Product: Bently 5106B
Price Paid: US $40
Submitted
12/16/2004
at
12:08pm
by
Chris Smith
Email: csmith181<at>comcast dot net
Features
:
5
Unknown age
Standard blonde finnished acoustic.
Plastic pegs, decent (ie still works smooth) machine heads
Unknown Wood in body, rosewood neck, ebony fretboard.
Sound
:
9
This wierd, cheap little pawn-shop special has absolutely floored me with it's sound. This sounds so much better than any other accoustic I've played. (including Takamini, Fender, Gibson, Ovation)
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
5
The action is a little heavy. No danger of fret buzz.
The finish is a plain gloss coat. No inlays, nothing beyond a sticker on the head. About as plain-jane as you could find.
Reliability/Durability
:
8
After all the years of abuse I've pilled on this thing, she still sounds great, the sides are almost impossible to dent and the neck is straight as an arrow.
The bridge is cheap, and I've replaced all the plastic pegs by now, but the machine heads are the same ones that came on it, and she still looks good.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
I've never been able to find anyu information about this company
Overall Rating
:
7
This is the guitar I take camping, on the road, to friends with kids houses, and the beach. The sound and stability of this guitar are shockingly good. Like the ugly Duckling, this one has one a space in my heart.
Product: Bently 5106B
Price Paid: US $20 used
Submitted
11/21/2003
at
06:54am
by
Ryan
Features
:
5
black finish acoustic. bought this guitar for $20 from a friend of a friend... best investment I ever made. I've had it for 6 years, and it's great... plays like junk and kills my fingers, but it sounds sweet.
Sound
:
10
this guitar sounds amazing... for such a junk guitar, the sound that comes out of it is more full than any acoustic I've played.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
1
up around the 12th fret I'm pushing the strings down a good quarter inch... but it's great for practice. if I go from playing this one to my fender strat, I'm a god.
Reliability/Durability
:
8
this things followed me for 6 years from college to 3 apartments in Boston... and it's the same as when I bought it. it's definitely found its own place among my sentimental objects.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Overall Rating
:
10
can't imagine what I could have spent that $20 on that would have been a better investment... maybe M$FT stock?
