Harley Benton Electric Guitar Kit CST-24

Gryf prosty , progi wymagały polerowania - nie są idealnie nabite ale nie na tyle abym skłaniał się do szlifu. Składanie bananie proste - dość miękki materiał korpusu - ale nie jest lakierowany więc to nic dziwnego. Akcja strun niska - poniżej 1,5 mm . Siodełko do minimalnej korekcji. Generalnie bardzo fajna gitara w tej cenie. Dzisiaj zamontowałem przetworniki Fleor Alnico 5 i gitara brzmi jeszcze lepiej. Polecam.

A really good piece for its price, with minor flaws which I easily fixed myself.
The body needed some sanding as it had some rough edges and spots to an reasonable point, I removed it with ease using sandpaper.
The guitar was slightly buzzing at higher tone settings at first but after replacing a potentiometer (still for an pretty cheap one) it became much more clear.
Overall it’s really worth its price, it needed some tinkering but if you like electronics and have enough time and skills it’s perfect.

I have a lot of guitars but wanted to try “assembling” a kit. There are quite a lot about but this is the cheapest and with Thomann guarantees the safest bet. I liked the simplicity of the non-trem version and the fact that the headstock was pre-shaped and rather pretty. The tuners are cheap and what would spend money first to replace but they do work. the felt pretty rough so I took off the buttons, attached them to a drill, filled them up with light oil and span them backwards and forwards to try and bed them in. Workable. The nut is plastic and moulded, not cut. The neck pocket was slightly too big so I glued a shim of veneer to one side and that was much improved. The body looks quite nice and is coated with a pore filler sealer. If you want to oil or stain you will have to sand this off. A lot of work. I started to sand it in preparation for primer and paint but decided not to bother. It looks and feels very good especially with the binding. The pickups are pre-mounted in the rings but the ring screw holes do not match up with the pre-drilled holes. Easy fix. Same with the jack plate. All the electronics are cheap, pre-wired and have push fit connectors. No soldering required. The bridge was easy to install and cast for basic intonation with a slidy piece for the B and G strings. Overall intonation can be set with grub screws on the ear to post attachment. I have a lot spare parts: pickups, nuts, pots, caps, treble bleeds but in the end I decided to assemble it as it came to provide a datum point before modding and to see how it felt and sounded just how it came out of the box. I even used the strings supplied.
I was blown away by this guitar.
So were my sons. And my mates who I didn’t tell what it was. Should have seen their faces when I said it cost £75. I had to show them the listing on Thomann before they believed me.
The guitar is light, comfortable and a delight to play. The neck is gorgeous and worth more than the kit price on it’s own. The fret ends are good, no high spots and not rough. No work required. The fretboard sucked up a lot of lemon oil at first. All in all aside from the neck pocket it took about 90 minutes to assemble. I will be modding it but for now it’s actually a joy to play. You will need some basic skills to get the best out of the fit and finish but that’s what something like this is all about. It’s a learning experience. My friends 15 year old daughter loved and is going to order one to build with her Dad. Whatever happens it is so cheap who cares and if something is really unacceptably bad, send it back. Buy it, try, have fun.