Review of the Harley Benton HB Custom Line King-CE VS Acoustic guitar. Where to buy it?

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  • Body design: Jumbo with cutaway
  • Top: Selected solid spruce
  • Body: Maple
  • Neck: Maple
  • Fretboard: Ovangkol
  • Scale: 648 mm
  • Nut width: 43 mm
  • Saddle: 76 mm
  • 20 Frets
  • Fretboard inlays: Pearloid squares
  • Bridge: Ovangkol
  • Saddle: Bone
  • Bindings: Multi-ply
  • Double action truss rod
  • Machine heads: Gold-plated Grover diecast
  • Strings: D’Addario XTAPB1253 Light, .012 – .053 (Article Nr 471307)
  • Pickup system: Fishman Presys II with integrated tuner
  • Colour: Vintage Sunburst High-gloss

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This guitar usually has a price around 209.00 €

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Just to let you know I am not a precious guitar purist and I won’t pretend what I don’t know. I have been playing for my own entertainment for over 40 years to no great level. A bit of flat picking on old Neil Young songs is about my limit. So really I will be using this guitar to play at home and also at church.

It made me smile when I took it out of the box, it was in DADGAD tuning which enabled me to do a rendition of Music is Love by David Crosby (which is actually in DADDAD). It was at this moment that I realised how sweet this guitar sounds and how booming on the bass notes. Now I’m having trouble with deafness with the peaks of high end frequencies lopped off so I have to say, to my ears, which I know aren’t yours, it sounded really very good indeed.

The guitar looks like a class item, plays extremely well, and is inexpensive. I won’t use the word cheap because there is nothing cheap about this guitar. It is as great to look at as it is to play. To my ears the sustain (if that’s the word used to describe the rise, decay and length of the note) is not as good the further up the fretboard I go, but I have no great experience with other guitars other than an old Japanese made Fender F15 or Fender CD60 that I bought without realising it was a laminate top. Maybe the sustain is better on more expensive branded guitars or not I don’t know.

The quality of the finish, Grover machine heads, D’Addario strings, Fishman electrics mean that to my ears it is at least as good as the Epiphone EJ200, which I have played, maybe better and at less than half the price. Plus I think the cutaway looks better. I can’t really review the electrics as, although I have a practice amp, I’m not qualified to say. Although if Jackson Browne speaks in reverential tones of Fishman pick ups, as I have heard on YouTube the electrics must be ok.

In summary this is the best guitar I have ever owned. I am really pleased that at 62 years old I finally have a professional standard instrument and at 198 euros in price it has to be five stars all round. I cannot find an instrument of this price and quality in England so I am glad I found the Thomann website. The communication of the international sales section was first class on to delivery. I will be buying another guitar as soon as I am able and it is likely to be the HB CLD41S. I have no complaints at all and am unable to take any issue with Thomann. From a cost benefits analysis perspective it is an excellent guitar and an absolute keeper.

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I was a woodworker for many years and I am familiar with different types of joinery, choices of wood, cuttting and gluing tolerances of less than 5/1000 of an inch, the perloid inlays on the fretboard are set perfectly. Upon close inspection this guitar is almost flawless, this guitar left the factory with all of it’s quality control measures firing on all cylanders. The action was too low, on inspection the saddle may need some adjusting, the 1st and 2nd string hang a tiny bit lower or higher than they should and do not match the radius or curvature of the other strings. I will contact Thomann for advice or a new saddle.
The size and feel of this jumbo is a little bit smaller and more comfortable than some I have tried. I am a senior [75 yrs] played many types of guitars, mostly classical, for 60 yrs, I am 5′ 7” and 165 lbs with smallish hands so this was a bit of a risk taking on this large a guitar at my age. It sits well on my lap and standing with a strap fitted high on my chest lets my strumb and finger pick with ease. The tones produced by the body chamber are very rewarding, grover tuners, fishman pre-amp with tuner/phaser, upgraded D’Addario strings and solid wood top, excellent poly finish etc, etc… the mustache bridge reminds us of a mostly unafordable guitar that this Harley Benton seems to match by many standards. I recommend this guitar.
Four weeks later: changed the nut, saddle and string pins with special order bone products, cleaned the fretboard and changed strings to D’Addario 10’s. The new saddle fixed the radius problem, lighter strings easier for me to play, gently filed and lubricated new nut and the bone pins seemed to add a new brighter sound. Very pleased with this simple upgrade.

