travel guitar

kin

Just saw these, quite like them. Anybody had a decent travel guitar?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/turquoisemoleeater/More Guitars/GrassRootsGR-PGG3TS-2_zps74759950.jpg

Elwood

Tried a couple and not gone one with them. Cheap construction and neck dive are the usual problems.

kin

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/turquoisemoleeater/More Guitars/GrassRootsGR-PGG3TS-3_zps147ffa41.jpg

the strap buttons seem well placed on these, that might help with the neck dive issue ( having said that they also have a full size headstock ) 

Sassafras

I used to have a little pignose guitar with a built in amp. It was fun and quite playable but I prefer a proper guitar, they're not a lot bigger or harder to carry around.

TTony

I've got one of these ...

It's about as small as you can possibly make a guitar - the metal arm/leg rest pieces (which arent shown properly in the pic above) come off, so you're left with just the headstock and a piece of wood 24.5" (or whatever) long and fingerboard width!

Plays surprisingly nicely and perfect if you must take a guitar on your travels and need to travel very lightly.

Sassafras

Yes,that is small.Almost pocket sized.

Will it fit inside a snooker cue case?

TTony

Sassafras said:

Will it fit inside a snooker cue case?

How big is the snooker cue case ??

WezV

mny worry is that the trem is so exposed.  Its either going to get knocked or tangled up in something.  travel guitars to me should be pretty stable so as you can pick them up and put them down with the minimum of fuss. 

 

having just got a thomann shorty start and mini RG I would go for something short scale for travel

kin

yep,i don't really see the need for the trem on a travel guitar. What's the mini rg like @WezV ?  I was thinking of getting one for my eleven year old daughter/ travel guitar for me.

Jalapeno

Steinberger and clones are ace.  Sling over shoulder or squeeze into Samsonite !

Simples !

WezV

kin said:

yep,i don't really see the need for the trem on a travel guitar. What's the mini rg like @WezV ?  I was thinking of getting one for my eleven year old daughter/ travel guitar for me.

have a look here

http://thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/33073/2015-challenge-wezv-harley-benton-mini-guitars#latest

DrBob

Jalapeno;500593" said:

Steinberger and clones are ace.  Sling over shoulder or squeeze into Samsonite !



Simples !

This, in spades. You can lock the Trems out as well

A5D5E5

I've gone down the Steinberger route, but rather than the cricket bat Steinbergers, I've got the GU. The advantage of this is that it has a bolt on neck. I've put some threaded inserts into the neck so that I can put it on and take it off as many times as I like without loosening the joint. With the neck off, it will fit into a carry on bag.

XWulfhere

I like those strat pickguard guitars. I make my own guitars and I also travel a lot for work, so I might have to give that a try :-)

meltedbuzzbox

I thought an acoustic was a travel guitar?