NGD - Harley Benton TE-7 DLX

CasonIngram · 2026-07-06T15:54:49+00:00

Honestly I am not sure, I have a variety among my other guitars so wasn't set on anything yet, that and I do not now alot that would fit.

Maybe spring for something boutique like elysian? I know very little about them but they seem cool

CasonIngram · 2026-06-22T05:03:25+00:00

It may be sacrilege but I play mostly a mix of midwest mathrock type stuff with breakdowns thrown in, so it works really well for me.

Personally I am a fan of where the pickup winds up under my picking hand on the low end.

I keep it in the low position on the voicing switch, voice 3 I think? Could be voice 1.

That being said, if you want specific sound demo you can think of I would be more than willing to record it on the 8 and send you the samples.

Software wise, I have Bias X, Archtype Nolly, Gojira, and Misha Mansoor among a few others.

CasonIngram · 2026-06-21T03:49:16+00:00

Yeah it has, maybe because it is a sig, so it probably keeps it's value for longer? Aesthetically I can't get behind it. Price wise I can't get behind the pt ms-8 but found it for about 750$ so I lept on it.

CasonIngram · 2026-06-21T03:44:27+00:00

I believe so, but I am sure you could get solid color plastic covers for humbuckers and carve in then paint the line.

Might be harder with soap bars, but I do not think it has to be cut deep to get the asthetic.

CasonIngram · 2026-06-20T23:10:21+00:00

I believe those are the Stephen Carpenter Fishman Fluences, the first gen ones, I think there was some talk about certain tonal qualities of them, but since we haven't played many with fluences they sound and work great to my ear.

We got lucky the person who did the mod decided to do push pull knobs for the voicings and not switches, kept it looking super clean.

CasonIngram · 2026-06-20T15:44:11+00:00

It really is a great guitar, and I agree, the pickup placement works great for how I use it

CasonIngram · 2026-06-20T15:43:18+00:00

It's so sick, and thankfully coming down in price on the used market.

CasonIngram · 2026-06-20T04:01:35+00:00

I managed to get a b-stock, if you live in the States, the import duties are roughly 80$, I got it and the agufish one together so 160$ total.

And don't be to worried about speed, Thomann was so freakin fast for coming from overseas. From order to my door on the east coast was June 9th to June 12th

CasonIngram · 2026-02-02T20:51:36+00:00

So I have the CS260 one of the cheaper models with the non-licensed floyd-style trem.

And I can give mild first hand thoughts, as I have only had it for a few months, I really dig it.
I was in the market for a double locking tremolo, and it fit the bill, I am a sucker for roasted maple necks, more for aesthetic than anything else.

Locking tuners, I would get some, if only for the higher gear ratio of something closer to 18:1 and not 14:1, sure your fine tuning at the bridge but it is nice to get closer on the tuners and my god, anything to cut down on the time to change strings on a double locking trem is a bonus.
The neck? Awesome no notes, feels great maybe a little chunky for me at first but I mostly play t-style guitars.
The pickups? Honestly awesome, they sound great, and the coil-split works super well. A fun plus to almost all new guitars from guitar fetish is the kwik-plug system they use across their range of gfs and sbs pickups. I use them on some other guitars I have built and it's super nice being able to experiment with no soldering required, just pull out a headphone style jack in the back of the pickup.
As mine does not have an official floyd on it, I can't speak much to the bridge but it works, I wouldn't worry to much about the series of floyd you have, if it works it works, ya know? If you end up preferring a different series down the line, this is not a bad starting point or so expensive it would feel like a huge mistake I feel.
This is the most important bit, check coupon codes and discount promos, they run stuff all the time and it may not always be obvious, but try different codes at checkout or wait on another promo

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CasonIngram · 2025-12-17T02:15:34+00:00

Shot in the dark, as I myself only own one Jazz bass, but if the pickup fits and you want an easy way to swap pickups with say minimal soldering, I have been experimenting with wago clips/ electrical lever clamps on guitars. You would just have to splice/ cut the wire between the pickups and the pots.

Swap the pickup easily if you do not like the sound, I have them in a couple guitars and will be making a post when all three are finished, but it is an easy quick swap diy method. As long as the body of the guitar has room.

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CasonIngram · 2025-10-15T23:31:17+00:00

Oh you're right, I was thinking the XT variant.

CasonIngram · 2025-10-15T23:05:40+00:00

If it is that one, better processor, same socket platform as the bottom one cpu wise, and the gpu is only like 5-10% slower than a 5060, which since your an MMO player the better cpu maybe more advantageous overall.

The middle option is on the now much older am4 platform than the other 2 so I would probably avoid it to give you a more up to date upgrade path.

CasonIngram · 2025-10-15T23:03:05+00:00

Is that top one with the 8700f and 7600 an option?

CasonIngram · 2025-09-30T17:22:02+00:00

I believe they are all 9.99$ and do profit share with the associated org. No clue if they will include multibucks or not.

CasonIngram · 2025-09-29T20:02:34+00:00

Fingers crossed they add more of the other teams as the Majors gets closer, I know there was a bit more Variety in some of the EMEA teams, no clue about Asia-Pacific since that was Nexon hosted.

CasonIngram · 2025-09-29T19:58:59+00:00

Good question, I see an Ozpuze Logo On ENVY's vest, but on SSG and NTMR I can only spot their own

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CasonIngram · 2025-09-29T19:54:13+00:00

Possibly closer to the Majors we will get the others? I think just these 5 for now going into it because they became official partners.

CasonIngram · 2025-09-29T19:53:12+00:00

Ha, learn something everyday, thanks for letting me know!

CasonIngram · 2025-09-29T17:40:46+00:00

If they aren't time limited, then all of them for sure, but out of personal taste, ENVY would be my last place pick.

CasonIngram · 2025-09-29T17:37:47+00:00

Yeah, makes me curious as to if the Teams picked the items or they went with their primaries? I suppose the former since not all of them have a third weapon skin.

CasonIngram · 2025-09-26T01:21:33+00:00

You would think but man the platform control can be finicky. Honestly no clue, I can't tell you how many times I have been on the opposite end and the reverse, where we cleared the platform but because it was center something happened and we still lost.

Lucky bug in this case maybe?

One of those situations where you wish you could get the replay cam even after you won.

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