Harley Benton HB Custom Line King-CE VS vs Harley Benton Custom Line CLD-15MCE

The guitar Harley Benton HB Custom Line King-CE VS is usually 20 € more expensive than Harley Benton Custom Line CLD-15MCE, but the difference is so small that this can vary..

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Harley Benton HB Custom Line King-CE VS

Harley Benton Custom Line CLD-15MCE
  • Body design: Jumbo with cutaway
  • Top: Selected solid spruce
  • Body: Maple
  • Neck: Maple
  • Fretboard: Ovangkol
  • Scale: 648 mm
  • Nut width: 43 mm
  • Saddle: 76 mm
  • 20 Frets
  • Fretboard inlays: Pearloid squares
  • Bridge: Ovangkol
  • Saddle: Bone
  • Bindings: Multi-ply
  • Double action truss rod
  • Machine heads: Gold-plated Grover diecast
  • Strings: D’Addario XTAPB1253 Light, .012 – .053 (Article Nr 471307)
  • Pickup system: Fishman Presys II with integrated tuner
  • Colour: Vintage Sunburst High-gloss
  • Design: Dreadnought with cutaway
  • Dovetail construction
  • Top: Solid mahogany
  • Scalloped X-bracing
  • Body: Mahogany
  • Neck: Mahogany
  • Fretboard: Pau Ferro
  • Neck profile: Modified oval C
  • Fretboard inlays: Snowflakes
  • Body binding: Wooden
  • Scale: 643 mm
  • Nut width: 43 mm
  • 20 Frets
  • Nut: Bone
  • Compensated saddle
  • Bridge: Pau Ferro
  • Machine heads: Chrome-plated diecast DLX
  • Strings: D’Addario XTAPB1253 Light (Article Nr 471307), .012 – .053
  • Pickup system: Fishman Presys-II preamp system with built-in tuner
  • Colour: Natural matte

Below have a look to the video of this guitar Harley Benton Custom Line CLD-15MCE

Harley Benton Custom Line CLD 15MCE Review

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Harley Benton HB Custom Line King-CE VS vs Harley Benton Custom Line CLD-1048SCE NS

The guitar Harley Benton HB Custom Line King-CE VS is usually 32 € more expensive than Harley Benton Custom Line CLD-1048SCE NS, but the difference is so small that this can vary..

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Harley Benton HB Custom Line King-CE VS

Harley Benton Custom Line CLD-1048SCE NS
  • Body design: Jumbo with cutaway
  • Top: Selected solid spruce
  • Body: Maple
  • Neck: Maple
  • Fretboard: Ovangkol
  • Scale: 648 mm
  • Nut width: 43 mm
  • Saddle: 76 mm
  • 20 Frets
  • Fretboard inlays: Pearloid squares
  • Bridge: Ovangkol
  • Saddle: Bone
  • Bindings: Multi-ply
  • Double action truss rod
  • Machine heads: Gold-plated Grover diecast
  • Strings: D’Addario XTAPB1253 Light, .012 – .053 (Article Nr 471307)
  • Pickup system: Fishman Presys II with integrated tuner
  • Colour: Vintage Sunburst High-gloss
  • Dreadnought design with cutaway
  • Solid spruce top
  • Mahogany back and sides
  • Mahogany neck
  • Pau Ferro fretboard
  • “Dots” fretboard inlays
  • Cream-coloured binding
  • Scale: 648 mm
  • Nut width: 48.0 mm
  • Fretboard radius: 400 mm (15 3/4″)
  • 20 Frets
  • Pau Ferro bridge
  • Fishman Presys II preamp system with built-in tuner
  • Diecast chrome-plated machine heads
  • Strings: D’Addario XTAPB1253 Light, .012 – .053 (Article Nr 471307)
  • Colour: Natural matte

Below have a look to the video of this guitar Harley Benton Custom Line CLD-1048SCE NS

Harley Benton | CLD-1048SCE | Acoustic Guitar | Demo

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Harley Benton HB Custom Line King-CE VS vs Harley Benton Custom Line CLD-41SE WN

The guitar Harley Benton HB Custom Line King-CE VS is usually 89 € cheaper than Harley Benton Custom Line CLD-41SE WN.

