CLC-650SM-CE VS Solid Wood - Grand concert style
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- Опубликовано: 3 авг 2024
- CLC-650SM-CE sits in the sweet spot between portability and rich acoustic tone. Crafted from African mahogany, its Grand Concert body gives you a more manageable sonic footprint than its bigger Dreadnought or Jumbo cousins with fewer overtones and less weight in the bass range, yet with plenty of body and presence that ensures your playing will sit well in any studio or live mix. It’s designed for excellent handling during your performance, too, with a Venetian cutaway for great higher fret access and a sculpted arm rest for comfort. Rounding off its impressive credentials as a gigging guitar is the high-quality Fishman pickup system with integrated tuner.
The guitar is a full solid custom line series western guitar, grand concert style w/ venetian cutaway, selected solid a-grade african mahogany body (khaya Ivorensis) w/arm rest, scalloped x-bracing, okoume (aucoumea klaineana,)c-shape neck, dovetailneck joint, composite fingerboard, 400 mm fingerboard radius, wooden neck and body bindings, 6 mm mother of pearl dots inlays, 643 mm scale, 43 mm nut-width, 20 frets, abalone rosette, composite bridge, bone saddle & nut, split rhombus mother of pearl headstock inlay, 400 mm double-action trussrod, bridge pins with mother of pearl dots, wsc dlx closed gear tuners, Fishman flex plus-t pickup system with integrated tuner, stock strings: .012 - .053 strings, finish ultra hi-gloss vintage sunburst top, fitting case (not included): 122212
Guitar was provided for this review with the kind courtesy of
Harley Benton, Bavaria, Germany
www.thomann.de/intl/sg/harley...
0:00 Intro
2:29 Performance
4:43 Strumming
6:10 playthrough with the Fishman Flex + T
7:47 Review & Conclusion
Bruce approves this guitar!!
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Recorded with the T-Bone SCT800
UAD Apollo Twin Duo
on
Digital Performer 9.5
"Salvation"
Original melody composition by © Jonathan Koh 
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Please note that the Model of this guitar is CLC-650SM-CE VS Solid Wood(Grand Concert)... Not the CLG-650SM-CE VS SolidWood (which is the Grand auditorium)
Sorry for the typo!!!
all appointments are the same except the size and Model number.
also note that on 13:11 the guitar i was talking about was not all mahogany...it has a spruce top. Sorry!😜
Hi Jonathan! Thanks for your reviews. What is the difference between CLC and CLG? Which is better? Yor opinion
What do you prefer?
I just got my grand auditorium model today!! in love!
I love these reviews! They're so calm and sincere, not to mention very informative. Keep up the great work Jon!
Glad you like them!God bless! ✌♥
agreed 👍
I just love Jon's intro music on these reviews. Always so inspiring!
Thank you✌️❤️
Beautiful guitar and wonderful review! Thank you for your expert work in going over every aspect of this guitar!
Thank you kindly!..✌💚
What a beautiful guitar showcased with your skilful and musical playing.
Thank you for posting.
My pleasure✌️❤️
your playing sound so lovely in this video man...thanks for theses videos brother. God bless!
Thank you ..God Bless you too brother✌❤
Excellent review of a beautiful guitar. I particularly loved the way you play. Your fingerstyle playing is a bit different than what I've seen others do, and I was very impressed. Thank you for a great video!
Thank you ✌️❤️
thats a beautiful guitar , im gonna get me one , great review and playing Jonathan , thank you
My pleasure!🤓✌
I enjoyed your playing very much. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful instrument. Plus your playing is excellent as always. I love your videos.
Glad you like them!✌♥
Absolutely beautiful sound Jon. Your playing sure doesn't hurt either. Great vid.
Thank you John✌️❤️
as always you bring interesting things to the canal.
I've always trusted your opinion.
thanks
Thank you very much!✌❤
Great performance, I like your style, the way you get to the notes, pull-off, pull-on, slide.... I listened to you with pleasure!
Thanks for listening✌♥
Beautiful playing on a very nice guitar. Thank you!
