Harley Benton CST-24T Paradise Flame 5-stars Reviews

Comfortable neck.

In truth, the neck on this feels better than that on my PRS Custom 24SE. The looks are superb...better than the internet photos. It is a bit heavier than the Custom 24SE and the pickups are hotter. I am very happy with it.

Not a PRS but

It's a nice replica.

It has good versatility with 2 humbuckers and a coil split tone pot.

Tuners had some play but held tuning, and there's something funky with the bridge that makes it pop out of tuning that I haven't figured out yet.

What can I say that hasn't been said yet?

This is an amazing guitar, I am really surprised abut the quality, I have also the blue one with P90s, which I love because it has a very unique sound, tons of attitude, but this one feels more expensive, better finished. I don't what is it, maybe they have done some changes, as technically it is the same guitar with different pickups and different color, but feels even better. I don't put 5 stars in sound because the coil split when in single mode drops too much volume, but the full humbucker sound is very nice, I don't feel upgrade is needed at all. But, if you are into p90s, do not think it for a second, the sound of the p90s version is lovely, never mind the feeling of the guitar, if I have to chose one, is the p90s version for sure.

Love it

I bought this as my first ever guitar for me to learn on.

I am no disappointed at all. So great and plays lovely.

Very Happy

Harley Benton CST-24T Paradise Flame

WHAT A BARGAIN!

Arrived with a good setup, neck relief set and nut cut with with a comfortable string action at the first fret. Tuners are positive, accurate and stable. I know there is a lot of speculation on line regarding the fret work, in my case all frets were level, well seated and without any issues. Frets just required a quick polish with a cloth to get them to shine. Excellent balanced sound and variation between neck and bridge PU s

The pull switch on the tone control gives a great single coil option as well as the normal Humbucker combinations.

In single mode you can get usable strat like tones. The finish looks like a much more expensive instrument and the Wilkinson bridge is professional and stable. My only regret is I did not order one a long time ago however fixed this by ordering another Harley today.

Quality Product

It plays like a dream, love it even more than my other compreable guitars......ordering two more different models.

Incredible value

From my guitar collection, this is favorite guitar. I have a 500€ range Ibanez and a Classic Vibe Strat. This one just feels amazing, and came impeccable out-of-the-box. Its pickup combination is simply unbeatable for versatility. I Love its split neck pickup for some Blues and funk cleans, and its bridge humbucker for some fat metal riffs. 200€ for this is a steal.

Absolutely stunning!

I once owned a PRS ce24 and this guitar is easily on par with that guitar in some ways. Actually in every way except for the laminate top (which is still gorgeous).

The sound, looks and playability, are outstanding at any price point. But at this price it is complete madness. I noticed that the trem arm now stays firmly on the guitar, Nice fix HB. A quick light file to the nut and some nut sauce keeps this guitar in tune with light use of the trem. I think adding an extra spring and some locking tuners and bamb. Absolute awesomeness! Next up the p90 version.

I was stoked to get this guitar but ultimately a problem will arise. The finish is top notch and the jatoba fretboard is a nice contrast to just ho hum black. When i get one that is not damaged i look forward to playing it.

Haarley Benton CST-24T

I received my HB Friday and I am vey impressed wiyh the guitar. There

is one small dent on the fretboard. this is not a problem. Great value

at 3 times the price.

Blown Away

I am a longtime gigging guitarist, free lance gigs, and record original material. I saw this guitar on a lot of videos, and guitarist were saying this is a very nicely made, good sounding guitar, and I thought it looked very nice. I bought one and use it a lot. Sounds, plays great, lightweight, nice flame top and stays in tune. I really can't say anything bad about it and at this price, really happy with it. I would recommend this guitar, for players that are looking for a nice versatile, light flametop guitar, and not paying several times as much.

Excellent guitar out of the box

The guitar plays and sounds great after a little tuning.

for this price a very good gitarre!

beside Gibson Les Paul Standard and Fender Stratocaster in original, this is a very good gitarre for a beginner and maybe even further! Unfortunately my son stopped playing. Hope he will start one nice day again and will appriciate this piece of gitarre.

It is a 6 string guitar.

Mucha bang for the buck. I be liking it. That's not what she said. It is what I said. Although I did not have much luck with the guitar staying in tune initillay.

