Harley Benton Custom Line CLP-15ME Reviews

Pleasant musical instrument

Bought as a backup for my main guitar Alhambra A2.

For the last 2 years, it is my main guitar live and at home. It is very comfortable to play and has a nice folky sound. For live, I use an Impulse Response pedal with Taylor sound loaded, and as a result, I get a great acoustic sound. Because of its small size, it is very portable and influences to play more. Most of the time I prefer it against my Martin LXK2 because HB has an integrated tuner and it is much quicker to get it tuned. The intonation and setup were perfect straight out of the box. Visually CLP-15ME looks different from most common acoustic guitars in an attractive way. As a downside of that, it might be a bit harder to find a perfect guitar case because such a size guitar is not so common.

Couldn't recommend it more.

Incredible value - needs a setup

I purchased this guitar as a starter guitar for my partner and I initially gave it a setup. It played fine when arriving but the frets needed polishing (very scratchy) the nut slots needed to be lowered and the saddle height also needed to be lowered to make the action nice for a beginner.

After this was done, the guitar played nicely and more importantly, sounded really nice. It has a pokey parlour sound, and is rich and sweet. 80/20 bronze strings help to keep clarity as i found phosphor bronze ended up getting a bit lost.

The finish is super thin and chips off easily so beware of that and it can gloss up easily. Using 0000 steel wool with the grain keeps the matte look.

Overall I'm super impressed with the guitar and dont hesitate to recommend it.

Wasted of money

Sound is terrible. Will not stay in tune. This has turned me off to buying guitars sight unseen.

CLP-15ME

This is a nice little guitar.

With the small size, wide neck, and cool sound, it is the universal tool of the home studio.. :-)

Difficult to put down.

Love the size. Great for sitting on the couch, better than a bulky dreadnaught. Has good sound, projects fairly loud for its size. Set up nicely right out of the box. I like the snowflak inlays although a little difficult to get used to the 7th and 9th frets having double snowflakes. When I think I am sliding up to the 11th fret, it turns out I only went to the 8th. Lol. I'll get used to it. I'm not too happy about the "eye of Horus" inlay on the 12th fret. It might just give me cause to buy the Harly 100 series parlor with the round inlays.

All in all, I do like it.

Good for the price

Well It’s not a Martin but since the cost is 10% of mentioned it’s a good buy. Great to have on the go and if you happen to loose it - not a big deal. Action might be a bit high but then again ain’t it always.

Very good palor size guitar

This is a perfect parlor size guitar. well made, good tone, plays well. great value.

Very happy with this guitar

The build quality is very good and the sound is clean and warm.

buy harlry benton guitars

you can not go wrong,great guitar at five times the price.I have been playing for 46 years,and i have gibsons, fenders, martens. I would take any of the 5 HB guitars I own on stage

Not as I expected

Persuaded by the many good reviews I bought this guitar.

Nothing to say about the aesthetics, but the sound is very very poor, flat, untuned (despite the several adjustment made to the truss-rod) and lacks of many overtones.

Surely the mahogany does its part, but the guitar appears to play with many cut frequencies so as to appear out of tune all the times.

I have also replace the current PB strings with 80/20 strings but the sound is still bad.

in addition the shoulder strap peg has slipped off during use and I have been forced and paste it to prevent it from repeating itself...

I think that it would need the intervention of a luthier whose cost would be higher than the cost of the guitar itself...

Very nice parlour guitar

I purchased this guitar for a alternative to my Guild Westerly and also for my daughter to progress onto, from her 1/2 size classical guitar. I would say the other reviews here are accurate, it is a beautiful instrument, very well made, with features which you would expect from a guitar with a higher price tag. 2 observations I would make, which are not intended to be critical are as follows, the action sits quite high, so some truss road adjustment would be necessary. It's very easy and comes with a hex key. The neck is shorter than other parlour guitars I played, fret 12 is up at the body, and the nut at 45mm is slightly wider than a lot of steel string guitars and more like a classical guitar. If that doesn't bother you, then buy it, you won't be disappointed.

Buy it now !!!

An astounding guitar for the price. Fret ends a little sharp but quality and playable from the box. Had it for over a year now and it's my most played guitar. Great product

A lovely little guitar at any price

I have been looking for a small guitar with a wider nut, comfortable for the sofa, that compressed sound but still sweet and have been looking at expensive ones I can't stretch to those at the moment so gave this a go.

Well my wife is sure they have sent me the wrong guitar.

From the box it looks beautiful, very neatly made, no stray glue, classy inlays, no sharp fret ends, bone nut and saddle. The nut was well cut, the action was a little high for me but easily sorted.

Playing, the sound is very good, the bass is clear and has that mahogany mellowness, strong midrange and not too trebly highs. All very clear with good sustain and volume.

The neck is comfortable and not too wide. I was amazed to find the frets are perfectly level. I have played a few guitars of various prices and very few have perfect frets. I cannot find a note that chokes even on the unplayable end. Plugged in sounds better than my expensive guitar.

The only thing that lets it down are the plastic bridge pins.

I love this guitar at any price

Update: After two years the neck is slightly twisting but not fatal yet.

Fantastic guitar

I love this guitar! The neck shape is extremely comfortable and the out-of-the-box setup needed no adjustments to suit the way I like my guitars set up. The only thing I changed (apart from the strings!) is that I added strap buttons to it, and all I had to do was plug the endpin hole at the base of the guitar and drill a new hole both there and on the heel of the neck. The sound, of course, is a matter of taste but I found it to be much fuller than you would typically expect of a parlour guitar. This has been my number 1 acoustic since I got it!

I LOVE this guitar

I can't say enough good things about this guitar. I went into my local music store and played a similar Martin model out of curiosity - I liked my HB better!

I'll likely buy a 2nd one, to instal different pickup into. I like it that much.

Excellent company and products!

A superb quality guitar....amazing for the price ! Build quality is of a high standard ....action/playability is excellent..ideal for beginner or experienced guitarist.Sound is surprisingly good for a small guitar at this price. Good sound plugged in! Looks and sounds like a more expensive guitar.Communication and delivery to UK excellent!