Harley Benton JA-Baritone P90 BK

This bariton only arrived yesterday but I’m already very impressed.
Packaging was very good, as usual with HB. Finishing is flawless, it looks great and impressive IMO. Tuning it was a bit of a challenge, the tuners feel a little ‘soft’ and yes the knobs are plastic, but that’s about my only complaint. Once the strings settled in they kept in tune. Electronics work fine, the poti’s somehow seem of better quality than average for HB, more gradual. Initial setup is very decent out of the box. I wil make some minor adjustments later, but it’s perfectly playable. I expected some hum, and there is some, pretty minor though, it might be an issue if you use heavy distortion. But hey it’s a P90 and there is this thing called noise gate. I didn’t need one. After a couple of hours I took the guitar to my studio, hooked it up and tried some stuff with a song in progress. Instant inspiration! Dry sound is very convincing, it also responds very well to the typical guitar effects like EQ, compression etc. If you use the neck pickup only you really get this heavy sound, almost bass-like but with more punch and definition. I’m going to use this one a lot! Can’t believe they can make and sell this quality for this price, HB has done it again.