Harley Benton D-120CE-LH BK

I've been playing guitar for many years and I bought this one for one reason: price.
I've played it now daily for more than 2 months, so almost 100 hours.
What can I say?
Sound is excellent. Haven't even tried electric yet because I have no amp/speaker. Clean sound, no buzzing, great echo.
The grip and handling are smooth, it feels good to hold it which is important to me. Low in weight too, easy to handle.
To any beginner guitarists I recommend to change the strings. Why? Because the action (the distance between the strings and the guitar neck) is high, especially beyond the 7th fret. That makes it a bit difficult to play. It comes with standard steel strings, you may wanna change that to bronze strings. They are easier to press down. That's important for playing bar(-ré) chords. Even I couldn't play a clear sounding bar chord with the steel strings and it isn't because of my technique. It's the strings and the action.
If there's 1 thing I recommend to Thomann, it's to lower the action of the strings. They're quite high and since mostly beginners will buy this instrument because of the low price, you wanna make it easier for them to play.
Last but not least: I tried a Fender and was about to buy it. Then I saw this one and bought it. Not only does it sound equal, it also saved me 100 euro's.
Thank you Thomann for building this great instrument at a price available to everyone.
I recommend this guitar for both absolute beginners (change the strings!) and experienced players as a backup or rehearsal guitar. Excellent buy, wonderful instrument.

This is my first acoustic.played well out of the box well packed.A few days delivery from Germany, amazing.Opening the battery hatch was challenging, but once open reveiled a very nasty
Zinc battery.Bin it and fit a Alkaline. A picky little gripe I know. But a loverly axe.Also included are 2 adhesive scratch plates black and tortoise.Very loud.Sounds good through my Fender Champion 40,the graphic equalizer is very effective.I had found that it gos out of tune when you first take it out of its bag.An easy fix.The action is high on the high frets.Just a up date.just sold this guitar on for what I though was a better one.i regret it.i miss it.

Had a classical guitar that I never used, so sold it and bought this HB instead. It's a very pleasant surprise. It's more than all right out of the box, no worries if you don't want to hack it, but a bit of an upgrade bumps up the sound quality considerably.

Equalizing, sanding and polishing the frets, changing the saddle inlay to bone (be prepared to make a left handed compensated version), adding better strings / graphite in the nut make a very noticeable difference in the sound / smoothness of tuning / playablility.

This guitar is a real crowdpleaser in small family gatherings. The construction is robust, too, just throw it in the boot and off you go.

The pickup exists and it is functional, but there are better ones, but it'll do for occasional amateur recording.

After playing it for a wile the only negative point was the thick lacquer layer on the neck, it is a quality coating, so it does not come down, but it was a littlebit uncomfortable to play.

So I sanded down the neck really to the wood, so below the foundation. This wood is pinkish mahogany with a relatively light colour. My guess is it is the toona sinensis, which would be consistent with the guitar being (very well) made in China. Then gave it a modern, synthetic matt transparent finish from France, about 4 layers sanding down to fine gradually. Now it's plays comfortably and looks great, too.

That's an advantage of this guitar: at this price point you can really experiment with relatively drastic measures, you can customize it with little risk.

I wanted to buy a cheaper acustic guitar guitar to play songs to my newborn son.
My mother just bought a similar looking used Fender for twice the HB's price. But I have to say, this Harley Benton sounds so much better!
It has all the lows and highs in the sound. Sounds super clear. I bought a set of Earnie Ball Earthwood strings, and they work well together.

The built-in tuner is nice, but I just use my phone usually.

The strange thing is that the battery died. I had the guitar for half a year, and only used it plugged in just to test it.

Pros:
- Sounds really great
- Light
- The neck is comfortable
- Tuners are great

Cons:
- Dead battery without use
- Some fret buzz. I hope it can be fixed with some neck adjustment

I was in the market for a new acoustic as I’ve never been 100% happy with my battered Yamaha. I looked around at second hand, then noticed this great deal at Thomann which was far cheaper than other credible options. It arrived looking great and well put together with no real giveaway that it is a cheapy. If I’d paid £200 I would say the preamp could sound clearer, the fitted strings could be better and access to high frets better, but at the price it is 5 stars. It played well out the box the action was reasonable if you can form a solid barre, I eventually took some height out the bridge and it easily forms a medium low action with no buzz. It deserves good quality strings and plenty of play, you will get a better sound if spend several times the price but it’s fine for practise or playing with others.