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Great guitar
This CST-24HB TOL is my second Harley Benton guitar after the Black Paisley TE-70 which was also a pleasant surprise. I believe these instruments can't and shouldn't be compared to higher price range guitars, but they have an amazing price-value ratio. With crazy lil money you get a very nice guitar that looks good, sounds good and feels good in your hands.
This guitar was delivered in about a week and everything went great with ordering and delivering. Parcel didn't have any dents and guitar was packed well. Out of the box it played quite well and actually I haven't bothered to start setting it up yet tho I've played a couple of practice sessions with it already. Action was alright and the guitar feels absolutely amazing to play. The intonation needs some work and there's some sitar-kind of sound on B string. It's not audible when playing through the amp, but it will probably need some love or another kind of tailpiece. I got a lil bit of fret buzz on the 9th and 12th fret but not enough to really mess with playing. These cons will probably go away when I do some real setup for the guitar. So far I've been too excited to play the guitar to start setting it up.
The pickups create a nice tone and coil-split brings you great versality. Tuners work well even with the strings the guitar came with. Pots and switches seem nice, nothing bad to say about them.
The guitar looks just amazing. Tree of Life inlay has some problems with it. Looks like it's made of too small pieces and it's very dirty. I'll try to clean up the brown residues when I'll change the strings next time, but right now from closer the inlay looks cheap and awful. From couple of feet away it looks amazing. There's also another problem with the body. Just under the tailpiece, there's a black spot of paint under the lacquer. These cosmetic problems made me feel like this guitar should have been sold as B stock. I haven't contacted Thomann about possibly asking for a discount though, cause overall I've been very pleased with this instrument.
Despite the small flaws, I'd definitely recommend you to get one of these. It's by far the nicest guitar I've ever owned (after Classic Vibe Strat, G&L Asat Classic, Epiphone Les Paul Standard, HB TE-70). It's a joy to play acoustic or electric and looks amazing, no matter the visual flaws. With this price, go for it!
This guitar was delivered in about a week and everything went great with ordering and delivering. Parcel didn't have any dents and guitar was packed well. Out of the box it played quite well and actually I haven't bothered to start setting it up yet tho I've played a couple of practice sessions with it already. Action was alright and the guitar feels absolutely amazing to play. The intonation needs some work and there's some sitar-kind of sound on B string. It's not audible when playing through the amp, but it will probably need some love or another kind of tailpiece. I got a lil bit of fret buzz on the 9th and 12th fret but not enough to really mess with playing. These cons will probably go away when I do some real setup for the guitar. So far I've been too excited to play the guitar to start setting it up.
The pickups create a nice tone and coil-split brings you great versality. Tuners work well even with the strings the guitar came with. Pots and switches seem nice, nothing bad to say about them.
The guitar looks just amazing. Tree of Life inlay has some problems with it. Looks like it's made of too small pieces and it's very dirty. I'll try to clean up the brown residues when I'll change the strings next time, but right now from closer the inlay looks cheap and awful. From couple of feet away it looks amazing. There's also another problem with the body. Just under the tailpiece, there's a black spot of paint under the lacquer. These cosmetic problems made me feel like this guitar should have been sold as B stock. I haven't contacted Thomann about possibly asking for a discount though, cause overall I've been very pleased with this instrument.
Despite the small flaws, I'd definitely recommend you to get one of these. It's by far the nicest guitar I've ever owned (after Classic Vibe Strat, G&L Asat Classic, Epiphone Les Paul Standard, HB TE-70). It's a joy to play acoustic or electric and looks amazing, no matter the visual flaws. With this price, go for it!
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