Harley Benton D-200CE-12BK 5-stars Reviews

Excellent sound, good value for money

I found this guitar fully loaded with features - cutaway, pickup with eq, and the sound of this 12-string is awesome. Definitely recommend this for its sound & price - great value.

Wow!!!!!!!

I thought to myself…..what if I don’t get that 12 string and it turns out to be a great guitar that I ought to have bought.

So I got one and guess what?

It’s amazing, my go to guitar now. Sound is incredible, rich and full. It has a built in pickup and equaliser so I can easily plug in and play. Beats my Fender 12 string (which is also a fine guitar).

So pleased I bought this guitar.

WOW

I bought a 12 string recordings kings for $329 and it was total garbage .. my guitar tech who worked for neil young wouldn't even touch it. I got this instead. It plays really well, the tone is even and smooth. It stays in tune well which can be a big deal with 12 strings.

For the money its shocking how good it is.

The best you can buy!

This is the best budget 12 string on the market. It’s gotten me through many shows. Love it!

Best 12 string ive had

Is excellent in sound, quality, and features. I would buy more in the future.

Bang for your buck

Far from the best sounding 12 string, but it's REALLY hard to complain at this price. Great options for people who just want to try a 12 string for the first time or to have one handy to use once in a while.

Sounds great in a recording!

Well done

I did not expect such a full sound in this price category. Absolutely sufficient for normal playing.

Great 12-string acoustic for the price!

I was really curious about Harley Benton guitars and wanting a 12 strings for too much time, I decided to give it a try. For the money spent, I got a great acoustic guitar with preamp included. I really like the sound and it's really conformable to play. If you need/want a 12 strings without bleeding from your bank account, this is the perfect choice!

Very good guitar after a little work!

Everything was really good on the guitar the finish is spot on and its really good quality instrument!! To the cons the action was really high i had to remove tha saddle and sand it down 1-2 mm and now its very playable! Also the nut is not cut correctly and the strings slipping out of the grooves!! I ordered a tusq nut to replace it since this is a plastic nut! 10 euros extra and 10 minutes of work it will be an excellent guitar

Great 12 string

I fancied a 12 string for my collection, and was pleasantly surprised by this one. Cheap,good quality and sounds amazing. Just needed a tune up on arrival and played straight from the box.

Sounds good solid

Sounds great stock strings are bad but once changed I love it nice tone i ínstaled a bridge doctor as precaución but no issues it would’ve held up with out it

It's worth the price, but not more than 100. It has a very good sound.

I don't like to play Acoustic guitars with amps, so I really like the body shape, that it creates a powerful sound.

I would buy it again.

Love this guitar

I had to wait a long time for this giant killer to arrive.

One can play this hard without worrying about it falling to bits.

Great Guitar

Pity it doesn't have a built in tuner

Aaaaah!

12. I always wanted a twelve. So I ordered this one, because of the price and good youtube reviews. My first Harley Benton, but hey, all over my expectations!

Everything fine, two different pickguards came with to choose. No finish cracks, nothing bad, fretwork nice. So checked the neck - which was a bit bowy - high action, so lowered. I will maybe replace the saddle with compensated one, because of better intonation.

I am using it at home, for a jammings with friends, and this black beauty is well done and very nice and loud sounding instrument.

What a bang for your buck!

Totally blown away with the quality and sound of this 12 string..Keep it up Harley Benton.. I'm buying more.

Harley Benton D-200CE-12BK

Een goede gitaar, kwaliteit/prijs uiterst belangrijk, voor de doorsnee gitarist.

For under a 100 bucks...........really?

I am a very happy HB customer, not only did all my product arrive in perfect order.....took the guitar from the box and it was 100% perfect, not a mark or anything. Cleaned it with a cloth and oiled the fret-board then tuned it up, Sound, play-ability and tone is amazing. This is a 500+ guitar and more any day of the week. HB if you keep this up some of the fancy names are in trouble.............enough talking, time to play!!! Wow, what value!!! Yes, I am very happy indeed!!

Jan Strydom

Tel Aviv

Great 12-string at surely an unbeatable price.

For a long time now I have wanted to try a 12-string guitar as some of my favourite tracks use one. But, as it has a very distinct sound, my repertoire would be limited and so it was hard to justify the outlay on one.

Then I saw this one at 118 euro, and it had received many good reviews. So there was no longer an excuse to deny myself the experience.

I was not disappointed. Out of the box when I started playing, the local cats all ran for cover, but once I tuned it up all was well. Of course having 12 strings means more work to keep it tuned, but having done so the sound from this guitar is very rewarding. The fretboard action is extremely good (as I have previously found with Harley Benton guitars) which makes the adjustment to playing a 12-string an easy transition. The quality of construction is very good and paintwork finish is close to perfect (which is not always so for black guitars). I have only used it amplified for a limited amount of time as the sound is 'big' enough for home use without amplification.

In summary, if you are hesitating about trying a 12-string for the first time, you cannot go wrong with this model for not much more than 100 euro.

Unbeatable value for money

Pros:

The guitar came safely packaged in perfect aesthetic condition.

Out of the box the guitar is decently playable with no buzzing across any of the frets.

The tuners hold tune well and the strings sound good.

The pickup system works as it should, they even give you a free 9v battery.

Cons:

I have the guitar tuned to D standard and the intonation is a bit off. I would need to reshape the guitar saddle and compensate each of the strings individually to get perfect intonation. For the amount of money I paid I can't complain as even much more expensive 12 strings have intonation problems.

To get ideal action I will have to deepen the string slots at the nut by a small amount, after that the guitar will be even more playable.

Another con is that the frets need to be polished, but they are well seated, leveled and the edges are smooth. You won't really bend strings on a 12 string so it's not a big deal that the frets aren't polished.

Overall:

I don't think there's a better budget 12 string guitar out there to be found. All of the cons are minor things and easily fixable.

All I need to do now is practice, fingerpicking a 12 string is much harder than a 6 string. I basically have to relearn my picking technique to get the strings to ring properly.