Review of the Harley Benton Amarok-6 EGNT Quilted Burst Electric guitar. Where to buy it?

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  • Build: Arched “Modern Comfort”
  • Body: Mahogany
  • Top: Quilted maple veneer
  • 5-Piece neck-through-body: Maple / Mahogany
  • Fretboard: Macassar ebony
  • Fretboard inlays: White offset pearloid dots
  • Glow-in-the-dark side markers on the fretboard
  • Neck profile: Slim modern C (thickness at 1st fret 21 mm – thickness at 12th fret 23 mm)
  • Wooden body binding
  • Matching headstock
  • Fretboard radius: 355.6 mm
  • Scale: 648 mm
  • Nut width: 42 mm
  • Graph Tech TUSQ nut
  • Dual action truss rod
  • 24 Jumbo stainless steel frets
  • Pickups: EMG Retro Active Hot 70 ceramic (bridge) and EMG Retro Active Hot 70 Alnico-5 (neck) humbuckers
  • Master volume control and master tone control
  • 3-Way switch
  • WSC HPS-6 Custom hardtail bridge
  • Grover locking machine heads
  • Black hardware
  • Ex-factory stringing: .010 – .046
  • Colour: Emerald Natural Quilted Burst
  • Made in Indonesia

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This guitar usually has a price around 425.00 €

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TL;DR: Really good! I’d bet it’s made in the same factory as Ibanez’s Axion Label guitars, ’cause it feels like one to me (but at half the price). Plays smooth, looks great, sounds great for metal AND more nuanced stuff. 10/10.

This is HB’s serious attempt at that Schecter/Ibanez/LTD range of guitars: legit metal instruments that you can tour and record with, but still cost less than say, a Fender American Standard.

This is my favorite type of guitar, to be honest: something that doesn’t feel like a display piece. Something you don’t have to be precious with, but still plays and sounds like a dream. My touring days are probably over, and COVID means no gigs, so this is a recording piece for the most part.

So here’s HB’s entry. It’s cheaper than the others, but possibly made by Cor-tek in the same Indonesian factory as my Ibanez Axiom Label? Whether it is or not, it belongs next to that guitar, while costing half as much.

The green burst looks decidedly dragon-like, it plays wonderfully – reminds me of Schecter, which I mean as high praise – and sounds absolutely killer.

The EMG Retro-Actives are quite the surprise: they don’t bludgeon your amp to death, so you’ll still want an overdrive. But honestly, they do gentle clean, low-gain, subtle sounds really well! Very different from my Fender EOB strat, but of similar quality.

Of all the things, I bought this guitar for ska-punk more than metal, and it does BRILLIANTLY. That same crisp clarity I’d expect from an EMG-loaded metal axe, but the nuance of a good passive pickup. Perfect.

Also, it shreds and chugs like a monster. No surprise there.

All in all, I’m immensely pleased. The headstock was chipped in shipping, Thomann shaved a little off the price for me.

Because there’s no way in hell they’re getting this guitar back from me. 🙂

Comment:

Maple veneer is more nondescript than in the photo. It looks indistinct, the drawing of the tree structure is very expressionless, almost transparent, unlike the examples in the photographs.
However, the look of the face of the soundboard and the headstock looks nice.
The paintwork is well done, but not perfect. There are very minor negligence, however, this is all nonsense. The painting method is rather complicated. Part of the body is painted over, the other part exposes the wood. The neck is also not painted over, which further accentuates the attention to the neck construction through the body. I understand that for this price it is almost impossible to do this kind of paint work perfectly. The back is translucent: through a layer of green paint I can see the mahogany body and it’s nice.
The neck is pretty slippery: it is covered with the same matte varnish as the body.
I am pleased with the choice of wood for the neck. The center piece of the neck was radial sawed – my compliments!
The fretboard is good. I don’t know what ebony wood should be like, but the fretboard is dark throughout the entire of board. Frets is polished.
The guitar has fantastic sustain. If you disconnect the battery, these EMGs sound like passive pickups lol.
I also ran into two previously known Amarok problems:
The volume knob scratching wood. But it is enough to pull it a little and everything is ok.
I also ran into the fact that the jack was held in the socket incorrectly. I had to unscrew the the cable socet and was fold back the contact plate, which fixes the cable inside. It takes me a couple of minutes, but the problem has been relevant since the first batch of Amarok. Why it has not been fixed until now is a mystery to me.
Overall, considering the specs and this price, the guitar is amazing.

Harley Benton Amarok-6 EGNT Quilted Burst vs Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FNT

The guitar Harley Benton Amarok-6 EGNT Quilted Burst is usually 86 € more expensive than Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FNT.

