CG-45 NS : Bargain or not!?

when I decided to buy The HB CG-45 NS, I knew from 40 years experience

that I would find faults with this Guitar! You see I was brought up to respect an old saying: 'You get what you pay for!!'' Well in this case the saying that I fell for was: Curiosity killed the Cat!!'' OK I am a little disappointed because the one thing that I was afraid of was that the frets would be no good! I was right!! They have not been dressed properly at all! It's as if nobody cared about doing the job right because it is a budget guitar.This is a sad fact but does happen! It would take minutes to be fixed if the ''so called'' Inspector/Passer had not passed the guitar but just taken it to have the frets filed down, my review would have been outstanding!! If that had been done, this guitar would have had 5 stars from me without hesitation!

The good points: The Body and neck are great!!

The wood is great!!

The weight of the guitar is perfect!!

The sound is great!

The Tuners are excellent and hold the tuning very well indeed!

Conclusion: IF the frets were perfect,I would pay more

than double for this guitar. it is good value for money

but I think that the Harley Benton company should get a little more strict

with Quality control!