Harley Benton TE-20 review (very inexpensive telecaster)

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Did a Quick Review of the Harley Benton te 20 review, very inexpensive telecaster!

Can you spot the tribute riff?

[lukmanohnz]

So is it any good?

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So is it any good?

lolz

[No_Jazz_Guitarist]

I have one like it.

First of all: you forgot to mention that it's a heavy guitar.

I can't use it for long periods of time. My thighs hurt!

I can imagine using it standing up for a long time must be painful.

Mods:

I swapped the tuners for Fender locking tuners.
Had to do some drilling to accomplish this.

On eBay I bought this from Warman:

-A bridge pick up (Mississippi Steamer - New HOT overwound Tele Bridge Pickup)

-A new bridge (6 saddle Tele heavy chrome guitar bridge)

I bought the new pick up because the original one mad shrill noises when playing.
With the new one there's no more of that.

If I could choose I'd buy a more expensive and, thus lighter, guitar.

Otherwise it's a very fine guitar for the price.
It's very easy to play.

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I have one like it.

First of all: you forgot to mention that it's a heavy guitar.

I can't use it for long periods of time. My thighs hurt!

I can imagine using it standing up for a long time must be painful.

Mods:

I swapped the tuners for Fender locking tuners.
Had to do some drilling to accomplish this.

On eBay I bought this from Warman:

-A bridge pick up (Mississippi Steamer - New HOT overwound Tele Bridge Pickup)

-A new bridge (6 saddle Tele heavy chrome guitar bridge)

I bought the new pick up because the original one mad shrill noises when playing.
With the new one there's no more of that.

If I could choose I'd buy a more expensive and, thus lighter, guitar.

Otherwise it's a very fine guitar for the price.
It's very easy to play.

Mine is not heavy at all, are you sure you are talking about the te20? Furthermore, weight varies from guitar to guitar. Some are more heavy than others.

Some people mod/upgrade their guitars. I never do that. I play everything stock nowadays.

Lets see how long it last, of course if I get some major problem I might need to upgrade, but so far, so good!

[No_Jazz_Guitarist]

Yes, I looked at the guitar and checked with Thomann.

I'm sure I have the Harley Benton TE-20MN BM Standard Series


You've been lucky, I guess, and got a lighter one


I'm happy with the mods I did.

Swapping the bridge wasn't easy, but it worked in the end.

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Yes, I looked at the guitar and checked with Thomann.

I'm sure I have the Harley Benton TE-20MN BM Standard Series


You've been lucky, I guess, and got a lighter one


I'm happy with the mods I did.

Swapping the bridge wasn't easy, but it worked in the end.

What did you install instead of the original bridge?

What was the main difficulty changing the bridge?

[No_Jazz_Guitarist]

Hi!

I installed the 6 saddle Tele heavy chrome guitar bridge from Warman Guitars:


The main difficulty was centering the thing.
The screw holes in the guitar didn't match exactly with the bridge.
As it is now it's a little bit off to one side, but it works all right.

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Hi!

I installed the 6 saddle Tele heavy chrome guitar bridge from Warman Guitars:


The main difficulty was centering the thing.
The screw holes in the guitar didn't match exactly with the bridge.
As it is now it's a little bit off to one side, but it works all right.

Yeah I imagine that would be a challange.

What was the reason you changed bridge? Was it to get a six piece saddle?

[No_Jazz_Guitarist]

I changed it only because I've read that the metal in those cheap guitar bridges is of lesser quality.

I might be wrong in this case.

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I changed it only because I've read that the metal in those cheap guitar bridges is of lesser quality.

I might be wrong in this case.

We can be sure some of the parts on this guitar is for sure of lesser quality. After all, it is a very inexpensive guitar.

Many people upgrade and mod their guitars.

For various reasons

I am just not one of them, I don't see the need for it, at least not for the time being.