Santos Series C-40SCE BK : Great guitar for little money

I've been playing guitar for 30+ years. In this time I've owned around 30 guitars, of those several classical (Cuenca, Alhambra) and flamencas blancas from the 1500 eur and more range. I sold them all and played electric guitar for the past 15 years exclusively. So I figured why not try a cheap classic guitar. Harley Benton has come a long way from their humble beginnings. This guitar is well made, for the price extremely well. Of course the paint job isn't perfect but I don't care much about that. For me playability and sound is everything. Playability on this guitar is great, low action, very accurate intonation from the box. No sharp frets, nice comfortable neck. The Fishman electronics at this price are unbelievable. Amazing sound with no feedback, even playing around with overdrive/distortion amplified through a Marshall DSL.

Now the acoustic sound of this guitar is nicely balanced, but lacks some projection and overall loudness. This could be because of the thinline body or the cutaway, but I can't compare this to my old guitars since they were all full bodies and much more expensive. Overall this is a great guitar for both beginners and advanced players, as long as they don't expect concert guitar performance. For the money the overall value is absolutely unbeatable.