To Travel Guitar Or Not To Travel Guitar, This Is My Question

14 Responses to “To Travel Guitar Or Not To Travel Guitar, This Is My Question”

1. Emon
   October 29th, 2008 at 3:10 pm

   

   Good morning from NYC!

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2. Cheap Guitars
   October 29th, 2008 at 3:25 pm

   

   It looks cool.

   I am use to a bigger body. I wonder if it would be hard to get use to playing.
   It does look like it would be easier to travel with.

   KJ

3. Ovidiu
   October 29th, 2008 at 3:30 pm

   

   @Cheap guitars: Zack says it took him about 1 hour to get used to playing it, so we have a hands-on estimate.

   @Emon: very interesting! Thanks, Emon! I see my site there, great job

4. Pat Darnell and Friends
   October 29th, 2008 at 3:51 pm

   

   When I used to travel mostly for business, packing the Git-fiddle was not a luxury I could afford. I usually used what ever was laying around at the place where I arrived and was staying… there are lots of guitars in the world, I found out… does that make sense? Not really, eh?

   It is easier to travel with a clarinet because it is portable anyway… so I agree, a well made portable Guitar is a fantastic idea. Always lust after them when I see them around. Martin makes a little acoustic number… will get back to you on that.

   It seems like you could set up a headphone practice amp and play it even on the plane..?
   mooPig aka Pat

5. Emon
   October 29th, 2008 at 3:52 pm

   

   Thanks, man, cool that all guitar stuff can be in one place.

6. Pat Darnell and Friends
   October 29th, 2008 at 4:03 pm

   

   http://www.soloette.com/

   Here is a different design, says it folds down…? I like to find design modifications… Even if they don’t work. This one reminds me of the first prototype electric guitar which was a board with a wire in it…

7. Ovidiu
   October 29th, 2008 at 4:09 pm

   

   @PD: This one you pointed me to looks like The Silent Guitar from Yamaha, with those wings…

8. silviu
   October 29th, 2008 at 5:30 pm

   

   1000$?????????? Isn’t it a little expensive for a travel guitar?

9. Ovidiu
   October 29th, 2008 at 8:54 pm

   

   Well, it is, I guess, Silviu. It would be interesting to know why they have this price. Could it be because of the durability? Because I don’t think the pickups would be the reasons, or the hardware…

10. Pat Darnell and Friends
    October 30th, 2008 at 5:29 am

    

    At some point I have to get an electric violin for number four son. He is the prodigy… and so far just keeps on pickin’ bowin’ and thumpin’ into his mom and dad’s hearts… So I have been looking at all kinds of different instruments… acoustic bass’s, steel, Dobro, piezo, travel instruments, dulcimers, zithers, 9-strings, banjo-ukes… badda bing badda boom… trying the feed his uncluttered mind and give plenty of opportunities.

    My wife is from Foggia, Italia, and we go there every couple of years to see our large extended family with their many talents… we like to take our instruments, but found out the hard way like you did about traveling with them.

    It does require comparison shopping. Here, Texas, it is the $300 rule. That is where the travel instruments start… we find that no one carries the exotic electrics and like you said “silent guitars.” …what if you made your own?

    Although one place has a “sitar” in the window…. go figure?

    Also, I know Pribek’s college buddy, Ron Roskowske, had interest in making his own guitars back when he owned his music store.

11. Ovidiu
    October 30th, 2008 at 9:13 am

    

    Well, I think that making your own guitar really is a bit too much for me, I have never tried to build one and I wouldn’t dare since I don’t have such skills. The $300 rule wouldn’t apply to this part of the world, PD, we should go a bit lower for that, but I must admit a travel guitar should be very interesting

12. GLW
    October 30th, 2008 at 5:02 pm

    

    I travel to my parents house in Wales several times a year and I used to take a guitar with me. Then I figured it’d be easier to carry a travel guitar so I got a Traveler Pro Series guitar. Then later I figured it was easier still to leave a regular guitar at my parents house and not have to carry one at all, so that’s where my Yamaha Pacifica ended up.

    I have taken my Traveler on holiday to France though.

13. ZUrlocker
    November 5th, 2008 at 6:23 am

    

    Ovidiu,
    thanks for the link and the posting. Good questions by everyone. The PalmGuitar is definitely a “specialized” guitar and despite it’s small size, it’s a high-end model. I’ve written up some more details in a follow-on review here:

    http://www.guitarvibe.com/2008/11/is-palmguitar-t.html

    –Zack

14. Ovidiu
    November 5th, 2008 at 4:48 pm

    

    I have seen your review, good one! I can’t deny it would be a very interesting experience to play one of those travel guitars. It should be nice