Harley Benton Custom Line CLA-16S B-Stock

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Acoustic Guitar

Auditorium 000-14 design
Dovetail construction
Solid sitka spruce top
Scalloped X-bracing
Sapele body
Okoume neck
Pau Ferro fretboard
Modified oval C neck profile
Mother-of-Pearl dot fretboard inlays
Black body binding
Scale: 643 mm
Nut width: 43 mm
20 Frets
Bone nut
Compensated bone saddle
Pau Ferro bridge
Chrome-plated die-cast DLX machine heads
D'Addario XTAPB1253 Light strings, .012 - .053 (Article Nr 471307)
Colour: Natural matte
Matching case available under Article Nr 122211 (not included)

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3-Year Thomann Warranty

Available since November 2013

Item number 329860

Sales Unit 1 piece(s)

Model 000

Top Solid Spruce

Back and Sides Sapele, Mahogany

Cutaway No

Fretboard Pau Ferro

Nut width in mm 43,00 mm

Frets 20

Pickup No

Colour Natural

Incl. Case No

Incl. Gigbag No

Also available as brand new product 2.499 kr

2.375 kr

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Mainstream appeal

Harley Benton acoustic steelstring guitar CLA-16S

Acoustic guitars don’t come much more mainstream than with an “auditorium” body shape and a solid spruce top – and that is what the Harley Benton Custom Line CLA-16S delivers. And why not? After all, millions of guitarists can’t be wrong. The CLA-16S gives price-conscious players one of the most popular types of steel-string guitar – a status that this design has enjoyed for 100 years and that this guitar’s rich, transparent sound and natural charm will ensure that it also retains for a long time to come. In visual terms, the CLA-16S is designed with understated elegance in mind and is characterised by its simple and stylish natural wood finish and tasteful inlays.

sound hole and pickguard on the solid spruce top of the Harley Benton Custom Line CLA-16S

Large body size, full sound

It is common knowledge by now that the secret of a guitar’s tone is the wood used, particularly where solid wood is concerned, and the guitar’s top is of central importance. The Harley Benton Custom Line CLA-16S features a top made from solid Sitka spruce, a wood also used to ensure a good sound in guitars at much higher price points. This is combined with X bracing, which ensures that the string tension is effectively supported and, like the body shape itself, has been in widespread use for over 100 years. The guitar’s back and sides are made from sapele mahogany, and the okoume neck features a pau ferro fingerboard. All of this together produces a full-sounding, characterful tone with an excellent bass response.

Sapele mahogany back on the Harley Benton CLA-16S acoustic guitar

Ideal for the transition to steel strings

The days when guitars were divided into “beginner” and “advanced” models are long gone – and that is a good thing. Its affordable price alone makes the Harley Benton Custom Line CLA-16S ideal for beginners, and the guitar also gives them the perfect instrument on which to vastly improve their playing. However, it will also be a blessing for more experienced players making the move from nylon to steel strings – and should your journey eventually lead to the stage, this guitar will prove itself a technically and sonically capable companion up to semi-professional level.

About Harley Benton

Since 1998, the Harley Benton brand has been catering for the needs of numerous guitarists and bassists. In addition to an extensive range of stringed instruments, Thomann's house brand also offers a wide choice of amplifiers, speakers, effect pedals, and other accessories. In total, the range includes over 1,500 products. Built by established names in the industry, all Harley Benton products combine quality and reliability at attractive and affordable prices. The continuous expansion of the range ensures that Harley Benton always provides new, exciting, and innovative products that keep players perfectly in tune with the musical world, day after day.

spruce top on the steel string guitar Harley Benton Custom Line CLA-16S

Part of the group

The Harley Benton Custom Line CLA-16S is an ideal instrument for accompanying vocals of all kinds thanks to its full sound, which has plenty of clarity and excellent dynamics. Whether you are strumming chords with an extra-light pick to provide backing for a singer or fingerpicking in the finest Folk music tradition, this guitar can do it all and will remain audible even behind multiple voices – perfect for those performances around the campfire. What is more, the solid top and large body size deliver a thoroughly convincing sound in every application, with the added bonus that spruce tops are known to sound better and better as they age.

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Excelente adquisición

Jesus8093 23.05.2015

He recibido la guitarra hace dos días y estoy realmente contento con ella. No le encuentro fallos por ningún lado.
Los acabados están muy bien, sin pegotes de pegamento o barniz que está muy bien dado, la cejuela y el puente (que son de plástico no de hueso) están bien nivelados, los trastes y diapasón bien acabados, las clavijas cumplen su función manteniendo bien la afinación y el mástil es muy cómodo.
El sonido está bastante bien, no da tonos muy graves como corresponde al pequeño tamaño de su caja de resonancia, que por otra parte es lo que la hace tan cómoda, nada que ver mi dreadnouh enorme (esa es la razón por la que me decidí por una tipo auditórium).
Le he cambiado las cuerdas del calibre 012 que traía de fábrica por unas del 010, se que puede parecer una locura pero lo cierto es que ha mejorado en todos los aspectos, ha bajado la acción y es más suave de tocar y, en mi opinión, ha mejorado el sonido pues creo que la caja más pequeña de las guitarras tipo auditórium no responde bien a la vibración de las cuerdas de mayor grosor.
En definitiva una muy buena guitarra en relación a su precio, se la recomendaría a un amigo sin dudar.

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