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Harley Benton Amarok-6 EGNT Quilted Burst

Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FNT

  • Build: Arched “Modern Comfort”
  • Body: Mahogany
  • Top: Quilted maple veneer
  • 5-Piece neck-through-body: Maple / Mahogany
  • Fretboard: Macassar ebony
  • Fretboard inlays: White offset pearloid dots
  • Glow-in-the-dark side markers on the fretboard
  • Neck profile: Slim modern C (thickness at 1st fret 21 mm – thickness at 12th fret 23 mm)
  • Wooden body binding
  • Matching headstock
  • Fretboard radius: 355.6 mm
  • Scale: 648 mm
  • Nut width: 42 mm
  • Graph Tech TUSQ nut
  • Dual action truss rod
  • 24 Jumbo stainless steel frets
  • Pickups: EMG Retro Active Hot 70 ceramic (bridge) and EMG Retro Active Hot 70 Alnico-5 (neck) humbuckers
  • Master volume control and master tone control
  • 3-Way switch
  • WSC HPS-6 Custom hardtail bridge
  • Grover locking machine heads
  • Black hardware
  • Ex-factory stringing: .010 – .046
  • Colour: Emerald Natural Quilted Burst
  • Made in Indonesia

  • Ergonomically shaped sapele body
  • Top: “Ultra Flame” flamed maple veneer
  • Matching headstock
  • Bolt-on neck: Roasted Canadian maple
  • Fretboard: Roasted maple
  • Neck profile: Modern C
  • Fretboard inlays: Clay dots
  • 24 Medium jumbo stainless steel frets
  • Graptech TUSQ XL nut
  • Nut width: 42 mm
  • Scale: 648 mm
  • Fretboard radius: 305 mm
  • Binding made of natural wood
  • Pickups: Roswell HAF-B Alnico-5 (bridge) and Roswell HAF-N Alnico-5 (neck) humbuckers and 1 S74-C BK Alnico-5 single coil (middle)
  • Volume and tone controls
  • Pickup Switch: Single coil / Humbucker
  • 5-Way switch
  • Wilkinson 50IIK 2-point tremolo
  • Chrome hardware
  • WSC staggered locking die-cast machine heads
  • Ex-factory stringing: .010 – .046
  • Colour: Gloss Flamed Natural

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Harley Benton Amarok-6 EGNT Quilted Burst vs Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FBLB

The guitar Harley Benton Amarok-6 EGNT Quilted Burst is usually 86 € more expensive than Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FBLB.

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Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FBLB

  • Build: Arched “Modern Comfort”
  • Body: Mahogany
  • Top: Quilted maple veneer
  • 5-Piece neck-through-body: Maple / Mahogany
  • Fretboard: Macassar ebony
  • Fretboard inlays: White offset pearloid dots
  • Glow-in-the-dark side markers on the fretboard
  • Neck profile: Slim modern C (thickness at 1st fret 21 mm – thickness at 12th fret 23 mm)
  • Wooden body binding
  • Matching headstock
  • Fretboard radius: 355.6 mm
  • Scale: 648 mm
  • Nut width: 42 mm
  • Graph Tech TUSQ nut
  • Dual action truss rod
  • 24 Jumbo stainless steel frets
  • Pickups: EMG Retro Active Hot 70 ceramic (bridge) and EMG Retro Active Hot 70 Alnico-5 (neck) humbuckers
  • Master volume control and master tone control
  • 3-Way switch
  • WSC HPS-6 Custom hardtail bridge
  • Grover locking machine heads
  • Black hardware
  • Ex-factory stringing: .010 – .046
  • Colour: Emerald Natural Quilted Burst
  • Made in Indonesia

  • Ergonomically shaped body made from sapele
  • Flamed maple top featuring an ‘Ultra Flame’ veneer
  • Bolt-on neck made from roasted Canadian maple
  • Roasted Canadian maple fretboard
  • “Dots” fretboard inlays
  • Modern C neck profile
  • Fretboard radius: 305 mm (12.008″)
  • Scale: 648 mm (25.512″)
  • Nut width: 42 mm (1.654″)
  • Graph Tech TUSQ XL nut
  • 24 Medium jumbo stainless steel frets
  • Wooden binding
  • Roswell HAF-B Alnico-5 (bridge)-, Roswell HAF-N Alnico-5 (neck) humbucker pickups, and 1x S74-C BK Alnico-5 single coil (middle) pickup
  • 5-Way switch
  • Single coil/Humbucker pickup switch
  • 1 Master volume control and 1 master tone control
  • Wilkinson 50IIK 2-point tremolo
  • Chrome hardware
  • WSC staggered locking diecast machine heads
  • Original strings: .010 – .046
  • Colour: Gloss Trans Flamed Blue Burst

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Harley Benton Amarok-6 EGNT Quilted Burst vs Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FBB

The guitar Harley Benton Amarok-6 EGNT Quilted Burst is usually 86 € more expensive than Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FBB.

