Apparently Thomann has really gone the extra mile with their Harley Benton- line.
Behold:
Baritone. 203 €.
Twin P90. 193 €.
Also with hambakersch.
Ric- copies galore (also with 12 strings)
And especially for me,
Also someone re-issued the Vox teardrop and Phantom.
Can I save any money this summer? Probably not.
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 8:54 pm
by paul_
What's up with the switches on those Hi-Flyers? Looks like they bought pre-cut 2" wires by mistake, or little Billy's football landed on the CNC input console again.
Re: dear Thomann..
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 9:53 pm
by James
Viljami wrote:And especially for me,
Only £156. Very tempting..
30.5" scale. Also comes in white. If it came in black there'd be one heading my way already.
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 11:07 pm
by Freddy V-C
My reaction to pretty much all of these was "Sheeeeeitt".
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 11:19 pm
by paul_
I wonder if these coming from the same factory Eastwoods come from, or just an attempt to replicate the same kind of success with the HB line... nice to see a more honest price on stuff like that in any case.
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 7:26 am
by lorez
Look great, priced great, where is the catch? I've not really heard anyone complain about the harleys.
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 8:12 am
by Viljami
I'm hoping that these Harley's will be Eastwood minus the BS.
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 9:34 pm
by Noirie.
Do want reasonably priced hi flyer copy badly.
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 10:06 pm
by ekwatts
Ooh, these are nice. Probably the same factory as Eastwood, to be honest. Eastwoods themselves have occasionally been rebranded Hutchins/Alden guitars with an extra £250 or so slapped on for extra profitz.
Basically an all valve Classic 30 copy for just under £300, kitted out with a Celestion V30 as standard. Which is amazing.
Some stuff sticks around, other stuff seems a bit more limited edition. They chuck something out, sell it off, bring out something new. But the price on this stuff is so damn low, and the reviews all seem to be pretty good.
Basically an all valve Classic 30 copy for just under £300, kitted out with a Celestion V30 as standard. Which is amazing.
That sounds like a deal. But what's about quality of their amps. Used Classic 30 from the US shipped would be 1.5 - 2 times more expensive, but I guess it can outlive its owner and can be inherited as a heirloom.
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 2:34 am
by sunshiner
Here is a review of this amp
[youtube][/youtube]
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 8:32 am
by ekwatts
sunshiner wrote:Here is a review of this amp
[youtube][/youtube]
I'd like to see a shot of the guts. Valve amps tend to be pretty serviceable; as long as there's no crippling production/design error and it sounds good, I can't really see any reason the quality wouldn't be as good as the Classic. At that price, who really gives a shit? And it comes in red.
I'll watch the video when I get home from work today.
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 7:45 pm
by izodiak
Who makes those VOX copies ?
Ok, found it - thomann
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 8:06 pm
by BearBoy
Aren't they Vox guitars rather than Thomann copies of Vox guitars? You can buy them lots of places. Unless I'm missing something?
Re: dear Thomann..
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 8:45 pm
by Doog
Viljami wrote:
Also with hambakersch.
FUCK
Re: dear Thomann..
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 8:47 pm
by pumpkin
Those Univox/Mosrite copies look excellent, I wonder if they'll be selling a hard case for them too?
I have the Harley Benton Vintage series jazz bass. For the money it's great. It is a budget instrument, but for the price it's a good deal.
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 7:57 am
by izodiak
Yes , they are 'real deal' VOX guitars. I wrote copies just because they are 'reissues'...
They sound like stratocasters, or they have some special vox tone ?
We dont have them nowhere here in Latvia, so I cant try them out.
