29/10/2025
πΈMy After-a-year Review of my Greg Bennett TT-65 Parlour Guitar.πΈ
Hello everyone, I'd like to share my review of the Greg Bennett TT-65 Parlor Guitar. Just a little throwback, I saw this in an online shop (Carousell Philippines) when I came to think where can I could get this one, and voila, there is one selling this beauty at a very affordable price. After quite time of negotiation and inspection through pictures (though it is totally hard to confirm when you can only see online), I decided to have this on my hands. By the way, I already made a review of the guitar posted on my YouTube Channel (Br. Josh Music) just after almost a month after I got the guitar. The link is at the bottom of this review.
So, out of the box, the first thing I saw is that the strings are totally and really need to be changed. Probably the owner has not changed it since it was bought. It has some light dents and dings, but I can say it is almost new. I cleaned the guitar, did some setup such as fret leveling, polishing, fingerboard cleaning, and polishing as well as the body. After the setup, I also installed the guitar with a Fishman Prysys 301 powered with a 9V battery.
Some of the specifications of the guitar, namely, it has a solid Spruce top, and laminate (red wine) Mahogany completes its back and sides of the guitar. It comes with original Chrome Grover Tuners. The fingerboard and bridge are made of Rosewood, while the neck is made of Mahogany with a D profile for good grip and chording. The fingerboard is also protected with Ivoroid binding all over with 4mm fretboard markers. There are also black dot markers from the fingerboard binding. The body is adorned with an Ivoroid binding with a BWB strip purfling. The rosette is a three-stripe design, which at the middle part is also adorned with MOP.
At the back, you can also see a center strip of rectangular strips. The heel cap is also Ivoroid, where the guitar strap button is attached. The guitar is also packed with a bone nut and saddle, while the bridge pins are made of Black Ebony with Abalone at the top of the head of each pin. It is a small-bodied guitar with a neck-to-body attachment at the 12-fret. The headstock is designed with the Greg Bennett traditional headstock with a big letter S, which symbolizes Samick Guitar, since the guitar is under the Samick Guitar brand. It is only designed by a renowned luthier, Sir Greg Bennett.
From the inner tube label, it is said that the guitar is made in Indonesia with its model no. TT6-5/PK. It has a serial no: SI10010014, which can be decoded as βSIβ stands for Indonesia, made in the year 2010 in the month of January, and it is the 14th guitar from its line of production. It also has a truss rod adjustment, which can be accessed at the sound hole.
Furthermore, the guitar has its full length of 36β. Its lower bout measures 335mm, and the upper bout is 240mm. Its body depth measures 9.5β or 94mm. Its scale length measures approximately 594mm. The body length measures 17 ΒΌβ.
From its wood composition and combination, the sounds good and loud enough to be heard in a room setting. The mahogany back and sides produce this βboxy-nessβ sound that is being produced from its compact build. Moreover, it has a warm presence combined with the crunchiness sound coming from the solid spruce. You can really feel the sound vibrating within as it goes out to the sound hole. With the Fishman pick-up system, when it is plugged in, you can never be disappointed with the sound. With its own control k**b, the Bass-Middle-Treble, you can really customize the shape of the sound produced. Another feature of the pickup is the built-in mic, which can really add a sound in the air, which gives a true mic amplification of the sound from the guitar itself.
So, after a year, this guitar has become the main source of acoustic guitar soundtracks from most of the recordings I have together with my Epiphone EJ 200sce. Because of its compact build, this can also be my practice guitar when I am trying to figure out some tones and riffs for the recording. It is a very handy and not heavy compared with my Epi. From my YouTube review, I gave a title: βThe Killer of Martin LX series.β Why? Because of its price point and specs. From the Ph currency, this parlour guitar is 1/3 or even ΒΌ of the original price of the Martin LX series. Though most of the LX series are in matte finish, still, its price is so expensive that you can have a glossy finish on your small guitar. Another thing, you cannot have an Abalone rosette from the LX, while this GB is adorned with one. So much for this, I would like to post my disclaimer, especially for those who are loyal to Martin. At the end of the day, both guitars have the same sound and tone.
My review of the guitar in my Youtube Channel https://youtu.be/QDzhSLvoFzc?si=2raYH6GlVwLvH2Ug
