GS-Travel Mahogany : Very good guitar, impossible at the price

8 years ago

Remarkable guitar, punches way above its price so I gave it 5 stars all round. Well made, looks good, sounds good. I like the simple modern headstock shape though I'm sure some won't. Responds surprisingly well to traditional parlour style playing with a nice warm tone, glad I bought the mahogany version, and has enough attack to made a good go of Gypsy Jazz. I expect it to improve when I change the strings. Action is good, short scale plays fine as the fingerboard isn't skinny, neck is slighty deeper than usual in the older parlour style which is welcome as it gives it more presence in the hand and makes it feel less small. I could fiddle with it and tweak it and improve it but to be honest it doesn't need it so I'm not going to bother. This was supposed to be a guitar to take to dodgy places or the park or beach and to allow insane young visitors to have a go rather than risk thousands of pounds worth of Gypsy Jazz guitars, but it's far better than it should be, I have no idea how they've done it for the price. I wish I'd had a guitar like this when I started 46 years ago :)

Image Harley Benton GS-Travel Mahogany

Technical Data

  • Manufactured by Harley Benton
  • Released in 2016
  • Average price : $120
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