Harley Benton Custom Line Nashville Nylon NT 5-stars Reviews

Harley benton Custom Line nylon guitar

Having tried a friends Electro- Classical guitar I was keen to to dabble in this type of guitar for myself. I wasnt wanting to spend the £500 + he did .... Ive only had electric guitars for years but fancied a change.

I couldnt be happier. It has a full classic guitar neck/head arrangement and Les paul sized hollow body. Action was better than I hoped for and the finish is pretty high ... not perfect a tiny flaw in the wood but nothing that affects the sound or function. Through a PA its splendid, Im sure someone with more experience than myself can pick out flaws. But they will be minor ones ! All in all its very playable, sounds excellent when amplified. Ive got my fingers crossed there is a steel string version available soon ... I will be investing ! A super product for the cost.

First of all I would like to say that the delivery from Germany to me in the UK was excellent. It was despatched on Monday morning and was put in my hands first thing on Thursday. Packaging was first class.

Upon opening the package I was immediately very pleased by the guitars finish and appearance, it looks great, it feels good in the hands and its quite light too. The 'solid' body has had cavities machined into it for this reason I guess, not to mention housing the electronics of course.

Regarding sound, unplugged the guitar is rather quiet as one might expect but it is loud enough for quiet practise but wow! plug it in and now hear it go. I play through a Roland Micro cube amplifier for practise, busking and even on gigs I plug the P.A. into my Cube so I have control of my sound. This guitar sounds fabulous through this amplifier. Not just for clean nylon sound, it is possible to overdrive too without fear of feedback.

Now for my one complaint, the action was too high at the nut end for my preference, so, very carefully, with a standard hacksaw blade, I have deepened the grooves in the nut where the strings sit thus lowering the action substantially. Tip, I also used the blade to set the gap between strings and top of the first fret. Please, only attempt this if you are very confident in your skills. I take no responsibility.

I bought this guitar as a backup really but having tried it, it will now be my first choice, particularly when playing with my band as I find it very comfortable for playing whilst I am standing up, due to the thin body, at last I am not the only one sitting down.

Another feature I really like is the positioning and type of controls for volume, tone and bass. It is SO much easier to make a quick adjustment on the fly rather than trying to do it on the usual sliders mounted on the top side of all other electro acoustics.

Summing up then, I consider this guitar better than the Stagg equivalent which costs more and in my opinion has a 'thinner' sound on the treble strings and far too much sustain on the bass strings. For the price of the Harley Benton Nylon it is a really nice instrument and I love it.