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Yeah, coil spit is just not balanced you are correct. I have the same guitar, it tends to be more dark as well. I might have to do some mods later maybe put in some burst 3 so I can get a a more original sound. Mods are the way to go. I have a USA strat and PRS, but was missing the Gibson sound, but I guess the way it is just won't cut it. I will either Mod it or sale it and get a tribute or the Epiphone 59 reissue which sounds amazing. Thanks for the information, I wish I would have just saved up and got the Epiphone it is likely the best bang for the buck.

Really appreciated your time and review.. concider to buy as a “dare to take out guitar” and nice to be prepared; Where to spend to improve.. Looks as a honest, affordable and good sounding jam / Gig-guitar 😊

Hi Rob, Thanks for this review. I'm looking at purchasing a Harley Benton Custom Line CLD-41S WN from Thomann. Their price for the guitar plus shipping via UPS from Berlin to my studio in San Francisco is incredibly reasonable, but Thomann has no idea what the VAT cost is. Your profile reads "based in PNW" so I'm wondering what additional VAT charges you paid for this guitar. Cheers!

Very nice! What model of Harley B is that? It’s got a wonderful tone.

Beautiful stuff, really inspiring

Very nice! Good skills! I bought the same guitar and i love the sound.

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Thanks a lot for your full of good advices review it helps me a lot to choose this guitar 🙏👍😉

Just ordered this one (by writing to Thomann customer service, as they will probably have another final batch coming by February 24), but hearing it again I have my doubts on the pickup situation. Chose it over a HB SC-550 II, and I may to have to reconsider my choice (already own an ST-25th which is just so much better than the HB ST-62DB). So thx for the video!

Hi Rob, thanks for the nice review. I always wanted to buy a nice D-28 or D-35 or D-45 Martin but unfortunatelly i dont have the money for these... 🙂 Harley Benton has quite some nice guitars, of course not in the same league as the Martins, but affortable. I have already bought some of them. a) A nice HBO-850 (129€) : Amazing guitar for money. I used to gig with an Ovation custom legend, but this HB is now my primary gig guitar. Nice sound and also nice pics. Of course the Ovation is better when it comes to pure sound but not as much as someone could think. And even if it gets broken in one gig who cares.. For the money you can buy a new one :). Not the same for the Ovation. b) a HBO-600 (89€): Also amazing guitar for money but i found the HBO-800 to have somehow better sound. So i use it now mostly to learn how to repair and change things on a guitar c) a CLG-650SM (399€). The best until now. It is a solid wood guitar and has a wonderfull sound! I don't use it in the gigs, because the HBO-850 has a sound more suitable to the kind of music that i play. But in terms of sound quality i found the CLG-650 to be even better. Really a very nice guitar! d) some electrics, but i will stay only to the acoustics. Now i want the next one 😄 I now sure which one to buy first, but i plan to buy all of them. a) The cld41: Although this guitar has a solid sprice top, the back is laminated and this takes my "wow" feeling somehow a little bit away. Camparing its sound to some D-35 and D-28s that i heard in youtube, i found that it lacks a bit on resonance, bass, clarity of the notes and nicelly overtones. Of course it can not be compared to the Martins, but i wanted a little bit more. Maybe i will wait a bit. Maybe HB comes with some newer dreadnaughts in the very near future. I am willing to pay also some more money for it. On the other side the sound is still very good for this price and the guitar looks wonderfull.. So i am not sure. b) The cld30: I like this guitar very much. Solid woods and the ceder-Top gives another sound feeling. Since all of my guitars have a spruce or laminated spruce top, a ceder top is a good alternative. On the other side, the sound is not the typical dreadnought sound that somebody could expect. d) The King CE: This guitar has a very nice sound. On the other side it only has a solid top but laminated back. e) a 12 String but not in the near future. For the moment i tend more to the cld30. What do you think? Anyway in my opinion a HB has a quality, in relation to other quitars, of at least twice (in not much more) the money that you payed. How is your cld41 today? Still so gut as in the beginning? Are you still giging with it? Do you still recommend it? Thanks again for the nice review and sorry for my bad english.

Great review Rob! I have mine on the way, can't wait to try it out!

Loving it!