I bought this to play lounging on my sofa, laying on my bed or outside in the garden.
Out of the box, it’s very playable – I haven’t changed anything.
The mahogany gives a warmth to the sound, which I like. On a guitar body this small I don’t think you’d need the brighter sound of a spruce top – I haven’t tried the spruce version though.
Mine has a closely grained mahogany top rather than the more striped look of the one in the pictures – mine looks lovely. It’s pretty light weight – ideal for what I bought it for. It sounds and projects much better than you’d think from the size (and price).
If I hadn’t bought a CLA-15m soon after I’d be picking this up all the time – as it is, I pick it up a lot.
It has clarity, punch and warmth that are way above it’s size and price tag.
Now the big question – is it as good as the Taylor? I have no idea, I’ve never played one. But it’s the wrong question and missing the point; For the likely intended uses of this guitar, it’s as good as you need.
Don’t get me wrong – it sounds good, it plays well and it’s fun to play. But do you really need to pay over £500 for a travel\/sofa guitar?
It’s hard to justify that unless you’re recording with it a lot (to cut through the mix – and this will do the job). Or maybe want a smaller scale instrument for a child\/teen. You could buy this and get two custom line acoustics (Harley Bentons) for that money – I know which I’d prefer and that’s exactly what I’ve done.
Tuners – they do their job. People complain about a lot of new guitars not holding their tuning but it’s just because they haven’t bedded the strings in – (pull them away from the guitar 3-4 times, tune the string back up, do this 3 times for each string – you’ll now hold your tuning). Speaking of which – when I tried that on this guitar the peg came off on the lower E string – I’m not bothered; I put it back in and developed a method of pulling the string parallel to the body, which works fine.
Construction is fine – don’t expect bone nuts and bridge saddles at this price.
It’s very neat and tidy, rather attractive and I love the curve on the back.
I have an old Martin travel guitar – I never play it. This is so much better – it’s a proper guitar, just a bit smaller and light weight.
For the price it’s a bargain – it even comes with a neat little gig bag.
If you want a full blown acoustic, I’d recommend one of the custom line ones. But I have plenty of guitars and I can’t resist this little beauty – it gets far more of my attention than the price would suggest.
You know you want one. <\/div>\n<\/p>\n
Comment:<\/strong><\/p>\n I’ve bought this guitar for my daughter, she was looking for a decent cheap instrument easy to be transported to\/from school.
I play and buy guitars since more than 30 years, I’ve had guitars from several top brands over the years (Gibson, Fender, Blade, Parker, Maton, Seagull, Ovation, Yamaha…), I have to say this little piece of wood is really astonishing in terms of build quality, sound, finishings and playability. A really nice surprise. The tonal warmth of a full-mahogany construction effectively compensates the small dimensions and short scale, resulting in a balanced, full and smooth tone you would expect from a larger and higher-class instrument. I replaced very soon the strings with an Elixir set, that’s a default on all my acoustic guitars, and it earned even more tonal pleasantness.
I did some trial studio recordings, just to test what is possible to get out from this "cheap" guitar, and the result was absolutely 1st class.
Finally, it comes with a decent soft case, and that’s not foregone for the price.
I recommended this guitar to a couple of friends, for the same purpose, and they were fully satisfied too.
Considering the price, I see no cons at all.
If you still have doubts, just buy it and play it! <\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Harley Benton GS-Travel Mahogany vs Harley Benton D-120CE NT<\/h2>\n
The guitar Harley Benton GS-Travel Mahogany is usually 19 \u20ac more expensive than Harley Benton D-120CE NT, but the difference is so small that this can vary..<\/p>\n
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- Body: Selected mahogany<\/span><\/li>\n
- Neck: Nato<\/span><\/li>\n
- Fretboard: Blackwood<\/span><\/li>\n
- Fretboard inlays: Dot<\/span><\/li>\n
- Arched back<\/span><\/li>\n
- Black binding on body and neck<\/span><\/li>\n
- Neck profile: V<\/span><\/li>\n
- Fretboard radius: 381 mm<\/span><\/li>\n
- Scale: 596 mm<\/span><\/li>\n
- Nut width: 43 mm<\/span><\/li>\n
- 20 Frets<\/span><\/li>\n
- Bridge: Blackwood<\/span><\/li>\n
- Black Deluxe die-cast machine heads<\/span><\/li>\n
- Ex-factory stringing: HB .012 – .053<\/span><\/li>\n
- Colour: Natural matte<\/span><\/li>\n
- Gigbag included<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Dimensions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Length: 94.0 cm<\/span><\/li>\n
- Lower width: 36 cm<\/span><\/li>\n
- Upper width: 25 cm<\/span><\/li>\n
- Depth: 10 cm<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n \n \n \n- Build type: Dreadnought with cutaway<\/span><\/li>\n
- Top: Spruce<\/span><\/li>\n
- Back and sides: Mahogany<\/span><\/li>\n
- Neck: Mahogany (Sapele \/ Entandrophragma cylindricum)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Neck profile: C<\/span><\/li>\n
- Dovetail neck joint<\/span><\/li>\n
- Fretboard: Roseacer (thermally treated maple wood)<\/span><\/li>\n
- 20 Frets<\/span><\/li>\n
- Scale: 650 mm<\/span><\/li>\n
- Bridge: Roseacer (thermally treated maple wood)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Pickup with preamp with volume knob and 4-band EQ<\/span><\/li>\n
- Chrome-plated diecast machine heads<\/span><\/li>\n
- Strings: .010 – .047<\/span><\/li>\n
- Colour: Natural high-gloss<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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