Harley Benton ST-Modern HSS SFG

This guitar is unreal for the price. The closest thing I have played in terms of feel as a modern Strat is a Fender Player Plus, which is a nicer guitar but not much nicer.
This feels closer to a Classic vibe which of course has a more vintage feel but similar quality.
Sound is subjective but I like the pickups, will not be changing them.
Guitar came ready to play out of the box!!!! For a 179 euro!
This was NOT the case with my 900 euro Epiphone!
Biggest problem? It makes the ST62 obsolete. ST62 needs a revamp, 9.5 radius, skunk stripe and more colors. Skip the roasted neck, keep the rolled edges, take the pickups from this instead of Roswell. Call it ST Vintage or something...

I'd seen some reviews so I thought I'd give this a go as it was so cheap. I did have to wait for about 4 months for it to come back into stock but it was worth the wait. It is incredibly playable, the neck is a joy. It arrived with an almost perfect set up so all I needed to do was tune it up. Locking tuners and a two pivot trem bridge for £150? Almost defies belief. The pickups sound really nice, especially the humbucker. The coil tap doesn't really bring anything to the party but who cares? Electronics are quiet and the build quality is spot on. It also looks lovely. My younger self is very jealous that budget guitars were nowhere this good back in the old days. Buy one, even if you are a brand snob, just buy one.