A bought a cheap "Harley Benton" (Thomann store brand) telecaster clone for a family member that wanted to start with the electrical guitar. And I was shocked a

A bought a cheap "Harley Benton" (Thomann store brand) telecaster clone for a family member that wanted to start with the electrical guitar. And I was shocked at how good the build quality was. When I started playing twenty-odd years ago getting cheap brand guitars was a complete gamble and you had to do a lot to make them not suck. This guitar I got had at least the build quality of my US strat that went for 7 times the price at the time, and the sound was without doubt. I suspect it has to do with more/preciser CNC milling in manufacturing.