You can look at all the pictures in the world of this guitar and see all sorts of YouTube videos, but you really don’t get an impact of how beautiful and well made this guitar is until you hold one in your hands.
If you’re looking for that twangy Telecaster sound, it’s there, but you have to work with your equipment a little to get it. The tone qualities of this guitar are wonderful but that’s why it was designed the way it was. It has some really strong qualities for blues, jazz or fusion and even some mild acoustic qualities. Will it work for rock or country? Absolutely, with a small amount of work. But lets get into the actual guitar for a minute.
Cons: I would have given this guitar 5 stars if it wasn’t for one minor issue. The fret ends are very sharp and protruding. I have a suspicion that the fretboard is very dry and needs some attention. So it’s time to do some minor work to get it and those frets back to where they belong. There’s some discrepancy as to the wood they used on the fretboard. Because they can’t use rosewood anymore, they’ve gone to an alternative wood. The information on this particular guitar is mixed. In one portion of the description they say they used an exotic wood called Amaranth, but in another portion of the same description they say they use Roseacer. It would be nice to know because Roseacer which is a roasted maple sometimes has tendency to develop small splits, even though it’s very rare. Amaranth, which goes under a number of different names depending on what part of the world you live in is a very hard exotic wood that is very stable and would be an excellent choice for a fretboard replacing Rosewood. Those are my only negatives about this gutar.
Pros: I have a number of high end guitars from Gibson, Fender, Martin, Schecter and a half dozen others. This guitar visually is absolutely stunning. When I first took it out of the box I was shocked at the finish of this instrument. The workmanship on the body and the neck is superb. The quilted maple finish may be just a veneer, but it is absolutely beautiful and beyond what I expected. When I first ordered the guitar I wasn’t sure about the finish on the neck. I don’t like neck finishes that are heavy on lacquer. The neck has a really nice satin finish that you can tell will age beautifully and only get better with time. Out of all of my guitars, no matter what the cost, this guitar has the best neck I have ever played.
Intonation, string height, fret leveling (other than fret ends) were perfect out of the box. All controls seem of good quality and work as they should.
The workmanship (other than the dark paint used inside the "F" holes) I have to say is superb.
If you’re on the fence and need a push, I hope this review helps with your decision. The service from Thomann was excellent and I can guarantee you that you will never find an instrument of this quality for the ridiculously low price they are selling it for. Have fun! <\/div>\n<\/p>\n
Comment:<\/strong><\/p>\n Delivery to the UK in 3 days from order being placed. <\/p>\n
Arrived in good condition. <\/p>\n
For use in home studio\/music room. <\/p>\n
Inspection: serial number silk screened on back of headstock, made in Indonesia. No immediate problems noted, everything in good order. No sharp fret ends. However, the edges of the nut were a little rough\/sharp, but easily smoothed over. <\/p>\n
The book matching of the quilt top is a little off, about 3-5mm misaligned, but that’s being picky, only noted on close inspection.
The finishing inside looks good, no paint bald patches. The binding around the f-holes and the body is smooth, no rough edges. <\/p>\n
Looking at the back of the body it appears to be a 2 piece, maybe more, but it is hard to tell, the matching is very good. and at a quick glance it looks like a one piece. The Mahogany grain shows through the finish nicely, very even. <\/p>\n
Playability – very good. Action a little high but good enough. Intonation spot on. Both pickups function well, switch and pots all working, no looseness, no problems. The neck has a smooth satin finish, very comfortable for my hands. <\/p>\n
