Harley Benton GS-Travel-E Mahogany 4-stars Reviews

Worth the price. Looks great

Looks great, size is perfect (smaller than a normal acustic). Sound is good , better and louder than I thought, but you need the right strings. This version came with EQ and Tunner embedded , so nice features. Cons: I need to continuously adjust the freet, is difficult to get in tune for more than one hour... but if you invest on a good set up (or you know how to do it) you will have a great guitar who can bit any 10k guitar.

My couch guitar

I bought this a few months back, out of the box it was very nice, however I changed the strings to Elixir's, swapped the saddle to a bone saddle and lowered the action. It's a beautiful guitar to play. I had the opportunity to play a few Taylor's recently and in my honest opinion I wouldn't swap my HB. For such a small guitar it has a beautiful warm tone and a really nice, focused response.

Problems With Electronics

I bought the guitar with the pickup system installed. I love the actual guitar, it plays and sounds excellent, especially for the price. I gave it 2 stars for features and quality because the pickup system didn't work from the beginning. In fact, you can hear the electronics inside rattling around. Obviously, no one tested this instrument and just tossed it in the case as is. Since I bought this from the US, I didn't want to spend the next year returning it for a new one that worked (it took about 2 or 3 months to ship it here). However, I am very disappointed that I spent the extra money for the pickups and it never worked plugged in. If you buy this guitar, save your money and install the pickups yourself.

I Live this little guitar it is beautiful and sounds amazing, only problem is the cheap tuners that splin and don’t tighten, I w

I think replacing the tuners is a necessity, I haven’t seen any you tube videos showing off this nice tuner and preamp that sounds great

Save money

Had a Taylor GS Mini and went through hell travelling with it in Europe. Miraculously, I got it back in one piece. I paid $599 for that guitar and decided it was just too expensive to risk anymore.

I saw the HB travel guitar and thought I'd give it a try. I bought a B stock for under $100 and it is every bit as nice as the Taylor. So I sold the Taylor for $400. Consider this a win.

Great for the price

Probably the most pristine electro-acoustic guitar in the price range. The finish is good, and it is quite smooth to play. The shorter scale provides an easy-going feel for relaxed doodling and a better reach, especially for those with shorter fingers. The size also provides the possibility of traveling with it, depending on which airline one books.

The only two problems with the guitar are regarding the pre-amp. The lack of an actual EQ in the pre-amp is problematic as it provides a single kind of 'all-around' sound, which is alright but lacks versatility.

Another problem is the ridiculous placing of the power source inside the guitar near the soundhole. The removing and attaching of the battery requires one to remove or loosen the strings to succeed, which is very unpractical and almost dumb by design.

One might not feel this a big problem, but for me, a streamlined approach is important, whether it be budget or boutique guitar.

All-in-all, an excellent guitar for the price. Everything is great except for the eq and battery placement, which is the reason I am returning this product.

Good for its size and price range

I read a ton of reviews on this guitar prior to buying it for myself. Lots of people were praising the sound of this instrument, saying its just as good as a full body guitar. I have to disagree with that. This guitar's sound unmistakable small - not a bad sound, don't get me wrong but it really just sounds small. You shouldn't expect it to sound like full size guitar.

That being said the fit and finish are great, the feel of the neck is really really good. Its so easy to play, very light and looks absolutely stunning. I would say everything other than the sound will make you feel that this is a more expensive instrument.

It is 100% acceptable that an instrument of this size and price won't blow your mind in terms of sound. I'm still very happy with my purchase.

Pros:

Great feel

Beautiful finish

Lightweight

Easy to play

Well built

Cons:

Sounds like a small guitar (which it is, so I guess this isn't even a con)

Overall incredible value for money!

Great instrument for the price

I own a tanglewood dreadnought acoustic for over 18 years and I was so pleased that I wouldn't change it with any other I have tested so far. When I played a friend's gs-T I got the same feeling, I didn't expect such a low priced little instrument do the trick.. For the pros it is easy to play, sounds bigger than seems, it is lightweight and super cheap. It is hard to find cons really but I would upgrade the case, the tuners the nut and the strings. It is recommented for sure.

Great little instrument.

To be honest - for such a small amount of money is marvelous guitar. Overall it sounds more mid's and high's, quite sharp, great for finger picking, not so good for chords strumming. On some neck positions sounds boxy. Comfy in hands, looks very good. Best to change strings first off.

I bought this guitar as a beginner, having become frustrated trying to learn on my husband’s very, very lovely mahogany Martin D15 dreadnought. I specifically wanted something smaller that was more comfortable for me to hold and play, and having my own, inexpensive guitar meant I was more likely to pick it up and practice without feeling intimidated by learning on someone else’s (very expensive) guitar.

I bought it six months ago now, and my plan has worked. I’ve improved vastly thanks to buying this guitar. The sound obviously isn’t as beautiful as the Martin dreadnought I’m able to directly compare it to, but It sounds like a small guitar is supposed to sound, and now that I have six months of solid practice under my belt, I’m able to make it sound much nicer than I could when I first bought it.

A few small issues that I’ve had were that the glue holding the pickup inside the guitar came unstuck within a few days of playing, so we had to reattach it. We chose a different position than the original location to try and work with gravity a bit better, and made sure to stick it down nice and firmly, and it hasn’t been a problem since. The second issue is that my B string in particular does not hold its tuning well, but I check my tuning each time before I start to practice anyway, so it’s not a big deal. The last issue is that the neck is shaped in such a way that using a capo can be difficult. I use a Shubb capo, and the back of the neck is shaped in a way that doesn’t give the capo a lot of surface area contact and it can be easy to nudge it and have it move or unspring and fall off completely.

Amazing little guitar

For the price... where would you find a guitar that sounds great and is nice to play. I bought the one with the pick up and it works perfectly.

Love it!

needs an individual upgrade, after 5 stars for sound

Harley Benton GS-Travel-E Mahogany

Pros

Price!

Neck profile is nice and feels good to play

Sounds great for such a small acoustic

Comes with a nice gig bag

Cons

Fretboard was very dried out and in need of treatment when I got it

Pick-guard was peeling

No controls for volume but expected for the price

Overall

Excellent little guitar, no issues out of the ordinary for the price range and all issues I found were easily fixed and didn't hurt playability too much out of the box. Sounds good and nice to play. I'd buy one again.