Enya NEXG 2 Basic Acoustic-Electric Guitar Carbon Fiber Travel Guitar Smart Acustica Electric Guitarra for Adults with 50W Wireless Speaker, Footswitch, and Gigbag

I’ve been playing guitar for 35 years and just got back to playing after a multi year hiatus. I wanted something that played well, and was less traditional looking. They certainly delivered. This guitar is well crafted and definitely looks really cool. The sounds is full, perhaps a little less full than a traditional center hole wood guitar. There are a few small cons but not enough to deter me from highly recommending this instrument. First, that action is high. Too high. I read another review that said it can be lowered. It can, there are 2 hex nuts that can be reached through the sound hole. Bring your patience, but it can be done. I loosened the 2 hex nuts with an Allen key. Once loosened about 5-6 full turns, use a wood shim or a a pack of guitar string and wedge it under the neck and you’ll hear a little popping but nothing to worry about. The neck goes up and then tighten the hex nuts back up. Once you do that, it plays much better. Chord changes are easier and solo playing becomes fluid. I found no buzzing after raising the neck. The other con is the back and sides are a matte black and I prefer it glossy. It seems a little plastic like but it’s a carbon composite. I toyed with wrapping the back in matte carbon or a gloss black but now I’m used to the whole look as is and it’s grown on me. The last con is the eq. It’s not very amplified and I find myself turning it of off quickly after I turn it on. The dials on the eq have a tiny indicator that’s impossible to see and should be marked so you know where they are low to high. Every guitar has pros and cons- I think my biggest con being the action was easily fixed or I would have returned it. Now that the action is where I want it, I’m playing this guitar constantly and really love it. This is a quality instrument at a very reasonable price. Enya does make a full glossy carbon edition but it’s hard to find and will run you double the cost. I’m very happy with my purchase and you will be too!

I compare 3 guitars in this video.The first is an Ovation Applause with old electric guitar strings (my beach jam guitar). It sounds tinny and buzzy, but it allows me to play along to songs as if I was playing my electric. The G-string is plain, not wound so I can bend it.The second guitar is the carbon fibre Donner. It sounds richer and bigger and is very easy to play after I adjusted the action and took one shim out from under the saddle. Unfortunately, it's too small for my adult sausage fingers. Decent bass response as well..The third guitar is the all carbon fibre Enya with on board effects and a pickup. The effects 'magically' come out of the guitar (after charging it via USB) without the need for any amp or external speaker. It's very cool. Much richer tone and much easier to play than the Donner due to the adult scale length and string spacing. I did have to adjust the action to my taste by lifting the neck about a millimeter. To do this I loosened the allen bolts inside the guitar (a real tight squeeze for my large hands) and gently wiggled the neck up to where I wanted it to sit. I used an electronic caliper to measure the string height at the 12th fret and adjusted to taste.. Then I simply squeezed my hand into the soundhole again and fumbled with the allen key again and tightened the neck down. Other than that, it was great.The Applause cost me $25 at a Pawnshop, the Donner was $299 (special price for the yellow body) and the Enya was $599.Each are great in their own way and if I had to choose only one, the Enya wins hands down.The Enya is a pro quality instrument that gives Rainsong, Emerald and a few others cause for concern. It comes with a very classy (think symphony cello) gloss black hard shell case.Oh, and the onboard effects are a hoot. Playing David Gilmour style acoustic stuff with delay, chorus or reverb (2 of 3 at once) kept me busy for hours. Not sure how effective (pun intended) they'd be in a live setting, but sitting on the couch or jamming around a bonfire is a blast.

So, I'm a believer of reading reviews before I make a purchase. I'm also realistic and know that businesses solicit 'positive reviews' from customers for 'favors' or whatever you want to call it, and that kinda burns my tail, so-to-speak. I don't and won't do that.My wife and I were away for about a week and when we returned and walked in our place, we were hit by a wall or heat in our home...the thermostat had malfunctioned and it was registering 99 degrees in our home! A day later, I'm in my office where I have my guitars and I heard a 'SNAP!' One of my guitars cracked!I thought...I'm really tired of constantly humidifying these things etc and decided to look for a guitar that was impervious to humidity and temperature changes and that's what got me looking at this guitar. Some of the 'graphite guitars' are really expensive and I know I wouldn't be doing that. I was intrigued by this Enya and the reviews. Sure there were some negative reviews, however some of those positive ones were quite compelling. I waited until it came on sale and made the leap.It's now about 3 years later, folks and I still have the guitar and play it regularly. Here are a few thoughts I have that you can consider along with all the other reviewers comments and posted YouTube videos and reviews.The sound. It's so rich and deep....great base tone! Playability? You have no doubt noted that some folks really blast the Enya on this and probably rightfully so, however my thoughts are, isn't it worthwhile to have such a guitar that is so easily adjusted for better playability ....just either do it yourself or take it to your luthier. It's adjustable via the entire neck, truss adjustment or bridge saddle, and now you have a great guitar. Looks? There is really nothing like it out there, I don't think. Uniquely great-looking.Honestly about the only thing I would caution some folks on because this could be a big deterrent for some people is that it is definitely heavier than most guitars. I think I only saw that on one review when I purchased it. It's quite surprising actually that more folks haven't mentioned it....it's quite noticeable, however given how and where I play, it's not a factor at all. Like I said, I use it regularly still after about 3 years.I've noticed that the guitar has gone down in pricing since I had purchased it making it, to me, an incredible buy.BTW...that guitar I mentioned earlier on that cracked? Well, I've done what I can to keep that poor thing from getting worse, however that poor ole Martin Dread Jr. is on it's last legs, I'm afraid. It's been my 'travel guitar...even bring it along camping in remote areas, however am thinking I might look at another Enya purchase...a smaller one, for my traveling needs. If the smaller options are of the same quality and durability this one is, I'm sure I'll be very happy with my purchase. Hope this helps you as you make your decision.