Glad you like it!✌❤
oh my goodness what a beautiful guitar !!
aye!✌♥
Very informative and beautiful playing. Brand new subscriber! Thank you for your content.
Thank you and welcome to the charnel!✌️❤️
I needed this review so bad, thanks again, Jon'!
P.S.: Kudos to your play style.
Thank you Antonio✌️❤️
thanks for the review mate, been looking for a nice harly benton acoustic to buy and now am set for this
Thank you✌️❤️
I LOVE YOUR WORK 😍 YOU ARE SO AWESOME!
Thank you so much 😀✌♥
Great looking guitar, the cutaway for your arm is a great idea, acoustic full body guitars make my arms ache.
Sounds as good as it looks, but then they all do with you fantastic smooth playing Jonathan.
Another for my Christmas wish list.
Well Christmas is coming really soon!!✌❤
Wow, looks amazing!
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Awesome sounds... amazing !
Glad you like it!🤓
Thank you Jon. I was about to buy a Fender, but this changed my mind.
Ah…✌️❤️
Been lookin at this guitar for some months now, so glad you reviewed it. As always, wonderful playing Jonathan, thank you for what you do! You rock!
you are most welcome!!✌🤓
Hi Niklas, I was looking at getting this guitar. Did you end up getting this one, and if so, how do you like it? :)
Looks and sounds amazing great review Jonathan 👍
Thank you kindly Charlie!✌❤
Your guitar review is always awesome :):):)
Hey, thanks!✌🤓
Love the tune and awesome playing
Your blessed 👍🙏🏼
Thank you!
I bought last week. I really really like it. Amazing and beautiful guitar.
Good choice!✌♥
Your playing has so much feeling . I am enjoying all your reviews and this one made me pull the trigger , thanks . Eddie H.
Thank you ✌♥
Great guitar and great soulful playing !
Thank you Malcolm!✌❤
Beautiful. I've been considering one since they debuted it
Go for it!
Wauw I really like that 'Salvation' tune. Beautifully played. And nice you take the time to not just play some short bits.
Thank you ✌️❤️
Fabulous Jonathan as always.
Thank you Robert✌♥
Nice video,thanks for the explanation... I'm really decided to buy one of those
Most welcome!
It's on my wishlist since they showed it up. But then you reviewed the Maestro that is in a shop about 60 km from me and it sounds and feels so good. And my better half said, there are five acoustics home and that's enough. Aah, i hope for the Xmas wonder (but I'm not sure which of both) and this is remarkable cheaper.... Thx for your wonderful playing on this beautiful HB. Stay safe ☮️
lol!! you too my brother!✌❤
Great when a guitar effects your playing style ... that’s a keeper
It sure is!✌♥
Beautiful looking guitar Johnny, may you have many magic and beautiful moments with it brother 👌
Thank you brother!!✌❤
I can't make up my mind between this one and the dreadnought KOA you showed in your other video. Both sound amazing.
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Very nice ! Keep rocking Jonathan.👍👍😎
Thank you mike!✌❤
Beautiful Jonathan
Sounds great 🕊️
Thank you✌️❤️
I like the sunburst better than the black.
Great review as always,my friend!
Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks Clay!!! it was a joy to play✌❤
It's gorgeous, thanks Jon, I ordered one this morning after having my eye on the CLG model, but ideally wanted something smaller & easy to just pick up & play whenever. When this model came out I was almost there, then you mentioned one coming in & when you posted favorably this morning I went for it & now seeing the full review think I made a really good choice.
Good choice!✌♥
My son just ordered one. It looks amazing and sounds very rich.
Cool✌️❤️
Hi Jonathan! That is a beautiful guitar! If I didn't already have my Cort A8, this would be a great one to add to my collection. Like you say, for a stage guitar, touring, etc...this is great! 🐰❤️🎸🎵🤝✌️
right???? I'm seriously think of maybe just putting a LR Baggs Lyric instead on it instead of the more expensive Anthem...
Wow I'm pretty impressed with this. I don't play acoustic much but i'd like one in my collection. I just might have to get one.
