Harley Benton GS-Travel-E Spruce Reviews

IMPRESSIVE!

I bought it because of the reviews.

I loved the guitar at the first touch even with stock strings gauge!

Really, if you don't try it you can't understand how can be awesome this guitar! ;)

Nice travel guitar

It looks very nice, sounds great. It has a V-shaped neck, which is unusual, but not uncomfortable. I like glossy finish on the body. Neck is satin. I prefer a glossy neck to, but that's just me. Some say satin neck is easier to play. It's a matter of opinion I think.

I'm not so pleased with electronics. It has no controls what so ever. Only piezo pickup and a battery sack inside the body. Internal battery is difficult to exchange.

Also, my guitar has somekind of grounding problem. It has a humming sound and it disapears when I touch the cable (metal part at cable ends) or output jack.

So, guitar is great, electronics not so much.

To me it makes more sense to buy it without electronics and install proper system myself, or have them installed by pros.

great sound but finishing problems

The truss rod is overtighten so the fretboard is curved which causes buzz at any level.

In addition the ends of the frets are not well finished and scratch the fingers.

On the other hand the sound is very good, tuning machines are accurate.

Do not forget that this is an instrument priced at 109.00 euro with the internal pickup.

Without, it costs 98,00 euro ! Beautiful high gloss finish, V-shape uncoated neck profile, very comfortable.

It is a travel size with shorter 596 mm scale delivered with a nice gig bag.

For the price you can not find better. I have not tested it amplified but I rarely travel with an amp in my bag.

+ sound, machine heads, strings, travel size, gigbag, pickup (not tested).

- factory settings (trussrod) & finishes (frets), a little scratch on the side, you have to take the strings off to change the battery (!!!).

Try it, a must have!!