Harley Benton Fusion-IV HH MN FNT

Harley Benton Fusion-IV HH MN FNT review

The Harley Benton Fusion-IV HH MN FNT has a specification sheet that reaches well beyond a basic electric guitar. For a listed price of 471, it offers a nyatoh body, a flamed maple veneer top, a roasted flamed maple neck and fingerboard, stainless steel frets, two Tesla humbuckers, and a Babicz full-contact tremolo. The natural high-gloss finish shows the figured top, while natural wood binding follows the body's edge.

There is an important qualification: the owner feedback supplied with this review describes significant fret unevenness on arrival. One player reported widespread buzzing and notes choking out until the frets were leveled and dressed. After that work, the same owner called the guitar a favorite, comparing it favorably with instruments costing thousands. Another buyer reported a small scratch on the last fret, but said the guitar played and sounded wonderful overall. These are individual experiences, not a guarantee that every example has the same issues. They do make a careful setup check especially important.

Neck and playing feel

The bolt-on neck is made from roasted Canadian flamed maple, with a matching Canadian maple fingerboard. Its modern C profile measures 21 mm at the first fret and 23 mm at the twelfth. That modest increase gives the neck a consistent feel along its length, while the compound fingerboard radius moves from 305 mm to 406 mm. The flatter upper section is intended to support bends without choking, provided the fretwork and setup are right.

The 648 mm scale is the familiar 25.5-inch length, and the nut measures 42 mm across. A GraphTech TUSQ XL nut, a dual-action truss rod with an adjustment wheel, circular fingerboard inlays, and fluorescent side markers round out the neck details. There are 24 medium-jumbo stainless steel frets, each 2.7 mm wide. Stainless steel is generally more resistant to wear than conventional nickel-silver fret wire, but the material does not correct uneven fret heights. The reported need for fret leveling is therefore a meaningful caveat, not a minor detail that the spec list resolves.

Pickups and controls

The pickup layout is humbucker at the bridge and humbucker at the neck. The bridge position uses a Tesla Opus-1B Alnico 5 zebra humbucker; the neck position uses a Tesla Opus-1N Alnico 5 humbucker with a chrome cover. One volume knob and one tone knob keep the main controls uncomplicated. A five-way switch and a mini-switch for coil splitting expand the available settings beyond the full humbucker sounds.

The supplied feedback describes the guitar's sound as good, though one owner did not care for every pickup combination. That is a useful distinction: the switching gives players options, but the appeal of any particular setting depends on taste and playing style. There is not enough evidence here to make detailed claims about output level, frequency response, or how the pickups behave through specific amplifiers.

Bridge, hardware, and finish

The Babicz FCH 2-Point Special Z Series C is a full-contact, two-point tremolo. It is paired with staggered Jinho JN-07 locking tuners, chrome hardware, and a set of coated Harley Benton HQS EL strings in.010 to.046 gauge. The guitar is listed with standard E tuning. These are substantial hardware specifications for this price bracket, though no owner feedback provided here measures tuning stability or tremolo performance over extended use.

The natural finish is described as flame natural high-gloss. The top is a flamed maple veneer, rather than a solid flamed maple cap, so the visual figure should be understood in that context. The product information lists no included gig bag or hard case. It became available in April 2026 under item number 618086.

Verdict

The Fusion-IV HH MN FNT looks compelling on paper and, according to the supplied owners, can be rewarding to play and sound good once properly set up. Its roasted maple neck, stainless steel frets, coil-splitting controls, locking tuners, and Babicz tremolo make for a strong feature set at 471. The main reservation is quality control at the fret level. One reported example needed fret leveling and dressing before it was playable, while another arrived with a visible scratch on the last fret.

Buyers should inspect the frets and test every note across the neck as soon as the guitar arrives. If the frets are uneven, professional leveling and dressing may add time and expense. With a clean example, or after corrective fretwork, the Fusion-IV appears to offer considerable value. Without that check, the appealing specification list does not tell the whole story.