Harley Benton DC-600 VI – On the Bench Today

The guitar on the bench today is the Harley Benton DC-600 VI with the VI standing for Vintage Instrument.

Here is what is wild. I paid $208.38 including shipping from Thomann’s website.

Harley Benton is the in-house brand of Musikhaus Thomann. Europe's largest music retailer.
The company's guitars are made in China and quality controlled in Germany. Harley Benton guitars are manufactured in around 20 factories in the Far East in China, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
Harley Benton is able to offer affordable prices because it's the house brand of the giant German instrument retailer Thomann. This allows Harley Benton to save on logistics, marketing, and distribution. They primarily target budget priced instruments and strive to be known as a much higher quality than other manufacturers at the same price point.

SPECIFICATIONS

The Body is made of Okoume (uh kow muh) which is like mahogany.

The neck is made of Mahogany, set-in
With a Scale of 628 mm (24.75 inches)
And a Neck C profile
With a Nut width: 43 mm (1.69 inches)
The Fretboard is made of Indian Laurel
Double action truss rod
Fretboard radius: 350 mm (14 (13.77) inches)
24 Frets
Block inlays
Cream-colored neck binding
Kluson-style machine heads
Strings: Harley Benton .010 - .046


Pickups: 3 Roswell LAF AINiCo-5 vintage-style humbuckers.
3 Volume knobs and 1 tone knob
Tune-O-Matic bridge
Golden finish hardware
Colour: Vintage Ivory

Fret quality – smooth edges and only found wobbly three places after the 12th.
Inlay quality? Really good which is surprising for a guitar in this price range.