Aria AS-100C Sinsonido Travel Guitar - Classical

I bought this guitar as a "silent" classical guitar practice tool.A couple of problems compared with the original Soloette:1) Neck was 48mm not 52mm (the model Amazon sent me had a 48mm neck).2) The top of the guitar is completely flat. Unlike the Soloette which attempts to mimic the depth of a regular classical guitar.3) Aria tuners on this guitar feel like cheap plastic toys. But I cannot honestly say how well they maintain strings in tune. I sent the guitar back as soon as I realized (1) and (2).I ended up forking over the full price for a Soloette and I believe it was worth every penny if you are trying to work on your classical guitar technique.Hope this review saves some aggravation for somebody.

I've hesitated to review this for a while, because I don't like to be mean.The good:+ cheap+ supposed to deliver a great amplified sound (can't confirm)+ great idea. Based on the well-regarded soloette.The bad:- built cheap.The body feels very heavy for what it is.The tuners are crappier than those I've seen on sub $100 chinese classicals. These go out of tune *while* playing (even during tuning).The body wings fall off at any inclination, even when I'm still seated practicing scales. I'm not exactly duck walking!!- can't adjust actionThe action can only be adjusted to a certain extent due to the nature of the construct. If the body profile was slightly curved like the top of a real guitar, it might be able to have action that approximates a real classical. Unfortunately, the profile is just a flat slab.I'm not a Julliard trained classical guitarist. However, I've played many hundreds of guitars to get an understanding of a good guitar from a bad. To me, this is a bad guitar. With some major tweaking, it may be acceptable.If you need a classical travel guitar and have space: I'd recommend getting a cheap student guitar with a piezo, stuffing it with cotton, and using a headphone amp.If you need something purely electric, spend more money on something else.For me, I'll likely build something.

I have used this on holidays for about 4 years now because I have to be gig ready often on the night I return from a vacation and I can't afford too many mistakes while I get used to playing again. As a practise instrument it is perfect. Airlines are getting increasingly difficult when it comes to allowing long objects on into aircraft overhead lockers. I don't want to lug around a full sized instrument in a flight case as this will be part of your baggage allowance. The aria will fit into a suitcase easily by unscrewing the neck and it's very light in weight. The bridge is height adjustable, it has a truss rod so I am not sure why someone suggested you cannot adjust the action.It is essentially only a practice instrument and for me it's the best solution. If you need to improve your classical technique then you've no choice but to bring the real thing. I wouldn't go on holiday without it and for me as a working musician it's one most useful bits of kit that I have.

I ordered this despite of some negative issues. It takes me 2 years in order to write this review. I have been practicing this every time I have enough space on subway train. This is extremely entertained and helpful for the skill.And I used this to perform an hour long solo concert in Vermont international festival. You can search lehau.com to see the photo. The reason I write this comment because I am happy with this as a solution to save time and energy and entertainment in this busy world. And I think it might help some classical guitar lovers who spend lot of time on the go.The trick is. if you use head phone or cheap p.a the sound comes our not really good in term of qualified sound for performance and your vibrato seems to have no effect at all. But if you plug on a good PA system, the sound comes out qualified enough. And more important, vibrato works well. For hit-the-road playing I used a Roland mobile cube which I think it works along well with this sinsonido. So P.A is the key factor to have good for it. Anyway, you always need P.A's when you play out loud.One thing more I like this that you can adjust the strings height really easy.At least this is my experience after 2 years always having it with me everywhere I go.

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