Review of the Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FNT Electric guitar. Where to buy it?

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  • 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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This guitar usually has a price around 339.00 €

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Harley Benton Fusion II HSH - Detailed Review Part 1

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Some comments from people who come to the forum about this model:

Comment:

I’ve been playing for 49 years, owned over 40 guitars in that span. Mostly hobbyist playing, but lately I’ve started clubbing with a small combo on sporadic dates. As I get closer to retirement, I’m looking to expand my clubbing with a guitar that can cover a wide variety of rock, pop and country from late 50’s through 90’s.

After much researching around, I found both Henning Pauly and Jonathan Koh’s video reviews of this guitar on the YouTuber, both of which combined convinced me to take a chance on this beauty. Subscribe to both of them if you haven’t by now… both are wonderful and honest in their reviews of these guitars.

The purchase process was great. I live in Minnesota, USA. Guitar arrived in 10 days from Germany. Packaging was great and finish-wise the guitar was pristine on arrival. Setup was good, with slightly too much relief in the neck for my liking, so about 1/4 turn of truss took care of that. 2 of the intonation lock-down hex screws on the bridge needed tightening, otherwise setup and intonation were great!

All electronics except the 5-way switch worked fine. The 5-way was intermittent, so I shot with electrical cleaner and that seemed to fix. With an eye on future upgrades and/or maintenance, I asked Thomann for a wiring diagram and was surprised to hear they don’t have one. Please supply these with your instruments, Thomann!!! PDF’s in the Support Page would be Awesome!!!

I play through mostly Positive Grid products using a ’63 Gibson Skylark played clean, and the tonal choices on this guitar are terrific. I can get anything from Tele to Strat to LP and combos thereof. Love it.

This guitar has a neck to die for! Beautiful roasted maple, stainless steel frets (which are perfect), GraphTech nut and roller tree. Man, you can dive the crap out of the whammy and it holds tune! It’s thinner than the other guitars I’ve owned, but not weirdly so: very comfortable and capable of supporting much faster players than me!

All in all, I’d rate this guitar as the nicest playing instrument I’ve ever owned, with the possible exception of my Gretsch Electromatic. (No, they’re tied for first!). And my faith in Harley Benton and Thomann is 100%. So much that (again, Thanks to Henning and Jonathan) I put an order in yesterday for the CST-24HB Tortoise Flame. Dying to get my eyes and hands on it!

Keep up the good work, Thomann! I’ll be spreading the Harley Benton Gospel here in Minnesota for ya! – Cheers!

Comment:

Due to the current pandemic, I’m not playing out. I have yet to gig out with the guitar.
I’ve had the guitar for over a month. First what I liked about the guitar. I was always wondering what the big deal was with "roasted" necks. Well, if you haven’t tried one, please do. This is the smoothest playing neck ever. I have over 20 guitars, Tele with maple, Les Paul with rosewood, Schecter with ebony. IMHO this is the best neck of all.

Next the pickups.
I wanted a guitar that could do it all, humbucker and single coil. First of all despite some of the You Tube reviews, I like the pickups and will not be changing them. The humbuckers would not be confused with the Seymour Duncan Custom 59’s but they have a good tone, compare them to the Epiphone Probuckers. When split I’m able to get very close to the Fender Strat sound, playing clean, think of Jimmy Vaughan or Robert Cray. I have played this through my Fender Hotrod Deluxe to check out the tube sound with volume, and the Fender Champion 50 XL for around the house. I was able to get myriad tones with both amps.
Looking forward to gigging out with this.

The guitar was set up very well, I have a slew of luthier tools, but needed none. I adjusted the action and intonation. I had to go to You Tube for a video on how to adjust the Wilkinson bridge, which BTW is much better than the Fender vintage. Electronics all worked well. Cavity is shielded, no name large pots, smooth action on volume and tone, with no big drop offs. Locking tuners are a real plus on any guitar with a tremolo, BTW the arm is adjustable, no flapping around.

Cosmetics.
The guitar cosmetics were well done, no flaws found. The flamed finish looks great. I had to get use to a little different style of picking as there’s less than 3/4" inch between pickups. I had ordered the "bundle" which is supposed to come with a HB gig bag, it came with a GEWA economy gig bag, which I actually consider an upgrade as I can compare this with my HB.

The only negative was the shipping of the guitar. I was aware that there would be delays due to the current situation, however there was a mix up in either their shipping or DHL. The order showed my address as correct, but somehow the mailing label hat was printed out had a zip code from an old address over 300 miles away. It was lost for a while until someone in the Postal Service here corrected the address by hand. The good news is that there was no damage despite a round about route to get to me.

Question, "Is this guitar suitable for the Blues?"
Answer, "All guitars are. It’s the player that puts the Blues out there."
Yes, when I return to gigging I will be playing this guitar, but for the B.B. King songs it’ll have to be my Gibson.
I’m happy to have this guitar in my arsenal.

Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FNT vs Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FBLB

The guitar Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FNTis usually 0 € cheaper than Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FBLB, but the difference is so small that this can vary..

Below have a look to the video of this guitar

Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FNT

Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FBLB

  • 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

  • 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

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

Harley Benton Fusion II HSH - Detailed Review Part 1

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Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FNT vs Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FBB

The guitar Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FNTis usually 0 € cheaper than Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FBB, but the difference is so small that this can vary..

Below have a look to the video of this guitar

Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FNT

Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FBB

  • 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

  • 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

Harley Benton Fusion II HSH Roasted FBB Unboxing and Review

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Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FNT vs Harley Benton HP-42 Signature TT Roasted

The guitar Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FNTis usually 0 € cheaper than Harley Benton HP-42 Signature TT Roasted, but the difference is so small that this can vary..

Below have a look to the video of this guitar

Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FNT

Harley Benton HP-42 Signature TT Roasted

  • 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

  • Henning Pauly EytschPi42 Signature Model
  • 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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gmt9khUZmAo

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Where to buy the guitar Harley Benton Fusion-II HSH Roasted FNT

Thomann

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

Amazon

  • Free Shipping and possibility of shipping in one day with Amazon Premium.
  • Full Guarantee but they are no experts in music equipment.
  • Sometimes better price.
  • He’s got worse stock than Thomann.

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