then also I like playing funk. Thanks for you time.

Bridge split + middle sounds nice.

Jim, what is the outer string bridge spacing measure, center to center of the E strings? Is it 2 1/16"?

Hi Jim!
I received my replacement guitar. Now I have the SFG too. Everything is fine with this one. I’m totally happy. But: I have my problems with intonating the d-string. The freted tone is a little too low compared to the flageolet at the 12 fret. The saddle is on the end of his way. Do you have a solution?

Yeah This is Good!!!!!!!

Any opinions on the (presumably) dyed laurel fingerboard?

Great rhythm guitar playing and demo. Very well done!

regarding the fretboard edges that we discussed in the previous video - HB just confirmed in the comments of their latest FB post that it was a mistake in the translation/text (as I suspected) - they meant rolled fret edges, not fretboard edges - which is a bit unfortunate, but nothing that you can't do by yourself if you do like that rolled fretboard edge, plenty of videos showing how to roll it with the side of a screwdriver or something similar

Great follow up video thanks!

Go on Jim, do the comparison video! I'll happily watch it just for the sake of watching one of your videos! The new amp sounds great too. Is this a guitar you might hold on to and mod/upgrade? 🎸🎸

Thanks for two great video’s on the ST Modern Plus Jim, I got the Lake Placid Blue version. Overall I’m really pleased with it, however it came with some faults, including from what I gather from other reviews is the almost obligatory lacquer crack at the neck pocket. Mine also did not have rolled fretboard edges. It came with a bit of a ‘halfway house’ insofar as there is one angular sanding or scrape line along both fretboard edges where someone has ran either a sanding block or blade along the entire length of the fretboard edge and either left it or forgot to finish it off!?!? I wouldn’t be interested in a comparison with the Cory Wong Strat. For me an HSS Strat compared with an SSS is too different to be meaningful.

What exactly Fender model in the background?

Price??

Do it!

Look so pretty but sounds SO BAD! horrific pickups...

Could I ask what the body thickness is ... I was thinking of a full depth Gotoh 510 with a full depth steel block (42mm).
I have a Harley Benton ST-62 than has a thin body (under 40 mm)

Just watching the video, it looks a really cool guitar with great specs. What I found weird is the sound of positions 2 and 4. It does not sound like a Strat. It could be me, but that is my impression. Not sure if others felt the same.

Great review! Comment for the algorithm

You are right, do what makes sense. Good luck with your channel.

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