Harley Benton CG-45E Natural

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Steel-String Guitar with Pickup

  • Standard series
  • Design: Folk Style
  • Mahogany body
  • X bracing
  • Mahogany neck
  • Roseacer fretboard
  • DOT fretboard inlays
  • Neck profile: modern "C"
  • Dovetail construction
  • Cream bindings on body and neck
  • Abalone rosette sticker
  • Scale length: 650 mm (25.59")
  • Nut width: 43 mm (1.65")
  • 20 Frets
  • Preamp with volume control and 4-band EQ
  • Roseacer bridge
  • Gold-plated diecast machine heads
  • Total length: 102.5 cm
  • Lower bout: 37.5 cm
  • Upper bout: 28 cm
  • Height: 10.5 cm
  • String gauges: .010 "- .047"
  • Colour: Natural matt
Available since October 2020
Item number 490946
Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
Model Folk
Top Mahogany
Back And Sides Mahogany
Cutaway No
Fretboard Roseacer
Nut width in mm 43,00 mm
Pickup System Yes
Colour Natural, Matt
Case No
Incl. Gigbag No
£77
Including VAT; Excluding £10 shipping
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Perfecta!
anAAmaro 07.03.2021
La guitarra es tal cual se ve en las imágenes, tiene un acabado perfecto y el sonido es increíble.
La he comparado con una Tanglewood que costó mucho más y no hay diferencia, más allá de una diferencia normal dado que la forma del cuerpo de ambas guitarras es diferente.
Estoy encantada con cómo suena y con lo ligera que es. También es bastante cómoda a la hora de tocar ya que no hace falta apretar demasiado, no está dura como otras.

En resumen, increíble por el precio que tiene, la recomiendo sin duda!
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You get what you pay for
Anonymous 14.08.2022
It’s a budget guitar and build quality is reflected in that.

There is a section where the cutter went too deep when making the groove for the banding leaving a spot where light shines through the body. It’s not visible from the outside only when you hold the guitar up to a light source and look inside. There’s no high gloss polished finish, it’s a bare stained wood. The frets at the edge feel a bit rough but definitely not rough enough to hurt your fingers. Does this effect the sound, certainly not. It sounds like an acoustic guitar (I can’t speak about the electrics because I haven’t plugged it in to an amp yet). It seems to stay in tune to my ears; unlike a cheap copy of the Gibson SG I own - from a brand that shall not be named for legal reasons (it’s not Harley Benton) - which never stays in tune. I have to tune that after 5 minutes of trying to play it.

Overall: the HBCG-45E is cheap, it plays, what more do you need. It’s a good cheap guitar to start off on. I recommend it for beginners who don’t want to spend a lot of money starting off.
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Not a toy
Passionate about guitars 22.03.2023
A previous reviewer described this this guitar as a toy. My experience tells me they could not be more mistaken. And, contrary to some views, my experience of Harley Benton is that the construction quality is consistently good throughout their price range. This excellent guitar has a balanced sound, nicely bright but with a bass in proportion to the overall tone. The construction is faultless, with a comfortable, dark, white bound fingerboard, no sharp frets, and a slightly larger lower bout, hence the bass. The satin finish beautifully complements the lights in the mahogany (veneer) top, back and sides, and attractive, slightly open-pore finish. But the biggest plus is the fact that it has become a go-to guitar, it's feeling of lightness making it a pleasure to play, above those five times more expensive. At the price, it has to be one of the best guitar buys anywhere. A truly surprisingly beautiful guitar. It rings! Go for it, in my view you can't go wrong.
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WOW What a Nice Surprise
Tezzer 20.12.2021
I'd been hearing about HB guitars for a while and decided to give one a try. I wasn't really expecting anything amazing for the price but I just wanted a cheap acoustic for carrying around with me.

I recieved the guitar after four days to the UK and was very surprised when I opened the box. The first thing I noticed was the finish, it's really nice. The pictures don't do it justice at all. Intonation was spot on but the action was a little high for my liking so I adjusted the truss rod and its fine now. The fretboard is ok but a little dry so will be applying some sort of fret board oil on the next restring. The guitar is really loud and bright when played acoustically and fills the room with sound. Plugged in it sounds just fine, no issues there.

In all I'm very impressed wit the standard of build quality and the sound. It has the look, feel and tone of a much more expensive instrument so at the price its listed for, in my opinion, it's an absolute bargain. Got my eyes on a double cut sg style electric next. Can't wait to try it out.
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