Good, cheap silent guitar – Classical Guitar

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by Moje » Monday 14 December 2015, 02:22 am

Just bought a silent classical and as I’m happy with it, thought I’d do a quick review as it’s practically impossible to try any reasonably priced practice guitars in person.

For the price I was willing to take a gamble (these go for about $160-180 on the Bay and Big River sites, a fraction of what Yamaha, Aria, and Soloette cost.) Just goo gle Ruison Silent Guitar.

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Short story, thumbs up!

– Design: The “body” consists of steel tubing wings that fold out, and it’s a smart design: in photos it looks like the body is about an inch deep but the tubing is formed in such a way that the guitar sits away from the player, tough to explain but the result is pretty comfortable, feels a lot like playing a very shallow-bodied acoustic.

– Specs: Pretty standard classical: 52mm at the nut, string spacing is about 55mm at the bridge (bear with me, I’m just using a ruler here,) scale length 650mm.

The electronics are pretty well thought out; the tuner works well, headphone amp engages automatically when phones are plugged in, unit silences when tuner is turned on, 3-band e.q., and strangely enough comes with an optional slapback echo (for all you rockabilly/classical players I guess.) Of course it sounds like a plank with strings through headphones but if you plug it into an amp for a tad more volume it works well.

– Setup: Pleasant surprise here, for the price I was expecting something pretty bad but the setup is great. The bridge is compensated, action on the low side of normal, intonation is good, relief is excellent (none on the treble side, just a hair on the bass) and it has a truss rod.

Three piece neck-through, maple and mahogany. I suspect these were meant to sell for a much higher price and got remaindered, which explains the hilarious misspelling “Nylong Guitar” in the seller’s description.

Also comes with a decent gig-bag, with the wings folded the case is a little longer and narrower than a violin case. Looking forward to bringing it in to work tomorrow, maybe it can help me break the habit of eating out for lunch every day . . .

Hello all,Just bought a silent classical and as I’m happy with it, thought I’d do a quick review as it’s practically impossible to try any reasonably priced practice guitars in person.For the price I was willing to take a gamble (these go for about $160-180 on the Bay and Big River sites, a fraction of what Yamaha, Aria, and Soloette cost.) Just goo gle Ruison Silent Guitar.Short story, thumbs up!- Design: The “body” consists of steel tubing wings that fold out, and it’s a smart design: in photos it looks like the body is about an inch deep but the tubing is formed in such a way that the guitar sits away from the player, tough to explain but the result is pretty comfortable, feels a lot like playing a very shallow-bodied acoustic.- Specs: Pretty standard classical: 52mm at the nut, string spacing is about 55mm at the bridge (bear with me, I’m just using a ruler here,) scale length 650mm.The electronics are pretty well thought out; the tuner works well, headphone amp engages automatically when phones are plugged in, unit silences when tuner is turned on, 3-band e.q., and strangely enough comes with an optional slapback echo (for all you rockabilly/classical players I guess.) Of course it sounds like a plank with strings through headphones but if you plug it into an amp for a tad more volume it works well.- Setup: Pleasant surprise here, for the price I was expecting something pretty bad but the setup is great. The bridge is compensated, action on the low side of normal, intonation is good, relief is excellent (none on the treble side, just a hair on the bass) and it has a truss rod.Three piece neck-through, maple and mahogany. I suspect these were meant to sell for a much higher price and got remaindered, which explains the hilarious misspelling “Nylong Guitar” in the seller’s description.Also comes with a decent gig-bag, with the wings folded the case is a little longer and narrower than a violin case. Looking forward to bringing it in to work tomorrow, maybe it can help me break the habit of eating out for lunch every day . . .