With the Second to play better

The delivery was quick and easy. Contrary to other reviews, the packaging was undamaged and the guitar in perfect condition. My copy is processed spotless and still looks much better than in the photos. A feast for the eyes.

Then the disappointment, which is why I am sorry to be a point deduction - the pick-up system (Ashton own brand) did not work for now. Although the control unit got juice, but no sound signal. I thought already that guitar to send back. But I suspected that there might be at the piezo pickups located under the saddle. So have my old no-name junk guitar piezo expanded and used in Ashton. Finally, the control unit after switching the tuner returns a signal for tuning, and also via the amplifier then came a sound. Only the saddle rod I had at the bottom of a piece with sandpaper filing down because the other pickup is slightly beaded. Voted Then, set neck and went off the post. Perfect!

The Ashton SL29 is a small miracle for its price. Compared with other guitars in the same segment and similar thin body design, it is the most miles ahead. By contrast, a Yamaha APX 500, as if someone had hung in a closet strings, and a thin Ibanez just sounds hollow and lifeless. The Ashton, however, has for its slender body a powerful and lay in the high wonderfully silky / silvery sound. Overall, it sounds all strings distributed very balanced. It is played acoustically, not as much bass as available at a wider body variant, but because it has character and never tends to Blecherne to balances this out. The Ashton-own pickup system is also excellent, and the 4-band equalizer, you can adjust the sound of each amplifier exactly as you want it to be. (And Pickup has then also a lot of bass.)

The neck of Ashton is contrary to almost all other guitars with cutaway and "Grand Auditorium" or "Mini Jumbo" design extremely slim. Something else you will find in fact only Cort guitar. Since I have small hands, it fits perfectly in your hand and is not too heavy or neck would drift without belt constantly left. The string action and "action" can be adjusted via an Allen key, which allows you to bring your neck to more stress (was with me not included). I have thus laid my strings extremely deep. The guitar is EXTREMELY easy to play overall, and my copy is up to the higher frets even in heavy stop any rattling sound.

The factory-reared strings I've been through elixir Nanowebs (11er) replaced that also enhance the sound again strong. All in all a damn beautiful, noble-acting and very good sounding instrument that can certainly compete with the brands above to 300-400 euros. The one point deduction, there is, as already mentioned, for defective piezo pickups, the missing Allen wrench, and a 9V battery was not with me. Otherwise, I would have awarded 5 stars.