Harley Benton CG-45 NS

First, I'm probably somewhere between a beginner and intermediary guitarist and I play only for my own pleasure at home.
I bought this guitar for my parents' house so I could practice and play during my stays there and I didn't want to have to lug my main guitar with me. I wanted something cheap, not too big and with decent enough sound.
I have to say, I absolutely the guitar and now I regret each time I have to leave it behind until the next visit!
It's more than met my expectations in terms of sound and playability. It's a small body guitar but the sound is surprisingly generous and rich. I also find it easier and less cumbersome to play for my strumming/picking arm precisely because it's not so big.
I also think how a guitar looks is important — and this instrument is very pretty. I didn't bother putting on the scratch plate because I didn't want to ruin the look. Also, my plectrum rarely if ever hits the wood. I like that I was given the option not to add the pick guard.

The guitar is very light and perfect for carrying around the house or as a travel guitar. It's an ideal guitar for 'noodling' while sitting on the sofa. I think this is a great, no frills travel or first guitar. The only thing I would consider changing are the strings — I haven't done so yet but I will probably try to replace them on my next visit with Martin light gauge silk-steel strings.
But overall, all the positive you're read here are true — you won't regret buying this guitar and thanks to Thomann for making it available as such an incredibly affordable price!

This is simply one of the best vaule acoustic guitars I have ever played. I have bought a few for my guitar students and none had to be much tweaked, being setup almost perfectly. frets were cut nicely, with no sarp edges and dead frets. The greatest surprise were the tuners, which were a lot better than I have ever expected.
If you plan on using it as a gigging guitar I would not reccomend it to anyone since it is neither loud nor pronounced, but for learning and practice or even travelling (it is super compact) is perfect. It is build very solid and being mistreated for almost two years now still perform excellently.
To sum it all up. It is super affordable but niclely made instrument. It is also a quite a lot smaller than my orher acoustic guitars (Made in Germany Framuf and Hofner archtop acoustics) being the same size as an Epiphone Casino (not being that thin) and it is a very comfotable guitar to play standing up or sitting down.
If you are looking for a first guitar look no further, I would just recomend changing the strings for some of better quality, becouse stock ones leae a lot to desire and does not show the instruments full potential.

Qualité (prise en main, finitions et sonorité) incroyable pour un prix aussi ridicule. Initialement achetée (en 2022) pour disposer d'une petite guitare à trimballer partout (même où il y a risque de perte ou de vol), finalement je l'utilise tous les jours car elle est plus facile et rapide à saisir quand j'ai peu de place et de temps pour travailler. J'en prends d'ailleurs autant soins que de mes autres. guitares. Parfaite pour un débutant qui aurait peur de trop investir sans être sûr de continuer à terme. Très bonne idée de cadeau pour les enfants qui hésiteraient à s'y mettre...

I have been using this guitar for 5 years and for far it is my favorite. A friend of mine bought it just before me and we used to play together, I fell in love with it and with its price.

I use it for every occasions I have, it is the guitar I am using the most through the ones I have. Didn't change the chords in 5 years and it is working perfectly. The tone is staying for a long time even though it's going more or less through warm and cold. I might have to change the chords soon as they are used but still working perfectly.

I highly recommand buying this guitar and I already recommended it to friends.

Just bought an electric one and didn't doubt about the quality of Harley Benton, hope I won't be disappointed.

when you think of harley benton you think of cheaper entry level instruments ..
this is not by any means subject to the quality and value of there section .. whether guitars basses banjos or what ever ..they seem to have the value for money factor ,
i might of mentioned in previous ratings that I've done about how many harley benton instruments i have purchased ..as in basses x3 banjos ..guitars ..amps etc ..and have never been disappointing ..
so this time i was looking for a guitar for friend to start on ..
my search was straight to harley benton and that search was soon ended when i found this guitar.. Harley Benton CG-45 NS
it was perfect in many ways ..and the price was astonishing really .. less than 50.00 for a steel strung folk guitar ..
all mahogany body ..mahogany fret board ..scalloped bracing ..
when i received the instrument .. i checked it over and made one slight adjustment to the truss rod ...and it was done .
it played really nice ..it sounds good ..it's also quite light which i was surprised ..
the finer detail all over is one of good quality .
the gold hardware .. pearl look tuning knobs make it look like a guitar of more expense..
the sustain and tone is clean /bright due to body size ..but all in all completely satisfied with this instrument ..
don't be put off by price .. this really is a good guitar for the cost .. well worth a look at ..
thanks thomann