Customer reviews about Harley Benton D-200CE-12NT

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a beautiful instrument overall, but major intonation problems

AnaMonteiro 21.12.2021

My first 12 string ever. It sounds other-worldly. I'd say it could have an in-built tuner since 12 strings are a pain to deal with. For this price point expect some intonation inconsistency, which has become rather a big problem, even though it looks fabulous!
It's worth buying and doing the setup yourself if needed.

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The sound is okay but

Artemi 07.04.2024

I've played this guitar for a year, always using it with D standard tuning.
Then I sold and recently after I visited a local guitar repairman I noticed this guitar that I've sold and he said that he had to glue the bridge for 2 times already. It just keeps snap off.
So beware, that thing probably won't last long in the standard tuning.

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Buy cheap, buy twice

Lawh 25.03.2024

The saddle on the bridge is tilted and it will eventually break the tuning and then the bridge. This is not great, because of the tension the 12 strings put on the saddle. This is what happened to my other 6-string guitar of the same make. This time I noticed it early.

In extreme cases push wood filling in between the bridge and the saddle, on the side of the neck. While it is hardening, keep pushing it in there until it hardens enough.

Remove the microphone to have the saddle stay lower.

Get a new saddle that fits with the bridge, if you can find one. Make a custom one.

Apply some glue to the bridge on the neck side to slow down breakage of the bridge.

Prepare to buy another guitar eventually, unless you want to go all in repairs.

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Nicely built, but has a few quirks

Nikola Nikita Jeremić 11.03.2025

The thing with Harley Benton guitars and other HB products is that it's a lottery. Sometimes you get a great instrument, and sometimes you get something not so good. I am sure there are great acoustic guitars built by HB, but this one had really sharp frets which caused damage and cuts to my fingers. The strings it came with were poor quality, but after replacing them, hte instrument did sound really nice. And the included pickup system is a nice addition. You won't get anything better in this price range.

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Alright but not brilliant

strongforest 13.09.2019

Thought it a little chunky in build though it looks nice and sound is good. Bought it for pub jams where i would not want to take a $2000 guitar. A couple of finish issues but this is a very inexpensive instrument...to be expected. The wood in the top bout was not flat but not enough to make me want to return it. Wood grain was absolutely huge, strange but an interesting visual feature.

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Harley Benton D-200CE-12NT 05.08.2023

overall, ok for cheap guitar,although i still find it expensive... but the matterial used are so bad-my half bridge could not stand the pressure of the 12strings so its floating..the cheap bridge,not worth glueing it so i ordered a new one(better wood),already lost time-effort and money.. why not buy a better quality from the start..

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OK gitar

Wangsvik 16.11.2020

Kjøpte kun for å ha 12 strenger å øve på hjemme. Billig og fungerer fint. Mitt eksemplar har litt "trege", upresise stemmeskruer, men det regnet jeg nesten med til den prisen. Helt OK kjøp.

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Great 12 string for the price

dan5745 23.05.2025

I had this 12 strings for 3 months, and it was an amazing instruments. Sadly, mine had the bridge lifting off the body after 3 months and I had to return it (a common problem on 12 strings in general), but otherwise amazing instrument.

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