Harley Benton CST-24T Black Cherry Flame 4-stars Reviews

Good guitar, amazing for the price.

This guitar arrived in great condition and looks stunning. I personally find the pickups far too hot (output). For the money however, you cant go wrong

good guitar!

not an SE, but it has its own vibe. the only thing is the nut. once you replace it or work on it for a while, you have a great guitar with good weight, and awesome finish

Great Guitar

This Guitar is very well made, good nut, good action, well setup, nice neck. The pickups are unusable though, too hot, muffled and unclear/distorted tones. The split coil function is nice, the guitar looses some output, but I like it. If you can change the pickups on your own this is a very good guitar, beautifull, confortable and well built. I can't see anyone liking these pickups though.

surprised by the quality

I was surprised by the quality of this guitar particularly the neck although mine came with some headstock damage which they discounted for , and 3 frets were filed poorly overall I love this neck . I thinks if this came with jumbo frets it would be my favorite guitar of all.

I own 5 guitars that list from $1500 to $4,200 this guitar holds it own . as a disclaimer I have to say I replaced the pickups and the pots. but it sounded very good with the stock parts I am just very pickey about the sound. P.S I am 72 years old and have been a professional musician most of my life, 15 years on the road with varous bands some famous and some not

Excellent bang for your buck!

I wish guitars had this quality when I began playing In the early 2000's. For the amount you pay on this model, a set neck, roswell pickups, wilkinson bridge, coil tap etc you get a decently fair guitar and at this price It's actually excellent.

There's a few very minor stratches or scuffs on the very bottom of the fret board, pickup guards and where the strings go through the bottom of the guitar but again at under 200 quid, It's excellent, plays well (nothing special) but good enough and nicely too, the trem system is a bit tight out the box but I don't use that much anyway.

A guitar at under £200, with lovely aesthetics and good playability and great features is a steal. It doesn't feel cheap at all and can't wait to fully set it up to how I like and get a real feel for it, might install some lock in tuners as is my preference.

After a month or so of use I hard tailed the bridge, installed locking tuners and also replaced the nut, small mods that have turned this guitar into a very tightly and consistently tuned instrument and also improved sustain and tone instantly. I am really impressed and I can't put the guitar down...love the pickups, unique and characteristic in certain sounds.

Always wanted a PRS but

Couldn't afford them. This is a great compromise. Played well out of the box and pickups have a nice tone. I may replace them with Gibsons or DiMarzio down the road, but it stands up to clean and distortion tones. The bookmatch is a little off center, but hey it still a beautiful guitar. The pull knob was an unexpected surprise, very cool.

HB CST-24T black cherry

Bought this guitar because of the praising reviews on the internet and I must say I am really impressed buy this ¤222 guitar.

The body has some minor laquer flaws at the binding and on the high frets there are 3 or 4 fret ends which are not filed down. Filed these frets myself, no big deal.

Pick-up rings were gaping a little, screws were tightened too much and the srew holes in the rings were slightly too small. Used a drill to open them a bit more.

Body:

- nice weight

- neck profile ok

The hardware:

- the Wilkinson trem works really well

- tuners are nothing special, I would have liked locking ones.

- pots work fine, again nothing special

Pickups are the Roswell ones, I like the sound: no muddiness, clearly defined, mid/high gain output. Coil split works really nice and cleans up the sound, though you lose a little volume.

All in all I am impressed by this HB, it looks, sounds and plays really nice. My favourite guitar used to be my heavily modded Epi LP, but now the HB is my go to one.

I am satisfied

A few visual flaws. Microscratches on the clearcoat. But it plays like a dream. At least, after setting up. The action was too high but could be adjusted by a turn and a half. The trem needed some adjusting too. frets were good. intonation was spot on.

Great Guitar

This is a very good guitar for the price. It came in setup quite well. Just had to do some minor adjustment to suit my taste.

The finish is good, with some minor paint imperfections barely noticeable. The fret-board required a good cleanup & oiling though as it was dusty and dry. The flame maple veneer is gorgeous.

All the electronics worked perfectly well. The coil tap feature is very good and provides a wide variety of tones. The pickups are surprisingly very good and versatile. I don't have any intention of swapping them anytime soon.

The tremolo stays in tune after moderate use. However, if you go crazy it goes out of tune just by a little bit. The machine heads, on the other hand, is not of very good quality as there's some play to it.

Overall I would recommend this guitar to anyone who's looking for a budget instrument as it is unbeatable in this price range.

Great semi-pro instrument

The Harley Benton CST-2T is my first ever HB, but definitely not my last.

After watching some reviews on YouTube, I expected this to sound a feel great. And I can honestly say I wasn't disappointed.

The pickups deliver a great clean tone eve through my digital Roland Cube, except for the bridge pickup on itself. When you start to add some distortion, it sounds just great. For my surprise, the Black Cherry Flame model came with coil split, which is...enjoyable.

Intonation-wise, the guitar came with a very low action and nearly perfect intonation. The tuners are very precise and hold tuning quite well, even when you start using the tremolo.

Finally, the guitar looks great with the flamed maple top, and very close to an actual PRS .

This guitar would be recommended for those who want a good guitar - enough for small gigs - with a short budget.

So I definitely recommend this product from Harley Benton, which comes at a very affordable price and a great shipping quality.

Pros: Looks; Sound; Intonation; Price

Cons: Heavy Weight(for someone who?s used to a strat); some ? rare - detunning caused by heavy use of the tremolo.