Harley Benton CST-24T LH Ocean Flame

This guitar has no right being this good

It's an outstanding guitar. 100% recommended!

Value for Money that is...

This left-handed Harley Benton CST-24T Ocean Flame is a gem for players on a budget. The versatile sound and stunning finish make it a joy to play, and the value for money is unbeatable. Minor setup tweaks aside, it's a fantastic choice for any lefty guitarist looking for quality without compromise.

finish is beautiful

absolutely beautiful looking finish on both the body and neck, i personally prefer a matt finish neck but its still nice and doesn't cause your hand to stick to it after awhile of playing.

the sound from the Roswell pickups are pretty good for the price and the coil split is pretty good from what ive seen, I don't occasionally use it tho.

the strings included originally aren't too bad but as with all my guitars I swap out the strings straight away.

all in all this guitar is great for the price and plays and feels amazing, would 100% recommend.

Swiss army knife!!!

Th split coil does the job! Gets a wide musical paleτte covered. Even the humbucker is more bright than my 20 year old epiphoneSG! Lovely looks and sound!

Great Guitar Option for Leftys , Especially after precision setup

I'm fan of Harley Benton left handed Electrics. I have 5 and will definitely be buying another as soon as they release a CST-24T LH in Black Cherry Flame finish. ( even with having to do my own setup and tweeks )

This CST-24T LH was made in INDONESIA .

Out of the box inspection: Visual defects: Rasp file scrape over top edge of neck binding and lighter scrape on corner of fretboard at High E string, at the 1st fret, for the full width of the space between nut and fret . A 2nd visual defect was a small 1/8" brush stroke of yellow discoloration on the right side of the neck binding at the 5th fret.

Setup: Guitar was painful to play out of the box after tuning. Last fret action was 5mm on the high E and 6mm on the low E.

I lowered the last fret action to 1.2 on the high E and 1.5 on the low E.

String height at 1st fret- horrible

Measured with a digital string height gauge starting with Low E .028mm,39mm,68mm83mm95mm70mm. I got out my Chic-yu brand nut slot files and began filing the slots. In the end I had lowered the slots to: Starting with Low E: .28mm, .30mm,. 32mm,.20mm,.19mm,21mm

Neck Relief: Neck initially was dead flat, I adjusted the truss rod and added relief to .2mm

Fret ends: Nice and smooth, no fret sprouts

Fret Levelness: High spot and Low E at 10th and 22 fret ( getting buzz ) at 1.5 mm last fret action on this string.

All other frets sound clean .

Will eventually be doing a precision fret leveling as done by Sam Deeks on YOUTUBE ( Good info source ,check it out )

Note on nut filing- the nut feeling like hack sawing thru rubber, because of this, there is no controlling how deep you file ( I had to fill a few slots with CA glue and black rescue powder and let cure overnight then re-file the next day. I have a new Tusq PT6642LO going on when I figure out the best method to cut through the gloss clear coat the HB sprays up against 3 sides of Graphite nut.

Tremelo: I dont normally use one, and have not tested how much it affects staying in tune, but if I have noticed the bridge would benefit from a slight flat milled into the surface just below the bridge. An observation I noticed was the high E saddle had to sit right down onto the bridge surface in order to achieve 1.2mm High E last fret action.

Summary: Would I buy another Harley Benton-Yes

Is this CST-24T worth $230 US Yes

Bottom line: None of the defects I found were impossible to correct.

About me: I work as a Quality Technician , getting ready to retire soon and enjoy playing my collection of Harley Bentons and Epiphones

WOW!!

So nice..... The look! The playability

Harley Benton CST--24T

This guitar is like getting two guitars in one. A guitar with single coils, and humbuckers. I have watched lots of reviews for this guitar. They say it's a good guitar for beginners. I've played very expensive guitars that don't play better or sound better. In fact some were inferior in sound and playability. The reviews were making there judgment on brand and price.This guitar is a good for any level player unless there guitar snobs Do yourself a favor buy one of these Harley Benton CST-24T I'm happy after months of enjoyment.

great guitar !

way better then I expected ' set up great ' no flaws ' highly recomended .

Amazing Guitar

Works superb! Very nice colour!

Excellent value and a standout guitar

I'm delighted with the Harley Benton CST-24T and I think the features it offers is excellent value for the price.

Firstly, it really is a looker in the blue flame with different shades of blue according to the light. There is one minor imperfection in the varnish but I only spotted this after three months of using it so really not a big deal.

The sound from is great and the split coil feature is very useful to get lots of different tones.

My only niggles would be that I needed to tweak the set-up a bit as the strings were set very high, but this was easily fixed. The volume dial can also suddenly jump when you're maxing it.

I have not put down the guitar since starting to use it though, very happy overall!