Go for it Ron!✌♥
Work of art
Thank you✌️❤️
Awesome brother Jon, what a lovely sound!
The price is ridiculous.🙏🇬🇧🙏💖
Tell me about it✌♥
lovely
Thank you
I just want to say you’re a very beautiful old guitarist. You have a beautiful style. That’s a beautiful guitar.👍🏼😆🎸
Lol thank you Mark.. you make getting older a lot less painful ✌️🤣✌️
Sweet review, great guitar..Sweet..
Thank you ✌️❤️
Excellent Dankeschön
gerne geschehen ✌🤓
Lovely review of a lovely guitar by a lovely guy. I'm trying very hard not to cut down more exotic trees but I must admit I'm very tempted to try one of these.
lol!!
Plays and sounds amazing.
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Love the song
Thank you ✌️❤️
Nice review and nice guitar Uncle Hans T.
Thank you kindly✌️❤️
Love it
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sound so good
Thank you Ben✌💙
I have the black one and I love this guitar.
Cool✌️❤️
Been out for about 14 months.... BEEN LOOKING AT THAT LONG!!!!!
After your thoughts....I think I'am pulling the trigger.wasn't to sure about the fret board???? Your word is good enough for me .THANKS Jonathan.
lol....you're most welcome✌♥
Thank you 🇮🇪🙋♂️💕👏
My pleasure!!✌♥
Nice looking and good sounding guitar for what you get the crazy price it looks well worth it for twice the price. I just got my TE-40 back from being in the shop again I had them make some more changes in the electronics deferentially for the better I don't mind making changes when the cost was so low to begin with.
Nice ✌️❤️
That’s a gorgeous and unusual design Jon. I thought the sound system sounded quite good too. If I didn’t have my Tak I’d be tempted Great value. Thanks once again 👍❤️
Yes.. an eye catcher she definitely is ✌️❤️
Up to 18 k now Jon congratulations it’s well deserved 👍❤️
@@tomdameek thank you so much Tom.. it’s making friends like you and and others that makes it all so rewarding ✌️❤️
Pretty guitar. Nice review. I have learned to respect the Harley Benton brand more since watching these reviews. They seem to be a good deal for what you get.
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Nice video
In your hands every guitar sounds great
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@Jonathon Koh
Greetings from San Diego, California!🌈
That Guitar looks good on You! Sounds very nice as well!
Enjoy😀✌🎸
lol!!! Thanks man...✌♥
I bought this guitar a couple of years ago because of the "look", it's beautiful! Acoustically it plays and sounds great to me. That is also what i bought it for, not electric. I found the electronics to be wanting, i could never get good electric sound. I also could never find a battery compartment. So i hope the battery never dies. But all that said, i love this guitar. It's one of my favorites in my collection. Thanks for your review.
Glad you liked it✌♥
Best reviews and jams ever! Your original pieces are stellar and so beautifully played. How big of a difference from this to the Yamaha Red series?? I’d assume Yamaha is probably crazy insane by comparison but just curious what your take would be on this vs.
Yamaha Red
Glad you like them! The Reds are very different..plays differently too✌♥
Hey jonathan great reviews man vey plesent to watch! i just biught the Harley Benton CLD-30SCM-CE SolidWood you did not do a review on it, did you?
Thank you!! No I didn’t ✌️❤️
Great review,I have one black,it s great guitar for money
I agree totally❤️
Hello Jon,thanks to you I purchased mic T-Bone SCT 800 and it works very very good, I bought it from Thomann for relativ little money (200 e), once more thanke you.Greetings from Croatia.....
I’m glad to be of help!!!✌️❤️
Hi, that guitar is sure a symbol of pulchritude. Never really liked HB guitars cause they are always mixing composites but this is beauty by every ounce.
You made the guitar glow in your hands and give her voice soooo sweetly. What a wonder!
Thanks✌️❤️
Pulchritude? Lol a little dated word don’t you think 🤣
Love your reviews and playing. I have a question about Harley Benton guitars: do you ever have to set them up when you receive them? You mentioned that this one came well set-up, but have any of the electric guitars you review from them well set up?