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Harley Benton Amarok-6 EGNT Quilted Burst

Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FBB

  • Build: Arched “Modern Comfort”
  • Body: Mahogany
  • Top: Quilted maple veneer
  • 5-Piece neck-through-body: Maple / Mahogany
  • Fretboard: Macassar ebony
  • Fretboard inlays: White offset pearloid dots
  • Glow-in-the-dark side markers on the fretboard
  • Neck profile: Slim modern C (thickness at 1st fret 21 mm – thickness at 12th fret 23 mm)
  • Wooden body binding
  • Matching headstock
  • Fretboard radius: 355.6 mm
  • Scale: 648 mm
  • Nut width: 42 mm
  • Graph Tech TUSQ nut
  • Dual action truss rod
  • 24 Jumbo stainless steel frets
  • Pickups: EMG Retro Active Hot 70 ceramic (bridge) and EMG Retro Active Hot 70 Alnico-5 (neck) humbuckers
  • Master volume control and master tone control
  • 3-Way switch
  • WSC HPS-6 Custom hardtail bridge
  • Grover locking machine heads
  • Black hardware
  • Ex-factory stringing: .010 – .046
  • Colour: Emerald Natural Quilted Burst
  • Made in Indonesia

  • Ergonomically shaped sapele body
  • Matching headstock
  • Top: “Ultra Flame” flamed maple veneer
  • Bolt-on neck: Roasted Canadian maple
  • Fretboard: Roasted Canadian maple
  • Fretboard inlays: Dots
  • Neck profile: Modern C
  • Fretboard radius: 305 mm
  • Scale: 648 mm
  • Nut width: 42 mm
  • Graph Tech TUSQ XL nut
  • 24 Medium jumbo stainless steel frets
  • Binding made of natural wood
  • Pickups: Roswell HAF-B Alnico-5 (bridge) and Roswell HAF-N Alnico-5 (neck) humbuckers and 1 S74-C BK Alnico-5 single coil (middle)
  • 5-Way switch
  • Pickup Switch: Single coil / Humbucker
  • 1 Master volume control and 1 master tone control
  • Wilkinson 50IIK 2-Point tremolo
  • Chrome hardware
  • WSC staggered locking die-cast machine heads
  • Ex-factory stringing: .010 – .046
  • Colour: Gloss Trans Flamed Bengal Burst

Below have a look to the video of this guitar Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FBB

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Harley Benton Amarok-6 EGNT Quilted Burst vs Harley Benton HP-42 Signature TT Roasted

The guitar Harley Benton Amarok-6 EGNT Quilted Burst is usually 86 € more expensive than Harley Benton HP-42 Signature TT Roasted.

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Harley Benton Amarok-6 EGNT Quilted Burst

Harley Benton HP-42 Signature TT Roasted

  • Build: Arched “Modern Comfort”
  • Body: Mahogany
  • Top: Quilted maple veneer
  • 5-Piece neck-through-body: Maple / Mahogany
  • Fretboard: Macassar ebony
  • Fretboard inlays: White offset pearloid dots
  • Glow-in-the-dark side markers on the fretboard
  • Neck profile: Slim modern C (thickness at 1st fret 21 mm – thickness at 12th fret 23 mm)
  • Wooden body binding
  • Matching headstock
  • Fretboard radius: 355.6 mm
  • Scale: 648 mm
  • Nut width: 42 mm
  • Graph Tech TUSQ nut
  • Dual action truss rod
  • 24 Jumbo stainless steel frets
  • Pickups: EMG Retro Active Hot 70 ceramic (bridge) and EMG Retro Active Hot 70 Alnico-5 (neck) humbuckers
  • Master volume control and master tone control
  • 3-Way switch
  • WSC HPS-6 Custom hardtail bridge
  • Grover locking machine heads
  • Black hardware
  • Ex-factory stringing: .010 – .046
  • Colour: Emerald Natural Quilted Burst
  • Made in Indonesia

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  • Body: Nyatoh
  • Top: AAA Flamed maple
  • Neck: Roasted Canadian maple
  • Neck attachment: Bolt-on
  • Fretboard: Roasted Canadian maple
  • Fretboard inlays: Offset dots
  • Matched headstock
  • Fretboard: Maple
  • Fretboard radius: 350 mm
  • Scale: 648 mm
  • Nut width: 42 mm
  • Nut: Graph Tech
  • Frets: 22 Medium jumbo stainless steel
  • Pickups: Roswell P90s Alnico-5 single coils (neck) & Roswell HAF-B Alnico-5 humbucker (bridge)
  • 1 Volume control with push/push function for switching between humbucker and single coil
  • 1 Tone control with push/push function for phase reversal
  • 3-Way switch
  • Hardware: Chrome
  • Machine heads: Locking
  • Hardtail bridge with string-through-body
  • Strings: .010 – .046
  • Colour: Transparent Turquoise

Below have a look to the video of this guitar Harley Benton HP-42 Signature TT Roasted

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Where to buy the guitar Harley Benton Amarok-6 EGNT Quilted Burst

Thomann

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  • Full warranty. If you have any problems, they take care of everything.
  • 100% reliable payment.
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  • Usually Best price.
  • Best Reputation: They are the leading online store in Europe and have the best catalogue and information.

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  • Sometimes better price.
  • He’s got worse stock than Thomann.

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