Harley Benton GS-Travel Spruce 5-stars Reviews
Great Starter Set
Bought this for my son for Christmas. He's very happy with it, and it was great value considering the quality. Highly recomend.
Great
Bargain...plays really well
Looks great
Feels great
Great knock around guitar
Amazing for the price. Easily comparable to the Taylor GS mini. Unfortunately, a child spilled a cup of tea literally in the guitar.
Perfect Travel companion
Bought this for my 12 year old son because I didn't want him to learn on a toy. Full sound, sturdy, great finish, will be loud enough for busking. Comes with a soft case. For a small guitar it packs a punch. He loves it when he can get it away from me!
Best under 100 I've ever spent.
I bought a taylor last year that came with a baby taylor as part of the promotion. This guitar blows the baby taylor out the water, so i sold it. Even the gig bag it comes with is on par with the one taylor sent. I take this everywhere with me and if i break it i would buy another straight away. My friends are constantly surprised by the volume this thing can produce.
Awesome little guitar
As a beginner, I found this guitar super pretty and I think it sounds awesome, even with the original cords. Its smaller size makes it very handy for people who have smaller hands or someone who likes to travel with a guitar. The included good quality travel bag makes it even more worth it.
Harley Benton GS-Travel Spruce
This is a really good guitar for the price. Several of my students have this model and I or they have never had any problems with them. It also comes complete with a really nice good quality gig bag. Absolutely would recommend this guitar...
Amazing guitar for that amount of money. Worth double
Fantastic value for the money
Everyone should own one of these. This is the perfect couch guitar. Extremely comfortable to play, excellent soft V neck, and sounds huge for such a small bodied guitar.
Can't give anything but 5 stars at this price range
I have now played two of these guitars and I think they are the best answer to "what should I buy if I want a decent acoustic but not spend too much?" question.
I could not find any cons that are relevant, i guess if I must:
- strings it comes with are not good (expected at this price point)
- smaller body, takes a little bit to get used to (clear from the description)
But the guitar is quite amazing:
- Great sound from a small body. Has clear definition and projection and is loud enough for a campfire
- Set up is always great, will not scare the beginner away.
- Fretwork is good, no issues
- Build quality is good as well.
- Comes with a great case, you expect a case like this in 400-500 range guitars
- Tuners are good, keeps in tune fine.
And it's just such a joy to play. Will always recommend it if someone wants a guitar and does not want to spend.
Amazing.
Insane price to quality ratio
Before anything else I want to say how absolutely amazing this guitar is. It is above average for a small guitar in terms of look, sound, and general build quality. And if you take in the non-existent price, this is unbelievable for me.
Changing strings is no hassle, the tuners are very high quality, the sound is not tinny like a smaller guitar often can be and it looks great. The finish looks good and the fretboard is nice and smooth, easy to slide on. It weighs a bit less than I assumed. The size feels like an average electric guitar, which I also play, which is pretty nice to me.
Comes with a gig bag that fits the guitar well and looks fine.
Overall, I had no issues. If you want a cheap, 'throwaway' guitar, definitely consider buying this. It might be the best one in the market, and it's quality is much higher than any other throwaway guitar you find.
Sturdy, Nice sounding, Budget
This the real travel guitar, you will not mind to abuse it a bit because of the price and it can stand it all!
It also sounds decent for your average back of the night gig.
Only the bottom of the gigbag (where the endpin is touching it) wore through quite fast, but that's why we have duct tape.
Amazing guitar for the price
I bought this guitar to bring camping and to parties etc. and it hasn't disappointed! It's very well made and the finish is excellent. The supplied strings are a bit rough but they are fine really. This has now become my 11 year old sons guitar and he's well able to play it. The padded case is great too.
The sound is a little thin due to the small body size but that's to be expected.
For the money this guitar is great value, its so much better than a lot of planks I have played over the years! I really don't know how they can afford to produce instruments of this quality for such a small price. Highly recommended, also great as a first guitar for a child.
Bought it as a present for my nephew. Guitar sounded amazing out of the box, it did go out of tune the first hour or so pretty badly but once the wood and strings settled down it was great.
Sounds excellent for its price and size and will serve as a learning instrument incredibly well. It comes with its own gigbag which is very decent, you wont have to upgrade it since it offers sufficient protection. I would buy this again and probably will so, but one with built in electronics. This is in my opinion a great instrument and I would recommend it.
A great guitar at a great price
Ordered this guitar after purchasing an electric Harley Benton before which I was really pleased with. Wasn't too sure if the guitar would be of an acoustic quality that I required for the price I was paying but decided to give it a try as the cost was so low.
When it arrived i was blown away by it. Firstly the finish on mine was fantastic. on closer inspection I noticed how well the instrument had been fretted. No sharp edges and evenly set. The only adjustment I had to do was to tighten the truss rod slightly to achieve the playing action I required. After doing so the guitar was a dream to play and it seems to hold its tune really well. It also sounded much fuller than I expected and in my opinion would be good enough to perform with. When I read initially that it was supplied with a gig bag I was expecting some cheap looking almost throw away type but I was so wrong. The gig bag is of good quality and fits the guitar perfectly.
Pros
Fantastic value for money
Really good finish
Well set up
Easy to play
Cons
None
All in all this is a fantastic guitar for the price paid and I would recommend this guitar for both advanced and learner guitarists. This is now my most played guitar
A wonderful little guitar at any price
I'm taking no points off. Anywhere. This thing deserves the full 5 on all counts.
I did file the fret ends a little....just to smooth things out.
And I raised the bridge 1,5 mm, and tightened up the neck.
Wasn't really neccessary, but the 2nd string was zinging a little on the 4th fret, and I knew I could make that go away.
I ordered a set of "good" strings with it, thinking I'd want to change them right off the bat.
Didn't have to.
The stock strings are fine.
So....
It's an eighty euro guitar.
It sounds fantastic.
It stays in tune.
It looks good.
It's easy to play....and...
It comes with a gig bag (which looks VERY much like the one you get with a T----r GS Mini).
I'd give this thing 6 stars if I could. Can't put it down.
Brilliant
Really good sounding guitar especially for the price. It's more than I expected. Really good finish. With some bridge height, neck tension adjustments and Daddario strings quality its above the price.

Technical Data
- Manufactured by Harley Benton
- Released in 2016
- Average price : $120
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