Harley Benton GS-Travel Mahogany

A stunning little guitar.

The Mahogany Harley Benton GS Travel is a stunning little guitar. Tone, resonance and playability is superior to many more expensive guitars... A very well made quality guitar at a very inexpensive price, a real bargain, a treasure and a pleasure to travel with. I've played guitar for over 50 years... This one will go everywhere with me. Thank you.

Impressive

Comfortable to play, the sound is brighter than it shows on that audio at the web store. It is a shorter scale, and it can be a little challenging to fit you fingers above the 12 fret. (I have small hands). It came with very nice .12 bronze strings, but I believe that even with lighter .10 this guitar will scream. Very happy with it, reminds me one I have back home. The belly at the back is in a one piece of wood, with no braces inside, probably responsable for the nice tone this guitar has.

Fantastic guitar for the price

I'm very much a relative beginner (learning for 8 months) and was looking for something that was easy to play on the Sofa and relatively inexpensive. I've been really impressed with the quality of this, it's really easy to pickup and play. I'm tempted to buy another. Been great for learning fingerstyle as well.

Astonishing Value

This guitar's sound great, coupled with the inclusion of a gig bag, is astonishing. Offering remarkable value, it's an ideal spare guitar for travel. Quality is good (enough). I recommend replacing the strings; otherwise, it's an unbeatable choice.

very good and excellent for the price

Even famous brands trend to have issues with entry level instruments, this is not the case here. One might want to improve the fretting finish and obviously change the strings, but out of the box the intonation was surprisingly good.

The sound is on the treble side, pretty bright, a bit zingy but that's exactly what I was looking for. It's not the best acoustic guitar, but it's a good one. I particularly enjoy the shorter scale, and although I'm not a fan of v necks, this one is not too exaggerated so it's fine.

I don't mind the looks, it could be ugly with the same soubd and playability I wouldn't mind, but it turns out that it's quite nice to look at, the headstock looks better in real life than in pictures.

The bag is ok, not just a dust cover, but rather tight. I could use an outside pocket for picks, bar, bottleneck and strings because the front pocket on a gig bag is a bit dangerous to use for thick or heavy items being in front of the table.

Excellent value for the money.

Fantastic budget guitar

I bought this guitar early december 2023 and received it soon after, initial impressions were very good no flaws on the finish and overall a beautiful looking guitar after around a month of owning it i have to say the bass notes of the guitar dont sound as bright as I would like but besides that for its price its a pretty decent guitar

Nice travel guitar

A mix of mostly very good and a few minor negatives

Overall I'd give this guitar 4*. I've owned a few Harley Benton acoustics over the years, I don't own any high end guitars, so I'm kinda comparing like for like in terms of price and expectations.

Sounds: This is the best part of this guitar. It is a small bodied shortscale guitar but its sound belies the small size- it sounds at least like a regular sized Om bodied guitar, perhaps a small or cutaway dreadnought.

Tuners:- they feel ok, they seem to hold tune but are a little imprecise, I would change them eventually

Weight:- it feels featherweight, you could play this for hours and not feel it.

Finish: generally very good- it came with some minor binding defects and a few pretty deep scratches around the neck

Fretwork: the frets themselves look well crowned and they were not dull or scratchy, however they are sharp all the way up the neck and will need a visit to the guitar technician.

Overall 4*. It stacks up well against the cheapest Harley Benton acoustics I've bought.

Exactly what I needed, a great guitar to take everywhere, assembled with high quality, the case is of satisfactory quality, I can recommend this guitar to everyone

astonishing sound

Got this guitar for my daughter , who just started playing.

As it is now, I find myself playing it more than my other acoustic for 4 times the price.

I find the sound amazing , not just for this price range. very warm and full. Especially open string chords. I guess the mahogany top and rounded back is part of that. The craftsmanship is not bad. I filed the fret ends a bit, but that was it. Good playability. So ,these days, you actually get a musical instrument that speaks to you for 100 bucks...for this price, I can full-hearted recommend. It gets five stars for the sound mainly.

Great for the money!

Bought for my brother as he was starting getting back into playing and loved my Taylor GS Mini.

Whilst not as solid or nice sounding it does an amazing job for the price. And I’m happy to swap when we play together : )