“The ST-JAMster raises the bar on what a beginner guitar can do”: Harley Benton’s new entry-level electric is a stylish S-style with a $140 price tag and onboard effects

Harley Benton ST JAM-ster: The new high-performance S-style from the budget gear giant comes in metallic red and gray finishes with black pickguards and vibrato.

Harley Benton has unveiled a new beginner electric guitar with a difference. It’s an HSS S-style called the ST-JAMster, and it comes strapped with onboard effects.

That’s right, overdrive, distortion, reverb and delay are all available via the turn of a dial here, and it also has a 3.5mm headphone jack that allows you to plug in directly and practise your playing without needing a guitar amp. Or, you can do it the old-fashioned way and plug in and turn it up.