CST-24HB Tortoise Flame : excellent guitar.

My dream guitar is the much expensive brand name guitar that this is modelled after. But not being able to justify that much money as i make no money from playing i looked for a more accessible alternative. After reading many many reviews and review videos of the Harley Benton CST-24HB Tortoise Flame and seeing the great value price i had to give it a go.

The package was delivered promptly and safely packaged.

Out of the box the guitar was well set up and i just had to do a few personal tweaks. The quality is great and solid quality components have been used. I personally added a set of Harley Benton Parts SC-Style Speedknob AM and set up 2 micro switches so i can switch each pickup between humbucking mode and single coil, the Wilkinson MWCHB pickups that come fitted are suitable for coil splitting and i spent £5 on the 2 switches. (this is why i dropped 1 star in features as it could be done at the point of manufacture at minimal extra cost)

This guitar is such a bargain, well built nicely finished and has a great variety of tones (even before my personal mods) it is the price of a quality starter guitar but would stand up against many pro guitars in looks sounds and quality.