Harley Benton CLD-60SMCE NT

this guitar sounds superb ,the only thing i had to do was take a little off the saddle to get a better action,the guitar looks ,plays and sounds fantastic and was set up superb and totally playable with just tuning out of the box,remember its a solid mahogany top and coupled up with a slim neck for an acoustic so makes it a dream to play,i will say there is 1 or 2 slightly noticable cosmetic faults around the cream binding but then thats me just being picky,i am a bit of a perfectionist though,guitar is perfect playing/sounding and electronics are good too and not a lot of money so a no brainer,ive had expensive guitars and damaged them over time but you wont worry so much as this is such a good price you wont loose out much on resale.

When I first got my hands on it, it looked great. It had some minor imperfections here and there but that’s it. It came really out of tune, but the incorporated tuner came in handy. It all seemed great until the high e string came right its tuner. Not a great first impression but nothing to worry about, in an hour i had it fixed. Now here comes the main issue, the set up. My strings are miles away from the fretboard making this guitar a pain to play. As for the incorporated preamp, it works a ok for the most part, it isn’t great though. The battery ran out incredibly quick though, in a week or so. My only pro, apart from the looks, is its sound when played acoustically (not plugged in). It has a pretty good sound for what it costs.

In my opinion the guitar looks good but you’d be better off buying a better guitar.

Sending it back to thomann