The electric guitar by Harley Benton features passive pickups, which consist only of the coil that "translates" the movement of the strings into an electric signal. This type of pickup is widely used and the most common compared to others.

The pickup configuration equipped on the guitar is S, which describes the number, position, and type of pickups. More specifically, the combination of the letters H and S are the initials of the words humbucker and single, e.g., if we have an HSS pickup configuration, the guitar has 1 Humbucker pickup and 2 Single coils. Also, the order of the letters indicates the position where the pickups are placed, with the first letter being the bridge position, the last being the neck position, and the middle letter, if present, indicating the middle position. However, if the configuration has only one letter, then the pickup is usually placed in either the bridge or neck position.

Finally, the bridge of the Harley Benton is fixed. The bridge is the part where the strings start from the body of the instrument and go towards the tuning pegs. The strings simply pass through the metal frame that resembles a bridge, which is screwed onto the body. Changing strings is simple and quick and does not require any special attention.