Harley Benton CST-24HB Tortoise Flame Reviews

Very good for the money

I had a look online at a few reviews of this which said the center line may not line up and that there were a few flaws here and there.

Mine turned up and i was very pleased to find that this was not the case, its nigh on perfect the finish is fantastic, so much so that against a custom se 24 prs its hard to tell the difference. yes it doesnt feel quite as good in the hands but thats only if being fussy and doesnt feel any more than about £50-£100 less let alone £400-£500 less.

Sound is very good i was thinking about changing the pickups when i got it but ill be leaving them alone, sounds nice clean and very nice dirty!

Comfy guitar!

Look and feel are great. I like it more than my Epi's LP, especially neck and scale length. Pickups are bit too simple, but OK for the money. I found some minor flaws on the finish, but nothing serious.

Unbelievable value for money

This is hands-down the best guitar deal I have ever made. Considering the quality of the build and the finish I would expect an instrument like this to be priced in the range from 800 to 1,000 Euros and yet I paid only a quarter of that.

Harley Benton CST-24HB Tortoise Flame, It's a no brainer, Get one!

You will open the package and think, "Why, for so little money?".

Inspect it and its flawless to such a degree that you think why buy a Smith?

So, after wiping my drool of this thing, I played her unplugged for a while, nice feeling, fret ends smooth, came almost in tune. The action felt slightly higher but thats adjustable, may stick with this tho as she plays great out of the box.

Tuners are really good as is the nut, no cheap polymers there :P

Neck feels great, intonation is spot on, waiting for my bubble to burst..... It didn't.

Plugged her in and played and fell in love again. Lovely sounding and the looks made me play more. A few guitars are now gathering dust.

Now to the mojo (bullshit)

The pickups may or may not have a ceramic magnet. Well it's a magnet and a magnetic thing passing through it's field when wrapped in a coil will generate a current. These pickups sound great.

The capacitors aren't paper in oil/orange drop !! A capacitor is a capacitor, simply a battery that stores charge and releases on demand, no mojo there, whatever they are made of.

No CTS pots??? A pot is a variable resistor measured for quality on how many times it can cycle from zero to full without failing.

A wire is insulated against contact with other wires, the old people used cloth, now he have polymers(plastic)

Mojo over

Simply get one and play it, You will be converted.

Astounding!

It would be very easy to describe this guitar as incredible considering the frankly ludicrously small amount of money I paid for it. The fact is that I would still be saying it had it cost 3 or 4 times as much. Beautiful design, very tidy build and a fabulous finish. On top of this it was set up decently straight from the box, plays wonderfully and sounds awesome. I am seriously considering selling all my current guitars and replacing them with the Harley Benton equivalents. I would still have great guitars and be considerably richer.

Harley Benton CST-24HB Tortoise Flame

i purchased this guitar because i dont own a semi-acoustic with humbuckers

and i wanted to try one without spending to much cash.

i was pleasantly surprised upon opening the box,the top was beautiful!,fit and finish

was also perfect, no flaws in the construction of the guitar that i could find.

i would note that this guitar is constructed more like a chambered guitar with fholes

than a true semi-hollow(top and back are solid not laminate) thats is a plus for me.

i installed a set of 9s, gave the truss rod a slight tweak for a little more relief

set the intonation and thats it.

i have been over the moon with this guitar

and i would recommend this guitar to a friend......in fact i already have!

Slightly odd sounding

To my ears the HB CST-24HB sounds a bit "twangy" more like a Sitar than a Guitar. Maybe a change of strings is all that is needed, some people may actually like this sound.