I have three:
- Harley Benton Fusion-II HH EB OCT
- Harley Benton SC450 GT P90
- Harley Benton PJ-74VW (Bass)
Except the Bass, that was bought because I wanted a cheap thing for tracking my stuff, the others were bought compulsively, since I have already many guitars (13 in total)
Maybe I am just lucky and got excellent units but I have to say that my HBs are FANTASTIC for the price, and very good in absolute terms. And I can compare them against my top notch Jackson USA SL2H, Gibson Les Paul Std 2016, Fender Strat USA V-Neck and Fender Telecaster Standard USA, so I am not trying to justify any "bargain" or so, it is that honestly the guitars are crazy good for the price.
In the The Fusion II I dropped in a set of Bareknuckle boot camps and sounds fantastic (stock electronic was Alpha Pots and the soldering work and wiring routing was impeccable), stays in tune after using the Wilkinson Tremolo, the fretwork is simple flawless, and most finish aspects are comparable to guitars on the 800 euro range.
The SC450 is kind of a Gold Top copy, it is extremely cheap (149 Euros) and has some finish flaws, the bridge could be upgraded (I feel some parts are a bit "bitting" my hand when resting it over the bridge) and the tuners are not very precise, but if you upgrade these two components, still probably would be below 300 euros and again the neck is just great, and the fretwork excellent. I will probably replace the P90s at some point, but not before having tried some more renowned, for proper comparisons.
Obvviously they don´t feature the hand made bindings of the LP or the Jackson neck, no compound radius, in general are not meant to be flawless but for the price .... if you want something that sounds great with potentially some upgrades, and don´t need to worry about their reliability on the road (and I don´t say here that they aren´t reliable, just didn´t have a chance to test them), are an excellent choice.
I happen to live two hours from Thomman by car, and have tried a bunch of them, 80% of the times I was just amazed.
In my honest opinion many of the high end electric instruments are horribly overpriced, 2000+ euros or dollars for them, really, no way. This is a market were we have been sold myths and snake oil for decades.