Harley Benton SC-Custom III Desert Burst

It's my first H.B. and also my first LP guitar (only on ST so far). I'm reviewing it after three days of having it and playing it. So: surface finish, lacquer without any flaws. The maple veneer has an amazing look. The finish of the neck is also great. I lowered the fretboard a bit, the zero fret will need a little filing of the grooves, but very little. The guitar tunes in octaves and I didn't have to tune it. I really like the sound of the neck pickup, the tailpiece is aggressive by default, when disconnected to the single coil both pickups have a nice ringing single coil sound. Overall impression of the guitar: finish, lacquer = great. Frets, matching, tuning = after a little adjustment to my preference it's great. The sound of the pickups = when disconnected to singles they sound great, the humbuckers sound good, especially the neck sounds great, but it's a matter of habit, I have DiMarcio pickups on my ST and they sound different, not better or worse, just different , so the H.B. sound is also good. Overall the guitar is very good, very good indeed and considering the price of the guitar it's great! Great job Thomann, really great!!!