Harley Benton JA-60CC vs MS-60 | Budget Jazzmaster vs Mustang offset guitar shootout!

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Today, we’re comparing two of Harley Benton’s affordable offset guitars: the Jazzmaster-esque JA-60CC and the Mustang-like MS-60!

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I recently bought the JA-60CC in Seafoam Green, and love it – it’s a simple but amazingly fun gateway guitar into the world of offsets. I also happen to own an MS-60, which I bought super-cheap (and well-used) a couple of years back.

These two guitars offer an experience not unlike the Fender Jazzmaster and Mustang models they’re based on, but for a fraction of the price. So, if you’re wondering which one might be best for you to take your first step into the world of offsets, or if you just want to hear about the differences between the two, then you’re in the right place.

In the video, I go through the specs and features of the two guitars, and highlight the main differences – which happen to be the pickups (Jazzmaster-style on the JA-60CC, and Mustang-esque vintage single coils on the MS-60), the bridges (fixed on the JA-60CC, while the MS-60 has a vibrato system), and the scale length (25.5” and 24” respectively!).

Then, it’s time to test the two guitars in as many different genres and styles as I can: that means everything from country, folk and indie, to pop, rock, punk, metal, and more. By the end, we should know if these guitars are genuine alternatives to Fender and Squier offsets, and hopefully you’ll know which one is more your cup of tea!

Here are some links to the various playing samples and info bits:

00:00 Hello!
00:29 Introduction and what we’re doing today
01:37 JA-60CC specs and info
03:41 MS-60 specs and info
05:59 Today’s rig and plan

Clean Sounds
06:59 Clean tone reference chords on all pickup settings
07:39 Ringing open indie pop chords
08:05 Country strummed chords
08:25 Poppy barre chords
08:41 Folk pop chords
08:58 Blues progression
09:21 Country ballad arpeggios
09:34 Ascending indie open chords

Clean Sounds with extra reverb/tremolo
10:01 Indie pop picked arpeggios
10:25 Atmospheric indie arpeggios
10:50 Atmospheric droning indie chords
11:12 Poppy soundscapes

Overdriven Sounds
12:01 Indie rock rhythm sound
12:30 Droning open string riff
12:43 Garage rock riff
12:58 Indie rock octave chords
13:23 Upbeat indie rock barre chords
13:46 Edgy indie barre chords

14:00 AC/DC inspired classic rock riff
14:15 Hendrix inspired classic rock riff
14:31 Groovy classic rock riff
14:56 More classic rock sounds

Higher gain drive sounds
15:31 Classic hard rock riff
15:48 Hard rock riff
16:05 Glam rock riff
16:23 Hard rock melodic lead
16:47 Alt rock riff
17:12 Foo Fighters inspired modern rock riff
17:29 Pop punk riff
17:55 Pop punk melodic lead riff
18:11 Green Day inspired punk rock riff
18:38 Punk rock power chords
18:51 Progressive rock riff (Drop D tuning)
19:07 Modern rock palm-muted chords (Drop D)
19:31 Rage Against The Machine inspired groovy riff (Drop D)

Heavy Distortion sounds (all in Drop D)
20:04 Metal chugging riff
20:37 Hardcore punk riff
20:53 Classic metal melodic lead sound
21:10 Rammstein inspired industrial metal riff
21:23 Classic heavy metal/sludge riff

21:59 My thoughts and comparing the guitars
22:54 Looks
23:57 Build quality and hardware
25:25 Playability and neck
27:37 Weight
28:14 Sounds and pickups discussion
31:12 What other cheap offset guitars should you consider?
32:56 My conclusions and which one would I buy (again)?
34:10 Thanks and goodbye

My setup was as follows: I ran the guitars into my Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 head, also using my Greer Lightspeed for the overdrive and my Revv G3 for the heavy distortion sounds. The amp went from the Red Box DI straight into my Focusrite Scarlett 2i4, which went into Logic Pro X. That's it. No post-processing on the sounds was done.

Here’s some links to those bits of gear:

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H&K Black Spirit 200 head:
Greer Lightspeed:
Revv G3:
Focusrite 4i4 (the new 2i4):
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Enjoy!

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Backing music from the YouTube Audio Library: Duck In The Alley – TrackTribe.

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