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Harley Benton HB Custom Line King-CE VS

Harley Benton Custom Line CLD-41SE WN
  • Body design: Jumbo with cutaway
  • Top: Selected solid spruce
  • Body: Maple
  • Neck: Maple
  • Fretboard: Ovangkol
  • Scale: 648 mm
  • Nut width: 43 mm
  • Saddle: 76 mm
  • 20 Frets
  • Fretboard inlays: Pearloid squares
  • Bridge: Ovangkol
  • Saddle: Bone
  • Bindings: Multi-ply
  • Double action truss rod
  • Machine heads: Gold-plated Grover diecast
  • Strings: D’Addario XTAPB1253 Light, .012 – .053 (Article Nr 471307)
  • Pickup system: Fishman Presys II with integrated tuner
  • Colour: Vintage Sunburst High-gloss
  • Dreadnought design
  • Dovetail construction
  • Solid sitka spruce top
  • Scalloped X-bracing
  • Walnut body
  • Mahogany neck
  • Pau Ferro fretboard
  • Abalone Hexagon fretboard inlays
  • Abalone body binding
  • White fretboard and headstock binding
  • Modified Oval C neck profile
  • Scale: 643 mm
  • Nut width: 43 mm
  • Bone nut
  • 20 Frets
  • Compensated saddle
  • Pau Ferro bridge
  • Gold-plated diecast DLX machine heads
  • Pickup system: Fishman Presys-II preamp system with built-in tuner
  • Strings: D’Addario XTAPB1253 Light (Article Nr 471307), .012 – .053
  • Colour: Natural matte

Below have a look to the video of this guitar Harley Benton Custom Line CLD-41SE WN

Harley Benton Custom Line CLD 41SE WN

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Harley Benton HB Custom Line King-CE VS vs Epiphone Hummingbird Studio FCB

The guitar Harley Benton HB Custom Line King-CE VS is usually 79 € cheaper than Epiphone Hummingbird Studio FCB.

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Harley Benton HB Custom Line King-CE VS

Epiphone Hummingbird Studio FCB
  • Body design: Jumbo with cutaway
  • Top: Selected solid spruce
  • Body: Maple
  • Neck: Maple
  • Fretboard: Ovangkol
  • Scale: 648 mm
  • Nut width: 43 mm
  • Saddle: 76 mm
  • 20 Frets
  • Fretboard inlays: Pearloid squares
  • Bridge: Ovangkol
  • Saddle: Bone
  • Bindings: Multi-ply
  • Double action truss rod
  • Machine heads: Gold-plated Grover diecast
  • Strings: D’Addario XTAPB1253 Light, .012 – .053 (Article Nr 471307)
  • Pickup system: Fishman Presys II with integrated tuner
  • Colour: Vintage Sunburst High-gloss
  • Solid spruce top
  • Mahogany back and sides
  • Mahogany neck
  • Pau Ferro fretboard
  • Scale: 629 mm
  • Nut width: 42.8 mm
  • Slim Taper D neck profile
  • 20 Frets
  • Pearloid parallelogram fretboard inlays
  • Fishman Sonitone pickup system
  • Pickguard is decorated with original hummingbird artwork
  • Pau Ferro bridge
  • Grover machine heads
  • Total length: 106 cm
  • Colour: Faded Cherry Burst

Below have a look to the video of this guitar Epiphone Hummingbird Studio FCB

Guitar Review: Epiphone Hummingbird

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Where to buy the guitar Harley Benton HB Custom Line King-CE VS

Thomann

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  • Usually Best price.
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  • Sometimes better price.
  • He’s got worse stock than Thomann.

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