No matter what I did initially I could not get the damn thing to stay in tune with the tremolo properly set up. After playing with it for awhile I finally discovered what the problem was. To fix it I marked where the front of the tremolo sits on the body & carefully chiseled & sanded the area down underneath where the 6 screws sit so that the tremolo sits on a flat surface. The tremolo block was rocking side to side on the curved top of the body underneath. Now it works properly & stays in tune.

what a great surprise

After watching several videos on youtube talking about this guitar i decided to give it a try. What a great surprise. A part of looking great, it does play amazing. the neck feels good and i really like the frets height. Pups output is great. I had to spend sometime to adjust the tremolo but is ok. im already thinking of buying another model. Keep the good quality guys

Amazing guitar for the price

Amazing guitar for the price

Harley Benton CST-24T Paradise Flame

i play Bass in a classic rock geezer garage band, fantastic guitar for the money very please it only took 1 week after order was placed to the USA from Germany amazing my fist purchase....very surprised minimal setup was needed action a little high for my taste but easy fix..color sachem is fantastic much nicer than photo on your site, will be ordering a P bass and case, wireless, and other misc hope the P bass is of equal quality, great product very pleased, the other members in the band tried it and were amazed the coil split is a great add on sounds fantastic....will order again very soon....my buddies are now looking at items on your web site..very pleased and surprised by the quality of the ax thanks again...if i get a card how dose that work with US dollars just wondering will that be an issue?

Amazing Guitar for the money

This thing plays GREAT. The only thing that is a bit annoying are the fret ends, they could be smoothed down. But for the money I love this guitar. I put some Seymour Duncans in it. A JB and a 59 WOW it sounds great. The Roswells that came with it arent bad either I put them in another guitar and they sound great for metal. Overall you cant beat the features of this guitar for the money and the quailty is pretty good as well it plays better than my 1300.00 dollar LTD deluxe and it plays better than my PRS SE 245.

Some Things About This Guitar Even Better Than My Original US-made PRS

This is one of the nicest guitars I have ever had. Do not get fooled by the price. Not everything cheap is bad, and vice versa.

I'e had appr. 20 guitars up to now. Even when compared with my original PRS Tremonti (USA), even though the 2 axes are each a bit different in style (pickups, wood, number of frets, and general aim), this guitar shines in several compartments - most notably, it is easier to play on higher frets, and there is some (German-designed, I suppose) precision about the way the whole guitar is made and put together that you won't find with even with the original.

Now, don't get me wrong, you still get the feeling you're playing a Vietnam-made guitar, as opposed to the all-American feeling of playing a US-made PRS (hard to put to words..). Plus, if you do not swap the pickups, the sound you get out of this one is of course not on par with the original PRS guitars equipped with the original PRS pickups.

Yet still, if you DO change the pickups, set the guitar up a bit in terms of action and tuning (even though it comes decently set up out of the box), and maybe even change some hardware like: tremolo, nut, bridge, and tuners, the guitar is AMAZING! I would value it at least twice the price it costs.

I use this guitar as my main goto axe right now.

The only thing I did not like about this axe is the lacquer, expecially when inspected from up close. It looks a bit cheap. if you look closer. Plus, the tremolo is unusable, at least for me (the original PRS trem is absolutely amazing, this one gets out of tune quickly), so you either play without the trem, or you swap it. Also, the flame is a bit less pronounced and somehow "greyish" and "faded" than what you would get with the original PRS.

Yet still, these are minor flaws only. The general feeling when you are playing this guitar (after setup and at least with swapped pickups) is excellent.

Oh, and your fans won't see the "cheapness" of the lacquer as long as they don't get at least 1 meter near you playing, or closer. From a little farther, the guitar looks as good as the original it is modelled after...

SUMMARY - this is the best bang for the buck you can get when looking for a PRS-style guitar. If you're looking for a PRS 24 clone, I strongly recommend it.

Amazing value and a joy to play

This guitar looks great and works very well. It has powerful humbuckers that really push the amp overdrive but also clean up very nicely - with or without the coil split. It dominates my more expensive Legacy Les Paul copy.

The fret-end were fine as delivered.

The fretboard is a joy to play and I normally play american fenders.

The vibrato works fine and was similar to setting up a strat. It seems to attach to the surface of the body, which looks slightly curved (convex). However it seems to work fine. The bridge is nice and smooth under the palm.

The guitar is heavy at 3.8 KG.