I’ve lowered the action to ~3\/64 ths \/ ~1.2 mm @ 17th fret. No fret buzz at all, no choking out. Very good indeed. The bridge has no protruding screws and is very smooth and comfortable when playing. The truss rod works exceptionally well and is very sensitive to adjustments, presumably this is a feature of a dual-action truss rod. The allen key supplied wasn’t the correct size, far too small, not sure what the correct size is, but I have many allen keys and the same one I use on my squiers and epiphone seems to work. <\/p>\n
Stays in tune well. Machine heads\/tuning pegs are smooth in use, no backlash. <\/p>\n
In circuit measurement of pickups gave DCR Bridge PU ~10.2K, Neck PU ~7K which tallies well with Roswell specs for these pickups. <\/p>\n
The bridge PU has a lot of push, and growls, very mid focused, perfect for a te style guitar, can twang very nicely too. Backing off the pots allows it’s more nuanced balanced tones to come through. They’re quite bright at full tone rotation, but that’s better than being too dull. I would guess that the pots are 500K. Looking into the F-holes the pots appear to be larger than 16mm, possibly 20mm. <\/p>\n
The Neck PU is warm and lush, perfect for smooth jazz, but has some twang when needed. There’s a good balance between the two, so no adjustments needed to the pickup heights. <\/p>\n
Acoustically it is only a little louder than a solid body. Good enough for some quiet practice. <\/p>\n
***** for the setup and quality of this guitar. Truly amazing. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Harley Benton TE-90QM Trans Red vs Harley Benton CST-24T Black Flame<\/h2>\n
The guitar Harley Benton TE-90QM Trans Redis usually 17 \u20ac cheaper than Harley Benton CST-24T Black Flame, but the difference is so small that this can vary..<\/p>\n
Below have a look to the video of this guitar <\/p>\n
\n
\n\n\n\n\n Harley Benton TE-90QM Trans Red<\/p>\n<\/th>\n \n\n Harley Benton CST-24T Black Flame<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n- Chambered body: Mahogany<\/span><\/li>\n
- Top: Flamed maple<\/span><\/li>\n
- Bolt-on neck: Maple<\/span><\/li>\n
- Fretboard: Amaranth<\/span><\/li>\n
- Fretboard inlays: Abalone dots<\/span><\/li>\n
- Ivory body binding<\/span><\/li>\n
- Nut: Bonoid<\/span><\/li>\n
- 22 Frets<\/span><\/li>\n
- Scale: 648 mm<\/span><\/li>\n
- Nut width: 42 mm<\/span><\/li>\n
- Fretboard radius: 350 mm<\/span><\/li>\n
- Pickup: 2 Roswell P90 S AlNiCo-5 vintage-style single coils<\/span><\/li>\n
- 3-Way switch<\/span><\/li>\n
- Controls: Master volume, master tone<\/span><\/li>\n
- DLX chrome hardware<\/span><\/li>\n
- Hard tail bridge<\/span><\/li>\n
- DLX die-cast machine heads<\/span><\/li>\n
- Ex-factory stringing: .010 – .046<\/span><\/li>\n
- Colour: Transparent red, high gloss<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n \n \n \n- Deluxe Series<\/span><\/li>\n
- Mahogany body<\/span><\/li>\n
- Flamed maple arched top<\/span><\/li>\n
- Set-in mahogany neck<\/span><\/li>\n
- Roasted jatoba fretboard<\/span><\/li>\n
- “C” Neck profile<\/span><\/li>\n
- Fretboard radius: 350 mm<\/span><\/li>\n
- 24 Frets<\/span><\/li>\n
- Pearloid dots fretboard inlays<\/span><\/li>\n
- Neck and body binding<\/span><\/li>\n
- Scale: 635 mm<\/span><\/li>\n
- Nut width: 42 mm<\/span><\/li>\n
- Graphite nut<\/span><\/li>\n
- 2 Roswell HAF AlNiCo-5 open coil humbucker pickups<\/span><\/li>\n
- 3-Way switch<\/span><\/li>\n
- 1 Volume- and 1 tone control with push\/pull function for coil split<\/span><\/li>\n
- DLX chrome hardware<\/span><\/li>\n
- Wilkinson WVPC tremolo<\/span><\/li>\n
- DLX machine heads<\/span><\/li>\n
- Colour: Black Flame<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
Below have a look to the video of this guitar Harley Benton CST-24T Black Flame<\/p>\n | | | |
<\/center><\/p>\n![\"Harley](\"https:\/\/www.buscarinstrumentos.com\/en\/guitars\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F6Y7pW_yD-JE%2F0.jpg\")
![\"$200](\"https:\/\/www.buscarinstrumentos.com\/en\/guitars\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FMy-sIpvnx2I%2F0.jpg\")
![\"Harley](\"https:\/\/www.buscarinstrumentos.com\/en\/guitars\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FgGvBLoLXhtQ%2F0.jpg\")