Harley Benton SC-Custom III Desert Burst

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Electric Guitar

Body: Meranti
Top: AAAA flamed maple veneer
Set-in neck: Meranti
Fingerboard: Rosewood
White pearloid crown fingerboard inlays
Neck profile: Modern C - thickness at 1st fret: 20 mm / 12th fret: 22 mm
Fingerboard radius: 350 mm
Scale: 628 mm
Nut width: 42 mm
Nut: Graphite
22 medium jumbo Blacksmith stainless steel frets
Cream binding
Pickups: 2Two Tesla TM VR-Nitro Alnico-5 humbuckers
Two volume controls
One tone control with push/pull function for coil split
3-way switch
WSC Tune-O-Matic bridge
HB machine heads
Chrome hardware
Colour: Desert Flame Burst, high-gloss
Includes security locks

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Available since July 2024
Item number 570230
Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
Colour Burst
Body Meranti
Top Flamed Maple Veneer
Neck Meranti
Fretboard Rosewood
Frets 22
Scale 628 mm
Pickups HH
Tremolo None
Including Case No
Incl. Gigbag No

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SC custom III desert burst

Tomislav20 06.09.2024

I decided to buy this guitar after I saw video on YouTube. Great instrument,very well made ,just the tone and volume knobs were a little bit of central,but that's a minor thing., everything else like the gloss finish and overall feel of the guitar is amazing for this price. Highly recommend.

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Beautiful guitar with a powerful sound

Muzgart 23.04.2025

Good job Harley Benton. You are keeping the budget segment happy and forcing other big names to lower prices. I am very happy with this Custom III (Desert Burst). The paint is superb, overall a beautiful guitar with a powerful sound. The only complaint is that the freetboard is a bit dry. Power to the people 🤘

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Probably THE best budget SC guitar

Martin Rotter 12.09.2025

I have owned several SC guitars before and even some Bentons like SC-450 and SC-550.

Let me say one thing. SC-Custom III is much much better than SC-550. It has one of the best non-locking tuners I have ever laid my hands on. The tuning is such a pleasure now. Also, the neck somehow feels nice a thin.

Body ergonomics is spot on, all the carvings are great. It is just well-balanced guitars with unbeatable specs which could easily cost 3 times more.

The only downside is the nut which is OK-ish but definitely not great and I will replace it over time - the string spacing on it is unnecessarily too narrow, this strings are just a bit closer to each other than needed.

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**Good sound, but jack socket issue**

Karim_AI 18.09.2026

Good sound for the price. The Tesla pickups are decent and suit the guitar well, but they are not exceptional, which is fair at this price point.

My biggest concern is that the output jack socket came loose and slipped inside the body. The small hex nut holding it in place had worked loose, so I had to remove the part and fix it myself. It was not difficult, but I do not think this should happen on a new guitar.

I also had a similar issue with the included strap locks. Their retaining nuts rattle slightly and have come loose a few times. These are an optional extra, so this is less serious than the jack socket, but it does suggest that these small nuts are not staying tight enough.

The factory setup also needs work. The action feels too high, and I may need to adjust the bridge height and possibly the neck relief via the truss rod. Some setup work is expected on a budget guitar, but this feels like a bit more than I hoped for.

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