Most of the time..But sometimes because of weather differences..certain things have to be rectified..nothing major so far✌🤓
Hi Jonathan, what a beautiful piece of music is your Salvation. I like the way you plays it with tons of feeling. About that guitar, it is so beautiful . And tonewise , it is very good in your Salvation piece, may be missing some lows in the other parts of demo, but as you said being all solid we may expect better lows after few year of playing. I never found any acoustic amp that pleases my ears, this one make no exception. Now , the big question is what to choose between this HB and a Maestro: is the better tone worth the price gap ? I may need an all solid mahogany beside my Martin D35 ( christmas coming, haha)
Thank you Gilles!!✌🤓
Nice Guitar, sounds and looks good. Never a fan of super low action on an acoustic guitar though. i think its done to accommodate all these electric guitar players who want to come over to the real side of guitar playing :) I recently purchased the Harley Benton cla 28 ve walnut acoustic guitar. Have to say, its a great guitar. HB do make a nice acoustic. Hats off to them.
Agreed!✌♥
I really needed this beautiful review too. This video made me decide to get this guitar, my second HB. I had to wait two months before I could order because they were out of stock again.
My CLC-650SM is beautiful and flawless. Compared to my dreadnought the sound is more subdued, more intimate I guess. It must be the solid mahogany body instead of walnut.
There's one drawback. You have to restring the guitar everytime you need to change the battery through the sound-hole. Quite a hassle. Thanks to you I learned that brands like Maestro and Schecter make stunning guitars. I get it that Maestro's are expensive but man look at them.., they are gorgeous. I refuse to pay a ridiculous € 7840,00 for an ordinary 2018 plain Jane Martin guitar.
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Just a pro tip for you. You don't have to change strings when you need to access the sound hole. All you have to do is put a capo on the third fret, then you can detune and the strings will stay on the posts. You can then pull out the bride pins and get the strings out of the way. Then put them back and tune back up. It takes not time at all. All you need is a capo.
@@gulrotkake Thank you, that's a great tip.
I'm no expert, but that is a splendid sounding instrument and extremely beautiful! You definitely made a believer out of me with Harley Bentons, this is the first great sounding review of an HB acoustic I've seen. I think.. I must have it.
Go for it✌️❤️
Beautiful looking guitar but it sounds very thin; but thank you, for the effort to make this great review!
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Nice vid
Thank you ✌️❤️
So the main difference between this and the CLG is the size/format? Not too familiar with the different formats of acoustic guitar since I've only owned the one. If I want something similar to my Yamaha FGX720SC which one should I get? I'm thinking of replacing it with one of these Harley Bentons since I really would like that cutaway for my arm/elbow, so used to it on my electric guitars and it just makes the playing so much more comfortable!
Always enjoy your videos Jonathan so keep it up, so cool that you've also got some recognition by Thomann :)
Thank you!! I think this particular one would be right up your alley ✌️❤️
Nice one Young Jonathon! Only thing that spoils it for me aesthetically, is the pickguard covering the abalone at the bottom half of the sound hole! (Maybe its me just being fussy!!)
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Thank you for the review. I'm thinking about of purchasing this guitar for workship. I also loved the "salvation" song, where can I listen to it?
Most welcome✌️❤️
Hi Jon, always great videos! What is the difference between CLC and CLG and which one is better, I’m possibly buying one of those two in a week or so! It’s insane how those guitars sound for that price!
Yes they are incredible at that price.
@@JonIsJustTooLoud what do you think which one is better and which one should I buy? Haven’t had the chance to try them in person that’s why I’m asking! Looking forward to your reply and advice!
Hello Jonathan! I have been looking at this guitar. The one thing that worried me, is the bridge where the string pegs go. I watched a guitar video about this guitar. Two of the pegs had a tendency to pull up. The explanation was the bridge where the pegs go was thinned out for aesthetics I guess. This changed the angle of the string as it went over the bridge which made it prone to pulling up on the pegs. The worst part is the wood is too thin because of the way the bridge is cut, and the peg hole gets elongated due to string stress. I saw this and am at a loss at how to repair it. I'm going back to HB to see if hopefully they have re designed the bridge. Because I like the guitar. I just want to like it for a long time.
