Harley Benton Traveler-Steel Reviews

perfect for our need, better than expected

I bought this when we spent several months in a country far from my instruments, mainly so I would have something to play for our kid, then 1 1/2 years old. It's a real instrument, very well built, with good intonation and action and a decent sound for its size. We've gotten more than our money's worth, because two years later, our child is starting to play it.

Überglücklich!

Ich habe heute meine Gitarre erhalten. Die Lieferung war in Ordnung, alles in Ordnung. Die Gitarre ist super gut verpackt und gut geschützt.

Ich habe sie ausprobiert und sie klingt unglaublich gut für ihre Größe. Ich muss sagen, dass sie etwas kleiner ist, als ich dachte, aber sie ist ok, da ich sie immer noch wie eine normale Gitarre spielen kann und je stärker man spielt, desto lauter klingt sie. Definitiv das perfekte Instrument, um in diesen Zeiten zu spielen. Die technischen Merkmale scheinen in Ordnung zu sein.

Almost useless

From the first day it was losing a good percentage of tone per fret.

After i tried to set it up,it plays better,but it is impossible to play a proper open chords.

Perfect guitar for travel

I own this guitar for few years now and it served me well when I traveled.

It had some problems when I got it - namely badly polished and somewhat uneven frets and badly adjusted truss rod, but I was able to sort it out with some sandpaper and a little adjustment. The sound is not great either - quite tinny and missing the low end, but rather loud.

Desipite all of the drawbacks I mentioned I think this is an ideal travel instrument, mainly because it's really cheap and small. I could pack it into my checked baggage when I flown and wasn't too worried about airport personel damaging it. When I go sailing it takes a little of the precious space in a boat and I didn't really care if increased humidity would harm it.

I recommend this guitar for all musicians that would like to take their music wherever they go.

Don't buy this guitar if you are looking for some decent sound

but buy it if you need an instrument to practice everywhere.

Took it on a transatlantic trip (in the hand luggage), hiking, mountains, climbing...

The bag is thin, so an additional tissue or a spare t-shirt will help to protect the instrument.

An important thing: as the guitar has a small body, use a belt to get a comfortable playing position.

While the guitar is great for travel it's very uncomfortable to play.

It's neck heavy therefore the balance is completely off. The frets have sharp edges and there's a lot of excess glue, among other finish issues. The sound is quite "versatile" in the sense that the high E and B strings make it sound like a banjo, the G and D string sound like a ukulele and the A and low E sound like a kid's guitar. The string spacing is uneven which can also throw you off initially. Oddly enough I found the neck carve rather comfortable.

For the money, it's a great little travel companion however you'll be very glad to play your regular guitar once back home.

Amazing and value for money

One of the best thing I bought in Germany

The guitar neck was deformed

The guitar neck was deformed. Maybe the reason is the climate in my country,(But I think the matter is in the material. Now the guitar is just lying around

Disappointing, Even at This Price

It doesn't really sound that bad for such a small bodied guitar, but I opened three of these at the store during my visit to the store to find one that wasn't horrible.

The one I picked out of the three was better than the rest, but it still had sharp fret ends and several finishing issues.

The guitar doesn't hold a tune at all (likely a combination of bad tuners and the badly cut, plastic nut).

Finally, the design of the guitar makes it terribly neck heavy and downright difficult to play.

Small but sweet.

On first inspection I was quite impressed with the quality but a little less impressed with the action. However, after an hour or so, the nut and bridge was altered to give a nice low, buzz free action of 1.6mm at the 12th fret. Hopefully once the strings are changed the sound will be a little fuller, but the sustain seems to be very good with no dead spots. Intonation is adequate too.

Overall, a nice little player for keeping the fingers occupied when away from home or lounging around in front of the tv.

For the money you can't go wrong but you'll need to be able to file the nut and bridge to get the most out of it.

Bad quality

The fret actually sunk back into the neck? Did I press too hard or did I eat too much spinach?

moral of the tale Harley Benton America should not be making guitars in china.

Decent quality for the price

I bought this on a whim as I've quite fancied a smaller bodied guitar to take on holiday and use when sitting on the couch, when I saw the price I decided to chance it.

After a load of hassle from the courier (Parcelforce - what a bunch of incompetent knackers they are!) I finally recieved the guitar.

All in all it's pretty good, sound wise it's pretty loud for the size (I tune down to Eb so as to not put too much pressure on the neck), action is quite high. Build quality is okay, there's a small ding on the fretboard which, although it doesn't affect playability, doesn't look very nice. The binding is quite well applied but there's some excess glue showing around the neck join to the body which is to be expected for this price of instrument.

All in all, not an outstanding guitar but I'm happy enough for the price I paid for fit!

Not recommended

I would not recommend this guitar to anybody. Wanna small size guitar? go with the normal shape 3/4, 2/4 guitars. this one is very difficult to hold and play. Also the sound is very compressed.

Wow!

Great craftmanship, great sound. Strong, Sturdy and very very handy. I even find it handy to carry around the house and preactice anywhere. It simply glues to your hand. The neck is so similar to my les paul that it makes it a perfect companion even to just practice all day long.

For the price, AMAZED!

So, I bought this to work on song sets on the fly and also as a guitar that my 4 year old can pick up and play, without concern for her damaging my expensive acoustic. The frets are quite rough so will need to be filed, but apart from that it's a great little guitar and suits my needs perfectly.

Pleased with the sound

I am really pleased with the sound also the playability. I had Washburn Rover travel guitar, steel string version, and the sound was really terrible and almost impossible to play without without the guitar strap.

Though I already have a Washburn Rover Nylon string version, and also I bought this low grade version, I am thinking of paying more and get the electro version.

It's a pity that I bought the low grade version because after inspection I have seen the defects. One of the major defect is the significant 'cut' on the 6th string fret.Though there is no buzzing but unfortunately there is really bad buzzing on the 1st string 2nd fret.

Despite the defects, I love this this guitar and it is going to be with me for years to come.

One thing which I did not expect to get- guitar carrying case. I was not expecting to get one because I had made an enquiry about this guitar and was told the guitar did not come with the bag.

Over all highly recommended to those people who wish to purchase it.