GS-Travel-E Mahogany : Amazing deal!

6 years ago

All I can say is that you should really change the default 10-47 gauge to something heavier (minimum 12-53 or 13-56) then you'll see a big smile on your face!:)

In my opinion 10-47 are too floppy and simply cannot drive this baby enough plus you got lots of unintentional string bending/buzzing.

I believe that's the reason why Taylor puts 13-56 on their GS-Mini.

For the moment I'm using D'addario EJ16 Phosphor Bronze 12-53 and I just love the sound. Next will be Elixirs medium with half step down tuning. Already tried that with 12-53 but the tone was affected too much and I could hear some buzzing down the frets.

I don't know if it's normal with a small scale body (V-neck) but the neck is kinda stiff and I couldn't add more relief even with the truss rod being loose. Not a big issue but worth to mention.

The V-neck feels nicely in my small palm, short finger hands.

Frets are OK but could be better polished.

The piezo pickup sounds surprisingly good but man the signal is too hot! An additional volume control would be nice. The end jack came loose after two weeks. I had to remove the strings and tighten from the inside.

Btw, my wife loves the look and the sound of this guitar more than my FG7300s tobacco sunburst:)

Image Harley Benton GS-Travel-E Mahogany

Technical Data

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