Harley Benton Custom Line CLD-41S WN

I love this guitar!

The headline says it all

PRICE = PERFOMANCE ... How do they do it?

To be frank, I bought this guitar for all purposes, studio recording and live performances. And to my surprise I was absolutely blown by the outcome - even out of the box.

You have to take in mind this is not a Martin guitar for thousands of euros. It's a 300 euro piece of wood put together into a real fine guitar. It sounds big, tastefully open, lows are really well balanced. Highs are nicely polished and not at all annoying. The way it sits in the mixes is also surprisingly good.

Feeling it the hands is also absolutely superb. The aesthetics of the guitar is amazing but then when you play the neck it is a really good feeling - fast and smooth. For me, action was too high straight from the box but it's a minor thing - just filed it down a bit and changed the strings. Otherwise, built quality is quite spot on and she does stay in tune.

I think it's not necessary to make a disertation out of this matter.. it's just, buy it and send it back if you won't like it. But I guarantee you that you will fall in love with this guitar!

Good job Harley Benton!

Superb Guitar

I was not expecting such quality and professional workmanship in a guitar within this price range. Plus the sound is incredible (long, beautiful sustained notes). It came with an excellent choice of strings and was fully set up. Playing it is shear joy. My guitar buddies are all Jealous!

Amazing guitar!

Wow, just wow. Received the guitar, first impression: what a beauty! I tuned it, left it in the room for a few hours, retuned and played with it. What an awesome sound! It definitely feels and sounds better than other guitars I played before, around the same price. The sustain is beautiful, the sound is deep and clear, it gets super loud as well. Loving it so far and I am sure that it will keep me company for the years to come :)

Good Value

Good value for the money.

I would prefer truss rod adjustment to be a the headstock vs the sound hole. But other then that you get a good dreadnought style acoustic guitar for the price.

Bargain acoustic

Excellent quality...looks stunning

Sounds great

CLD-41s

Really impressed by this guitar. My old Martin D41 from 1974 is going to pension because I don’t dare to bring it out anymore, so it just have to stay home. Bought this to, just have a cheap guitar to bring to partys, crowded gigs aso. And I just have to say, even though it feels kind of cheap when you take it up, the sound and playabillity is top notch! I really dont know how they can build such a great guitar to that price!

And now to a whole different story. I bought a B-stock Harley Benton Custom Line CLD-28SCE!! In my ears, it just sounds even better than the CLD-41s!! More even! Just like a Martin D28. The CLD-28SCE is a very good guitar and I’m really happy I dared to try one more. I’ve been playing guitar for over 36 years now and I have to say, Im really impressed. If I could rate that guitar instead, I would give it really top grade over all. I think the built in pickup makes it sound really cheap though. If they can put something better in in the future, it will make this guitar a real bestseller. But it sounds really good in itself!

stunning in every way.

ordered on mon 22nd delivered fri 26 to the uk

perfect in every way, looks, tone & playability.

even if you don't play it is worth buying just to look at.

incredible guitar for £244.

also very well packaged ( double boxed )

Amazing for the price

I gifted my brother one of these, when it arrived and i tried it i was blow away by this guitar. Compared to my top level Martin it holds its own when you consider the price. Ofcourse this isnt a 5000++ euro acoustic, but try finding something that sounds and plays this good for under 500e, you probably cant.

Brilliant guitar

Wow. Everything about this guitar is a 10 out of 10. It could be a lucky one. You buy a cheap guitar that should by, at best, average. But it's special. I've been a musician since I was 5 years old. (Just a gift I inherited from my dad) I'm now 69 years old. I've parted with more instruments that didn't reach my standard, than most people have had not dinners. So to say I'm choosy is right. There's not a mark of blemish or fault on this instrument. It's set up perfectly. After tuning , I let it aclimatise and settle all day. Then retune. Wow. I can honestly say, it's gorgiouse. NOT just for the price. Sound, playability, volume, looks, built quality, action, frets, tuners, ease of play, and very lightly built. But solid. And new Elixir strings on order will only improve it. This is my third HB guitar, all great, but this 41 is a dream.