Today we’re comparing the Harley Benton SC DLX Gotoh against the Harley Benton Aeolus to found out which claims the crown of being the most versatile – and possibly flat out the best – guitar in Harley Benton’s current catalogue!I’ve played both these guitars a lot over the past few months, and they’re great options for players who want a high-performing all-round instrument – they’re well-priced, well-built and great sounding, and packed with decent hardware and Tesla pickups to boot.
Get the SC DLX Gotoh here:
Get the Aeolus here:
But which is best? That’s what we’re trying to find out today. In this video, I play a bunch of riffs in a number of different styles on the SC DLX and the Aeolus, making sure we get through sounds on all of the various pickup options (both guitars have two humbuckers that can be split down to single coils).
We’ll cover all the genres I like – indie, country, classic rock, alternative rock, and a bit of heavier stuff too – and we’ll see which of these guitars is the ultimate Harley Benton all-rounder! Which do you prefer? Let me know in the comments!
Here are the links to the different playing samples and talking parts:
00:00 Hello!
00:10 Intro and what we’re doing today
02:03 SC DLX Gotoh specs/info
04:37 Aeolus specs/info
06:58 Today’s video plan and my rig
07:40 Note the Aeolus’s pickup selector switch is back to front!
Clean Sounds
08:16 Clean tone reference chords on all pickups
09:38 Poppy barre chords
10:09 Ringing open indie pop chords
10:37 Country lead sound
10:53 Blues progression
11:21 Country ballad arpeggios
11:47 Atmospheric droning indie chords
Crunch Sounds (Clean Channel w/Greer Lightspeed)
12:26 Airbourne inspired classic rock riff
12:49 Hendrix inspired classic rock riff
13:22 Classic rock riff
14:16 AC/DC inspired classic rock riff
14:50 Southern rock picked arpeggios
15:11 60s rock rhythm riff
15:31 Fat indie rhythm chords
16:04 Indie rock barre chords
16:54 Indie octave chords riff
17:43 Upbeat indie barre chords
Lead Channel Sounds
18:10 Classic hard rock riff
18:46 Hard rock riff
19:18 Glam rock riff
19:45 Foo Fighters inspired modern alt rock riff
20:21 Alternative rock riff
21:13 Pop punk riff
21:39 Pop punk melodic lead riff
22:11 Punk rock power chords
22:39 Progressive rock riff (Drop D tuning)
23:10 Modern rock palm-muted power chords (Drop D tuning)
23:57 Rage Against The Machine inspired groovy riff (Drop D tuning)
Clean Channel w/Revv G3 Distortion Pedal (all in Drop D tuning)
24:29 Hardcore chugging riff
25:00 Hardcore punk riff
25:30 Less Than Jake inspired punk rock riff (Standard Tuning!)
25:51 Thrash metal riff
26:11 Lead sounds
26:35 Classic heavy metal/sludge riff
27:39 My thoughts
28:19 Build quality and hardware
31:10 Weight
31:56 Neck and playability – Aeolus
33:49 Neck and playability – SC DLX Gotoh
35:29 Sounds and versatility
39:34 Which guitar is best? And which would I buy?
42:26 Final conclusion and goodbye
Watch my full Aeolus review and demo here:
And my full video on the SC DLX Gotoh here:
I ran the two guitars into my Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 head, 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 (this is the newer equivalent of my 2i4, which they don’t make any more!):
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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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