“High-performance specs and aesthetics with the express purpose to inspire”: Harley Benton bolsters its growing signature range with two Agufish custom models – and they’re some of the priciest guitars it currently makes

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In a rare signature move, the affordable gear brand has dropped two ultra-stylish single-cuts for YouTuber Agufish

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Harley Benton rarely produces signature guitars, but it has once again made an exception for YouTuber Agufish – AKA Hunter Engel – unveiling both regular and baritone Les Paul-style builds that offer its own take on an age-old recipe.

The champion of cheap electric guitars is well-verse in making affordable recreations of classic instruments, from Fender-flavored bass guitars to Slash-inspired single-cuts.

Now, Harley Benton has produced two more Gibson-esque builds that promise to provide “high-performance specs and aesthetics with the express purpose to inspire”.

Draped in a regal Purple Burst finish, the Harley Benton Agufish Custom Signature PB and its baritone equivalent are made from weight-relieved and chambered nyatoh – a tonewood seen by Ibanez and Sterling by Music Man as a more affordable mahogany alternative.

They are given AAA carved ash tops, luxurious-looking set roasted Canadian maple necks, and Macassar ebony fretboards.

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The neck is carved into a smooth U-profile and adorned with gig-ready glow-in-the-dark side dots, while the fretboard offers 22 stainless steel extra jumbo frets for a sleek finish.

The standard model offers a 25" scale length, with the baritone able to handle much lower, gut-wrenching tunings thanks to its elongated 28" length.

Both models feature Roswell Seraphim set Custom Wound humbuckers, with an Alnico V magnet in the bridge, and an Alnico V/Ceramic Flanker in the neck position.

Each humbucker has a dedicated Volume and Tone knob, with the latter delivering push/pull coil-splitting for a more versatile palette of tones.

Their brushed chrome hardware includes a WSC Tune-O-Matic bridge and Jinho HB JN-03L locking tuners. Both also come loaded with DR Strings Dragon Skin electric guitar strings: players can find a 10-46 set on the standard model and a metal-riffing-primed 13-62 set on the baritone.

The Harley Benton Agufish Custom Signature PB and its extended-range sibling are priced at $644. At that price point, they mark some of Harley Benton's most expensive standalone electric guitars to date.

Visit Harley Benton to learn more.

Phil Weller
Phil Weller

A freelance writer with a penchant for music that gets weird, Phil is a regular contributor to Prog, Guitar World, and Total Guitar magazines and is especially keen on shining a light on unknown artists. Outside of the journalism realm, you can find him writing angular riffs in progressive metal band, Prognosis, in which he slings an 8-string Strandberg Boden Original, churning that low string through a variety of tunings. He's also a published author and is currently penning his debut novel which chucks fantasy, mythology and humanity into a great big melting pot.