GS-Travel-E Mahogany : Remarkable cheap instrument

5 years ago

After unpackaging the first impression is great: guitar is esthetic, clean and well packaged. On the first strumm the suound is a little bit toy-like, it is definitly not big and full, but it is pleasant. Guitar setup is nice, although string action is a little bit high. The one that I got doesn't resonate that well for high E and B string, it is quite suprasingly bassy though. The problems you need to fix immidietly to make it play better is frett polishing (they are not ruset but kind of tarnished, greeny-yellow and rough on the surface) and fretboard wood oiling (it is dry as hell). I also took of ~1mm of bridge saddle height to lower action and losened truss rod a bit cause my neck was almoast compleatly flat. Now it sounds really good acousticly and plugged and plays amazing! Included gigbag is worth like 1/4 of the price so it doesn't get better than this. Obviously it is not super high-end Taylor-like guitar but you can definitly make it close to that performance. Overall it is worth every cent

Image Harley Benton GS-Travel-E Mahogany

Technical Data

  • Manufactured by Harley Benton
  • Released in 2017
  • Average price : $149
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