Harley Benton CLG-70ASR CE NAT AllSolid

I'll start with the gripes, with the caveat that these are all minor and expected for a guitar at this price range. Guitar arrived playable but really showed its true potential after a visit to a luthier, the finish isn't perfect, mine has some pores that aren't filled properly but they are barely noticeable and mostly on the back. Its also a bit light which "feels" a bit cheap? But not massively, and my back is thanking me. On the plusses, it sounds great, both acoustically and through the pickups, its very bright and lively, perfect if you have a bass player. Its very well designed, strap locks in sensible places, a bass and treble control is very useful, especially to players like me who switch between fingerstyle and chords with a compressor. Very impressed. I do agree with other reviews that the fretboard is narrower than most acoustics but I really like it, those coming from electric will adapt to it quickly.

I bought the CLG 70 ASR NAT All Solid and it arrived 4 days ago. Action was ok out of the box but had to file 2mm off the saddle to get it to my taste. Swapped the strings for a set of elixir 0.12s and lo and behold, what a cannon!
Unplugged it sounds amazing, balanced and has sustain for days! Armrest/bevel is great for extra comfort too.
I gigged it twice over the weekend through my trusty AER Compact 60 IV + Bodyrez and got a pretty decent sound from the fisman pickup but it wasn't quite 'there'. Going to have my luthier install an LR Baggs Element Stage Pro which is my go-to for plugged in sound and maybe some gotoh or Grover tuners, as the factory installed are serviceable but not great. All in all an incredible all solid axe for 350€.