Harley Benton Delta Blues MJCE

V této cenové relaci nelze předpokládat zázraky, ale tahle kytara vás rozhodně nezklame. Kytaru jsem koupil, protože jsem hledal akustiku na doma, kterou můžu případně i zapojit do aparatury.

Plusy: Opticky nádherné dřevo (v reálu je o něco tmavší než na fotkách, to je pak otázka vkusu), příjemný zvuk, skvělé zpracování hmatníku a pražců.

Mínusy: Je třeba často ladit, struny občas drnčí.

Ideální pro někoho, kdo chce hodně muziky za málo peněz a je ochotný si se svým nástrojem trošku pohrát, aby byl opravdu dokonalý.

I've had a Sigma travel steel string for the past few years, and every time I pick it up I wish I'd bought a full size guitar. I've been looking at Harley Benton guitars on the website and youtube yada yada yada for about 12 months. This guitar got great reviews on both, including a great one by Jonathon in Singapore as mentioned in another review here.

My first Harley Benton - online ordering easy; delivery to Scotland tracked all the way and at my door within a week of ordering. Double boxed, no damage to either box or guitar.

The colour of the guitar was a dark brown/blue/black - darker than on the photos on the website and nicer for it. All strings were tuned down. All tuners worked and held tune well; all felt smooth, no noticeable 'bad ones'.

The sound was amazing for such a well priced guitar - loud enough when strummed, very clear single notes, and good resonance.

The finish of the guitar was not so good - the joint between neck and body looked rough, and the fret ends felt sharp all the way up the neck. Unfortunately I don't have the knowledge or tools to file the frets.

I played the guitar for an evening, and loved the sound but didn't like the frets. The guitar is good value for money (I went for the bundle including gig bag, as it was only £5 more than the guitar on its own with shipping), especially as it comes with an preamp (and free battery). Unfortunately I decided the finish outweighed the sound so I sent it back under the 30 day return, spent twice the money and got a Harley Benton Custom Line CLA-15MCE B-Stock.

A note on the returns - this was a simple to do as the original ordering - go on the website, hit return item, (no need to give any explanation), print off return label, package up the guitar in the original packaging, take round to local post office (return slip had instructions for the post office staff too, just in case), they scan it, and you can track it all the way back to Thomann. Took same time for the return to reach Germany as the replacement guitar to reach Scotland - great service!

This much guitar for this kind of money - no reason not to be pleased.
Having said that, I don't give five stars unless it's outstanding. And no, it's not outstanding. Anything but. It's a playable instrument, with a sound you won't write home about, with electronics that I wouldn't want to have between me and an audience.
Then again, for the money - a proper guitar, completely enjoyable out of the box, with some extras such as pickups good enough for the camping ground and an almost usable built in tuner. That's a lot for the kind of money asked. Highly recommended.