Harley Benton Fusion-IV HSH LH RW QRG

Harley Benton Fusion-IV HSH LH RW QRG review

The Harley Benton Fusion-IV HSH LH RW QRG is a left-handed, six-string electric guitar with an ST-style body and an HSH pickup arrangement. Its listed price is 471, and the product has been available since April 2026. The specifications describe a feature-rich instrument built around a bolt-on roasted maple neck, a rosewood fingerboard, stainless steel frets, and a two-point tremolo. No customer reviews are available, so this assessment is based strictly on the published specifications. It cannot establish how the guitar feels or performs in practice.

Body, finish, and neck construction

The body is made from nyatoh and topped with a quilted maple veneer. Harley Benton lists the finish as Quilt Raspberry high gloss, while the general color entry is Raspberry. The body binding is natural wood, a contrasting detail that should be visible against the colored finish. The top is a veneer, not a specification for a solid maple cap, so buyers should not assume otherwise.

The bolt-on neck is described as roasted Canadian flamed maple, paired with a rosewood fingerboard. The neck profile is Modern C, with a stated thickness of 21 mm at the first fret and 23 mm at the twelfth. These measurements offer a useful reference, although they do not predict personal comfort on their own. The neck has a double-action truss rod with an adjustment wheel, giving the setup system adjustment in both directions.

The fingerboard has circular inlays and fluorescent side markers. Its compound radius transitions from 305 mm to 406 mm, also given as 12 to 16 inches. The nut is a 42 mm Graph Tech TUSQ XL model. Harley Benton lists 24 Blacksmith medium-jumbo stainless steel frets, each 2.7 mm wide. Stainless steel is the specified fret material; long-term wear, fret finishing, and setup quality cannot be judged from the product data alone.

Pickups and controls

The HSH configuration combines two humbuckers with a single-coil pickup in the middle position. At the bridge is a Tesla VR-Nitro Alnico 5 humbucker with a chrome cover. The middle pickup is a Tesla VR-1WH M Alnico 5 single coil, and the neck position uses a chrome-covered Tesla Opus-1N Alnico 5 humbucker.

Controls comprise one volume knob, one tone knob, a five-way pickup switch, and a mini switch for coil splitting. The coil-split function is intended to alter the humbuckers' operation, but the supplied specifications do not describe which pickup combinations are affected or the exact switching layout. The five-way switch and HSH arrangement provide several selectable pickup positions on paper. Their actual output, noise behavior, and tonal differences require hands-on testing.

Bridge, tuners, and included equipment

The bridge is a Babicz FCH 2-Point Special Z-Series C full-contact tremolo. The specifications confirm a tremolo system, but do not state its range, setup, or tuning stability under use. Tuning machines are staggered, locking Jinho JN-07 units with Harley Benton branding. The hardware is chrome-colored. Together, the locking tuners and two-point bridge indicate a specification set aimed at players who want a tremolo-equipped guitar with locking machine heads, though performance depends on assembly and setup.

The guitar is strung with Harley Benton HQS EL.010 to.046 coated strings. Neither a case nor a gig bag is included, so buyers should budget for separate protection if they need one for transport or storage. The listed scale length is 648 mm, equivalent to 25.5 inches. This is a full-length scale specification, and the instrument has six strings.

Technical verdict

On paper, the Fusion-IV HSH LH RW QRG covers substantial ground for a left-handed ST-style guitar: three Alnico 5 pickups in an HSH layout, coil splitting, a compound-radius rosewood fingerboard, stainless steel frets, locking tuners, and a named two-point tremolo. The roasted flamed maple neck and quilted maple veneer give the specification sheet a distinctive materials and finish profile, while the nut width, neck thickness, scale, and radius provide useful setup references.

The main limitations in assessing this model are the absence of customer feedback and the lack of details about factory setup, pickup wiring behavior, tremolo adjustment, and included accessories beyond the explicit note that no case or gig bag is supplied. The listed price is 471, but no currency is provided in the supplied data. For a buyer comparing specifications, this model presents a broad feature set. A final judgment on playability, finish quality, tuning stability, and sound would require inspecting or playing an actual guitar.