Harley Benton ST-Modern Plus HH Purple MT

Harley Benton ST-Modern Plus HH Purple MT: Technical Review

The Harley Benton ST-Modern Plus HH Purple MT is a solid-body electric guitar with two humbuckers, a fixed bridge, and a push-pull control for coil splitting. Its listed price is 375. The specifications describe a poplar body, a roasted Canadian flamed maple neck, and a rosewood fingerboard. The finish is high-gloss Purple Metallic, with chrome hardware and a single-ply black pickguard.

No customer reviews are available for this model. This assessment is based only on the supplied specifications, so it does not make claims about sound quality, tuning stability, comfort in use, or build consistency. The listed availability date is September 2026, and the item number is 613674.

Neck and Fingerboard

The bolt-on neck uses roasted Canadian flamed maple and has a laurel skunk stripe. Harley Benton specifies a Modern C profile, measuring 20.5 mm thick at the first fret and 22.5 mm at the twelfth. Those measurements give a clearer sense of the neck's dimensions than the profile label alone, though they cannot establish how it will feel in a player's hand.

The rosewood fingerboard has a compound radius that transitions from 305 mm (12 inches) to 406 mm (16 inches). The supplied information also lists right-angled, rounded fingerboard edges, dot inlays, and fluorescent side markers. The markers are intended to remain visible in low light, but the available specifications do not state their brightness or performance under particular lighting.

There are 22 medium-jumbo stainless steel frets, each specified at 2.9 mm, with rounded edges. Stainless steel is the stated fret material; no claim about fret life or setup condition can be confirmed from the listing. A double-action truss rod is adjusted using a wheel. The nut is graphite and measures 42 mm wide. These details identify the adjustment method and key neck dimensions, but a proper setup may still be needed after delivery.

Pickups and Controls

The guitar is fitted with a Tesla CROW85b chrome humbucker at the bridge and a Tesla CROW-85n chrome humbucker at the neck. A three-way switch selects between pickup positions. The control layout consists of one volume knob and one tone knob with a push-pull function that splits the coils.

That wiring gives the player a way to select the bridge pickup, neck pickup, or their combined position, with the push-pull control adding a coil-split option. The specifications do not describe the output level, pickup voicing, or the precise character of the split sounds. Those points require direct listening and playing, so they should not be treated as established performance claims.

Bridge, Scale, and Hardware

The 648 mm (25.5-inch) scale is paired with a Babicz FCH Z fixed bridge. The strings pass through the body, and the machine heads are staggered. There is no tremolo system. This is a straightforward fixed-bridge configuration on paper, but the supplied information does not provide a measured tuning test or details about adjustment range.

The listed factory string set is Elixir coated.010 to.046. Chrome hardware completes the specification. The product details do not identify a locking nut or locking tuners, so neither should be assumed. Likewise, no setup measurements for action, intonation, or neck relief are provided.

What the Specifications Establish

The clearest case for this model is its defined feature set: two humbuckers, a coil-splitting control, stainless steel frets, a compound-radius fingerboard, and a fixed bridge with strings through the body. Its neck dimensions, scale length, nut width, and fret size are also stated, making the listing more useful for comparing fit and hardware than a description that relies on general labels.

Important buying details remain unverified. There are no customer assessments, sound samples, measured setup figures, or independent durability results in the supplied data. A bag and case are both excluded. Buyers should also confirm the current price and stock status with the seller, since the listing gives a price of 375 and an availability date of September 2026, but does not specify a currency.

On paper, the Harley Benton ST-Modern Plus HH Purple MT is a fixed-bridge guitar with a broad set of practical specifications and a coil-split option. Whether its pickups, neck shape, finish, or setup meet a player's expectations cannot be established from the listing alone. Treat this as a specification-based assessment, not a report of hands-on testing.