Harley Benton Delta Blues MJCE

The guitar is basically a plywood wannabe copy of mini jumbo Gibson CJ-165EC with a little longer neck scale than original short scaled Gibson model. It has all nice and desired features for a that price level, even a pickup with a tuner and is manufactured very well, tuning machines and neck are fine and the guitar very playable overall. Except one thing that made me returning it: it has the same design flaw that my 2 original Gibsons CJ-165EC had and I also returned both Gibsons previously because of that: because of forward shifted X-bracing (and it is quite heavy one on HB) the 2 tone braces sitting beyond bridge are too far away from the bridge and not supporting exact spot under the bridge. The bridge is starting to belly immediately after putting 12-53 strings, even 11-52 strings (later ones are the maximum gauge to be put on it). Although it has additional 6mm plate support under the complete area of bridge, the bridge is shifting up heavily 3mm on the place beyond the bridge pins, and sinking 1.5mm in front of bridge On the long run it will rise more and affect the intonation at least. If it is fixed with stronger braces I would gladly buy it again as it is well made guitar for that price point.