Harley Benton CST-24T LH Paradise Flame 4-stars Reviews

A fantastic guitar.

pros:

1. its a bang for your buck

2. the material quality is actually good

3. its a versatile guitar cause its has the split coil

4. To me the finish is very beautiful

cons (at least for me)

5. the bridge is very nice~. It stays in tune like a champ

6. the stock strings where good for a guitar at this price

As for cons:

1.Seeing other reviewers, it sometimes comes with some minor errors.

For example, the 1st fret of my guitar was fairly low than the other frets. that means i can't play the 1st notes without having major buzzes.

Also, the tone pot was not very usable as it wasnt very consistent when i turn it (like at 1 to 9 its the same and at 9 to 10 has a very drastic tonal change)

2. Personally i like satin finish necks as it doesn't stick to my hand.

3. its fairly heavy for me but i guess they couldn't make it any lighter.

4. the truss rod cover was a little bit flimsy in my opinion

But all in all, its a very usable guitar!

Great value

I got this item yesterday, and spent a couple of hours "fettling" it. It looks really good and I could only find one blemish, on the side of the headstock, but you have to be less than 30cms away to be able to notice. Whilst quite playable straight from the box, I adjusted the tremolo springs and the tremolo arm locking screw, located on the block, by pushing the arm down to make it accessible. This was a little fiddly, but the system works well now. If you jam something like a couple of beer mats between the tremolo and the top of the guitar, it makes the job so much easier. I lowered the string height as well as the intonation at the bridge. The fretboard benefitted from some lemon oil, too. The "action" is fine, but I'll do some work on lowering the nut slots, which are just a little high. Once this is done, I'll change the strings. The ones on it on delivery are really very dull, and so I can't do a review at this stage on the sound. I think that they are .009's, and I use .010's usually. All of these jobs are quite usual on a new guitar, especially a budget item, so don't be put off by this. In my view, this guitar is excellent value for money.