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June 4, 2005

Travel guitar roundup

A guitar can ease your mind when you're waiting on the side of the road and out of gas. It can also serve as a source of income on the road if you partake in busking and always serves as a great conversation starter.

Martin makes a series of Backpacker guitars that come in Steel String, Classical, and Mandolin styles. There are many reviews available for the Steel String version here and here and for the Classical version here.

You can also check out this thread on Horizons Unlimited about carrying a guitar while traveling by motorcycle.

If the Martin guitar doesn't look like your thing check out these other travel and smaller-sized guitars:

• Takamine's Takamini guitars (3 varieties, acoustic & acoustic/electric)
• Ovation's Trekker guitars (2 varieties, both acoustic/electric as far as I can tell; these look nice)
• Ibanez' Daytripper guitars (2 varieties, acoustic & acoustic/electric)
• Go Guitars' Parlour, Grande Mahogany, Grande Walnut, Walnut, and Mahogany (5 varieties, acoustic in steel string and nylon)
• Washburn's Rover RO10 and RO20 (2 varieties, acoustic in steel string and nylon, respectively)
• Fender's TG4 Travel Guitar (1 variety, acoustic)
• Traveler Guitars' Pro-Series, Speedster, Escape Steel, Escape Nylon, and Escape Bass (!) (3 varieties, electric in steel string, nylon, and bass)
• Vagabond Travel Guitar's Vagabond Standard Steel String (1 variety, acoustic steel string with option for acoustic/electric; left-handed version available)
• Taylor Guitar's Baby, Baby Mahogany, and Big Baby (3 varieties, all acoustic, 3/4 dreadnought and 15/16 dreadnought)

For even more options try looking up SoloEtte, Brunner (with removable neck!), Gibson, Larivee, Ozark, AXL, Vintage, and Crafter guitars.

There's also a nice list of travel guitars over at Guitar Notes.

Posted by Beau Gunderson at June 4, 2005 5:34 PM

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