Thanks for sharing
Although the specs are impressive and the guitar looks beautiful, I would really like to see how it holds up against a Takamine GN71CE. I believe its a worthwhile comparison since the price range is similar, the shape of the body, etc... I would like to know the differences in quality. Very nice videos by the way, greetings from Greece!
Thank you!!✌❤
Very nice looking, very nice sounding - just like you've said ("warm AND bright at the same time", exactly what I too experienced with "all-mahogany" guitars). The only downside is its price, because in the 400-500 $ range there is a strong competition comprising of brand names such Alvarez, Ibanez, Yamaha..., so I don't think this model will be selling like a hot pancakes (which was /is the case with the lower price range HB guitars, up to, say CLA/CLD series). As for the price, the electronics probably makes up to 30% of It, so it would be nice to be able to purchase the version of this model that isn't equipped with the pick-up system while selling for 250-300 $ (anyways, I prefer passive piezo systems over these battery hungry ones, and where I live, a decent copy of K&K's 3-tranducer costs about 10 $).
Yes you are right.. it would be good if they have a non pickup model✌️❤️
Hey man. GREAT video. You've earned a subscriber. Im in Germany and looking to purchase a guitar.
Im thinking orange wood Ava w/o pickups or this one. Both are all solid wood guitars. Any advice or opinion? HB is 200 dollars cheaper. Lol
I don’t know about the Ava so I can’t say.. welcome to the channel!!✌️
Hi Jon!! Great Video. Watching here from Finland. Please review this guitar Harley Benton CLP-12SM BRS Solid Top if possible :D Thank you so much
Hello Jonathan, nice review! Can you tell what is the difference between the CLG models and CLC models from harley benton, and which one do you like from these two models thanks
Different sizes!!✌♥
@@JonIsJustTooLoud which is bigger? Im planning to buy the clg model
Hey brother Jonathan! Praise the Lord!
Great job as usual!
I would love to purchase your music.
Peace and blessings.
Thanks for listening! But sadly nothing for sale yet✌❤
@@JonIsJustTooLoud np brother, thanks for getting back to me. I pray the blessings of God in all that you do. Amen.
Hai Jon thx for this review. I have an Harley Benton Custom line king which you also had reviewed. How does this clc 650 sounds in comparison with the Custom line king? Is it sounds warmer or brighter? What is your experience? Thx in advance if you want to answer me 👍
The custom line sounds warmer
Nice playing, your preference between this guitar and the Taylor GS mini e mahogany ?
Looking for a smaller size guitar than D or GA
Sound wise..I would prefer the GS mini✌️❤️
Hi jonathon. love the Chanel. You have me hooked on Harley Benton however the Artists electric guitars look very impressive as well. I was planning to get the Harley Benton Custom Line CLD 41SE WN until I watched this review... and now I have a conundrum and its all your fault ..lol jus kidding. But I would like to know which you really like the best. the clc is very impressive but I love the dreadnought also. Your such a master musician and your true opinion on this will help me decide. Hope to here from you. Jonathon Harrison alabama usa
Hey Jon.. thanks for your encouragement! Get the CLD41 ✌️❤️
Hi Jon,
In the end did you by CLD41?
Are you satisfied?
Sure is pretty 😊
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Nice guitar!Does it have finishing issues?
Not that i can see...✌❤
That looks really cool. Its a shame you can only bye it on line. I like to try before I buy.
I know..✌🤓
Hey Jon I've been checking out this guitar. Do you mean the fretboard is made of composite wood or something like Richlite? Thanks!
yes
I think this is the best looking acoustic guitar I have ever seen in my entire life!!!! I'm gonna become a Mason because I'm sh####g bricks right now..wow!..fan freaking tastic guitar playing!!
Thank you✌️❤️
It would look even better with that plastic pick guard removed. It covers up the natural wood and the abalone rosette. I'm getting this guitar next month and that's the first thing I'll do!
lovely ! what mic are u using may I ask??
Check description please