Harley Benton Traveler-Steel 3-stars Reviews

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2 years ago

Good for beginners practice

nice for learning chord changes etc sound quality is as to be expected for the price

2 years ago

Nicht Schlecht, aber würde es nicht nochmal machen

Wegen dem gewicht unterschieds, ist es schwer die richtig zu spielen. Der sound ist nicht schlecht für den preis, und sie passt wirklich leicht überall hin da die klein ist. Aber nicht wirklich das beste. Der hals ist sehr schwer und der körper sehr sehr leicht. Etwas mehr Gewicht in dem Körper würde es einfacher machen, dies zu spielen.

2 years ago

Tiny and tinny.

To start with the positives, this is a nice looking guitar from a distance, and the neck on it is amazing for noodling.

However, this one isn't a strummer unless you're going to do some word on the bridge to intonate it. Obviously at this price point I wasn't expecting much in a little travel guitar, but I had been hoping I wouldn't have to put it up on the workbench to make it fully playable.

Also, the tone is fine when picking, but strumming is very tinny sounding. Again, I didn't get this to play in front of anyone but myself, so that doesn't matter, but the little body produces a tone that isn't overly similar to an acoustic guitar, as it's more like a ukulele.

5 years ago

Decent travel guitar

The shape is quite uncomfortable. The sound wasn't great, but with new strings this problem was solved. There is a huge difference between strumming and picking. Would say this guitar is really suited for a fingerpicking playing style. Overall, it does the job.

6 years ago

Excellent guitar - medium issue

I was completely pleased with this guitar despite a small problem that only came to my attention today...3 of the tuners seems to have been placed without any care for alignment...it's the only thing that put's a minus on this guitar, despite that build it's excellent. Now I'm gonna have to spend nearly the same amount of money on tuners that I've spent on the guitar...

8 years ago

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.

Image Harley Benton Traveler-Steel

Technical Data

  • Manufactured by Harley Benton
  • Released in 2012
  • Average price : $71
  • Weight : approx. 1kg
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