To be honest I didn’t expect much for 299€, however Harley Benton have done an excellent job of producing a very playable solid wood acoustic guitar at this price point. The manufacturing and set up were pretty much spot on. I’ve had the guitar for a month or so now and it has been played every day, it stays in tune and it is very comfortable to play.
After two weeks I changed the original HB strings for a set of D’Addario 12-53 XS strings, not because the originals were bad just so that I could do a comparison. There was a difference, the D’Addario were fuller and gave a more rounded tone (to my ear) but it wasn’t really necessary the originals were fine. The one aspect that I see as a potential weakness is the tuners, they appear quite fragile, they’ll probably be fine and as I said previously, the guitar stayed in tune well.
All in all a great value guitar and very pleased with my purchase. I’ve added some additional dimensions of the guitar that I couldn’t find on the website, someone might find them useful.
Upper bout width: 290mm
Waist width: 244mm
Lower bout width: 395mm
Body length: 492mm
Depth of body at the top (neck joint): 97mm
Depth of body at the bottom: 115.5mm
