Harley Benton SC-200LH BK Student Series

Je conseille fortement cette guitare pour un utilisateur qui cherche une première guitare. Elle est facile à prendre en main et a un look terrible. Le seul point un peu contraignant est qu'elle est facilement salissable (ce n'est pas de la faute de la qualité ou quoi que ce soit, juste une simple remarque). Elle offre une bonne brillance. Bref en quelques mots c'est une très bonne première guitare pour les gauchers ...

As an elderly, vulnerable person who lives alone, I was quickly put into the 'high risk' category when the pandemic took off in early 2020.
''Sheilding'' meant no human contact - except for those listed as official carers - and one of my two best friends quickly adopted that role.

She knew very well that guitars/music was one of my many interests/passions, so wasn't surprised when I turned my kitchen into a workshop and started builiding guitars again - using almost finished necks and bodies, hardware, and the tools that had been hibernating in the loft since I moved here 17 years ago (post-divorce).
It was at this point she'd told me she always wanted to play guitar so I'd bought her a HB GS Travel Mahogany (I already had one and was impressed) for her birthday.
She was progressing well, so she got this guitar as a 'thank you' when the first wave eased.
I added a small modelling amp .... and she loves both !
Although a mere youngster in her mid-30's, she was brought up listening the music of the 60's, 70's, and 80's - and I don't think there's a genre she doesn't like.
But she has a particular fondness for Sabbath (I blame her father - he brought her up well).
She can now play all those iconic Iommi riffs, and as he's a leftie too, she learned just by watching him.
She'd then listen to the studio versions and fill in any gaps.

The guitar itself arrived almost ready to play.
Just about in tune, the intonation and string height was pefect, and everything did what it was supposed to do.

Just as the HB GS Travel guitar is the perfect beginners acoustic, the HB SC200 LH is the perfect beginner's electric, and will encourage new players - old and young - to keep playing and improve.
I just wish there'd been something as good, as affordable, and as easy to get hold of back in the 60's !

I now have a small, custom built workshop, and am thinking of building her something similar to the famous guitar she talks about all the time - BB King's 'Lucille' !
Problem being she's a 'leftie', obviously, and although I've built a few acoustics, and a bunch of solid-bodies in my time, I've never built a left-handed instrument, or a hollow body electric.
Perhaps it's time to learn ?

So thanks again Thomann - you've made two people very happy.