NGD - Enya Nova Go travel guitar

First impressions of the Enya Nova Go.

I like it. I like it quite a bit actually, even more so when I consider that I nabbed this one for ~25% off the USD retail of $199.00. Now for $151.00, this is not a perfect out-of-the-box guitar, it will need a bit of work but I expected that going in. Overall though it really only has two things that need some attention outside of setting up the action to my liking, it’s a little high as is, the bass side is @ 3.25mm and the treble side is @ 3mm.

Issue one: The saddle is not compensated even though photos and ad copy describe a compensated bone saddle. The low E at the 12th fret is about 11cents sharp while the high E is 13 cents sharp. Easy enough to remedy and a job I’ve yet to try my hand at but still a little disappointing. I might task Enya over this and see if they will send out a freebie replacement.

Issue two: The frets are pretty scratchy. The fret ends are meticulously rounded and smooth, but the faces are gritty and not very nice. Another easy fix and this is one of the first things I do to any new guitar anyway.

Okay, terrible cell phone pictures with poor lighting time.

Everyone should more or less be familiar with the size of a Les Paul so that is the reference point here.

The body size and proportions are very close to a Les Paul only slightly shorter in length. Both the upper and lower bouts are very close in width.

From left to right, 39.5" 35.5", and 32.5" The headless is sort of sitting on the floor and only being held upright by the stand.

The sound is surprisingly good, I didn’t expect it to be this full but it still lacks the bottom end of my Dreadnought or Grand Auditorium acoustics, again, I was expecting this. I’m going to experiment with strings and see if I can add in a little more bass.

My takeaway is this is a fine little acoustic guitar to kick back with on the sofa or in a comfy armchair, no need to scoot out to the edge of the seat anymore, and just noodle away the time. For camping or a day at the beach, get the white one if you plan on hitting the beach, you probably won’t find a better-priced option, better sounding, yes. Lots of them I’m sure.

As an added bonus, I won’t flinch if I happen to knock it against the coffee table or put it down on top of my headphones, which totally did not happen!

$151.00 = Crazy good deal. YMMV

Cheers, and sorry for the thread hijacking. :beers:
Richard

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