Harley Benton Custom Line CLD-1048SCE NS Reviews

Well set up and playable right out of the Box after tuning it.

I'm a guitarist who makes my own recordings in my home studio. I mostly play a 6 string electric guitar, and occasionally, I use an acoustic when recording a backing track. I bought this guitar because of the wide nut, it gives me the ability to play clean chords at last after approximately 55 years of playing. This is one of the very few affordable options at a reasonable price.

The guitar was really well packaged, double boxed and air filled plastic pockets around to keep inner box to lessen the possibility of transit damage. Delivery time was quick from Germany to my door in England, I ordered on Monday and received on Friday.

I was pleasantly surprised with playability of this guitar, intonation and string height (action) were correct. I did drill into the curved underside of the neck heel and fitted a strap button, as I've always felt uncomfortable playing with a strap that attaches close to the tuners. A factory fitted strap button would have been very welcome there. I would also have preferred a factory fitted scratch plate, but they are readily available and easy to fit.

The build quality and choice of woods is good for a guitar of this price, although the fret ends would have benefited from some polishing. They are not too harsh, but lack the nice smooth feel of some of the more expensive guitars.

The acoustic sound was very nice, bass notes and high notes cut through nicely. For the electrics, I played through an Art Studio V3 to my PC with a Presonus Audiobox 18/18 interface to Senheiser HD380 headphones. The on board Fishman system does alright, it's a budget system and performs well enough. An extensive range of highs and lows are available through the bass and treble knobs, and can be adjusted from very muddy through to very shrill with a decent range of acceptable sounds in between. I found that I must remember to turn off the on board tuner, as it does not switch itself off, as I discovered when I noticed we had a new green light in our room around 6 hours after using the guitar.

Summary:

The acoustic sound is super, the electric sound is of reasonable standard, the action and general playability is good. I think this guitar represents excellent value for money and I would recommend it to anyone, particularly those with thicker than average fingers.

Chris.

My First Acoustic

It`s sounds good. Good quality. Clean sound. Bass strings not strong, but very good guitar.

So anxious to receive this guitar and was so happy with it's design and finish,it is a very attractive guitar.As I have played 50 years+ and have owned far to many guitars...I was somewhat sad to find it is just so difficult to play.I am not going to try any adjustments as I know they would not work as there is no proper truss rod.As I have designed/built many guitars that is a problem.For such a fine looking and pleasant sounding guitar I do find lack of proper truss rod is where design fails.

Very good guitar for that price!

Very happy with what I got for my money. Sounds fantastic and plays very well. Perfect for the intermediate guitar player looking to play gigs.

Heb deze gitaar iets meer dan 1 jaar.

De gitaar is goed bespeelbaar ( nut width 48mm )

Klank en afwerking zijn ok !

Dus, een prima gitaar aan een zeer interessante prijs !

Sound is super

A guitar meant for the budget conscious and working musician. This has a great sound. The top is responsive and it is all painted matt finish.

Frets and everything else have great craftsmanship. These guitars are bang for buck probably even beating Harley Benton's own higher priced guitars (happened to me) soundwise.

The downfall on these is the Isys preamp that for a small increase in price could be the Presys Blend with Microphone.

Rosette is printed not inlaid, neck can be wide for some but still comfortable after half an hour getting used to it. It does however imped my bending style.

Machineheads feel a little rough but hold tuning well. I'm picking up really small things you know. Buy one and there's a normal neck version

HARLEY BENTON CLD-1048 SCE......

I had been trying to locate an acoustic steel strung guitar with a 48mm nut but none seemed to be available so I convertd a 12 string guitar to 6 string. The week after I had finished the conversion I came across this Harley Benton guitar. After some thought I decide to buy the guitar and have been pleasantly surprised as to the quality and sound of this guitar.

I only wanted the guitar for acoustic playing but was pleased to see that it came with a Fishman pre-amp fitted.....