Travel guitars A-E | F-K | L-Z  16/10/2011

I don't travel often but there are times when you have to be away from home and it is not practical to take your dreadnaught or electric guitar/amplifier with you.  Below is my latest travel rig: My Hohner G3T now stays in my son's room and moves between there and school where he has guitar lessons.  As of July 2010 my new travel guitar is a Strobel Rambler courtesy of Russ Strobel, Florida.  I had this guitar shipped direct from US and here is my mini review:

The Strobel Rambler Classic is a similar style of guitar to the Hohner G3T with the following differences: It is a noticeably lighter. It has the shorter Gibson scale length  which is more to my taste.  The neck is less like a baseball bat and it also flares out near the end so you if you are not looking you get better feedback about where your left hand is on the neck - this is a great idea.  Tuning is a lot easier than the fiddly Steinberger system on the Hohner - it uses real tuner knobs and you have more room between them. It does not have a tremelo - I remove this item from my strats anyway so this does not bother me. If you want whammy you can bend the neck against your body - same as an SG.  It is a bit more comfortable against the body as it has some cut aways - this has been thought through.

Soundwise the Schaller humbuckers are way fatter and more satisfying.  It has a single volume and single tone knob with the normal Gibson 3 way pick up selectors.  The tone control gives a nice range of EQ.

It has one other more obvious advantage than the Hohner or most other compact travel guitars - you can easily remove the neck with thumb screws and pack it into a computer notebook carry bag - how's that for cool.  I don't know if I'll bother though unless I want to pack it in a suitcase.  The padded gig bag that comes with the Rambler Classic is a quality unit and offers a high degree of protection.  For an old back I think the Strobel could become a main gigging machine - you will be surprised.

Amp wise I'm still using the Orange Micro Crush.

Image Jedistar's Strobel Rambler Classic Tobacco Burst

Here is a large collection of travel guitars for you to check out. I am slowly adding relevent info such as guitar scale length, links to reviews and so on. Of course any 3/4 or half size guitar will also suit: See also Small travel amplifiers | headphone amps to go with the electric versions.

If you know of a travel guitar that is not provided here please let me know.

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Alvarez MSD1

The Amigo Backpack Travel Guitar features a braced, Spruce top with Mahogany sides and back. High-quality geared tuners and a unique rosewood bridge. This 36” guitar has a 24” scale length and weighs less than 2-1/2 lbs. Comes with a durable padded gig bag.

Review

Applause (Ovation) AA10 Travel Guitar

Voyager Travel Guitar
6 String
Super Shallow Bowl
Spruce Top
Scale Length: 25 1/4"
Nut Width: 1 11/16"
19 Frets

Apple Creek Travel Guitar

Review

Solid Spruce Top
Die-Cast Tuners
Steel String
Deep Stained Back and Sides
Scale Length: 24 3/4"
Free Cable Included
Undersaddle Pickup

Aria AMG10

Harmony Central Review

Aria Sinsonido

Art & Lutherie Ami Cedar Nylon

Back & Sides : Wild Cherry
Neck : Silver leaf maple
Top : Cedar (Pressure Tested Solid Top)
Fingerboard & Bridge : Rosewood
Finish : Semi-Gloss Custom Varnish Finish
Tusq® nut & saddle by Graphtech
Nut Width : 2"
Scale Length : 24.84
Lower Bout : 13"
Waiste : 7.35"
Upper Bout : 9.28"
Body Length : 18.3"
Body Depth : 4.2"
Proudly handcrafted in Canada.

Ashton Joey Solid

The JoeySolid is guitar designed for travel, featuring solid Engelmann Spruce top and Sapele back and sides. Mahogany neck with dovetail joint, Rosewood fingerboard and built-in pre-amp. ¾ size body.

Scale length  22 3/4 inch

Austin Hatchet

“1981, The worlds first Travel Guitar”, In Europe it was labled as the Kay K-45, in America it was the Hatchet from eBay.

Blackbird Rider

17 inch scale travel version

Breedlove Atlas

The Passport C20 has the following specifications:

Body Style: Mini C20 Shaped body
Body Depth: 3 5/8" Heel, 3 3/4" Tail Block
Width at lower bout: 11 7/8”
Scale Length: 485 mm
Nut Width: 1 ¾”
Neck width at body: 2 3/16”
String spacing at saddle: 2 3/16”

Brownsville Mini

Brunner Outdoor

Full length - 75 cm (29,5")
Weight - about 1,6 kg (3 pounds 8 oz), that is equivalent to weight of standard dreadnought
Neck - maple/rosewood, 24 frets
Body - ash
Scale - 628 mm (24 3/4")
Bolt on neck
Tune'o'matic bridge
Single pickup in neck, rail humbacker in bridge
Electronics - volume, push-pull pickup switch
GIGBAG INCLUDED
Tuning is performed by turning screws behind the bridge. It can be easily done with a dime

Cole Clark Angel

Composite Acoustics

Cort Earth Mini

Mini dreadnought body

Solid spruce top

Mahogany back and sides
Mahogany set neck
Rosewood fretboard with dot inlays
Rosewood bridge
Red pearl acrylic rosette
Adjustable 2-way truss rod
19 frets
1.68" nut width
22.81" scale length
12.375" body width (at widest)
4" body depth (at deepest)

Crafter TRV23 Solid Top Travel Guitar

The Dean Gypsy is a travel size mini cutaway acoustic-electric guitar. The Gypsy boasts a select solid spruce top and lacewood body, set mahogany neck, and rosewood fingerboard. 22-1/8" scale length. Dean electronics with 3-band EQ.

Devillain foldable guitars

Centrefold

Foldable travel guitars with the option of an in case amp.

Scale Length: 25"

Edwards

Eimers Mini Mac

Emerald X5

Enorez Voyager

Solid spruce top

One-piece mahogany neck, back, and sides

Rosewood fingerboard

Overall length: 32"

Lower Bout: 8"

Depth: 2"

Nut Width: 1-3/4"

Scale Length: 23"

Epiphone Moby

Rosewood fingerboard, 3 Position swith for Clean, Distortion. Volume and tone, Powered by a 9 Volt battery.

Gibson style Stop/Tailpiece and Tuneamatic bridge and one humbucking pickup, Speaker in front of P/UP.

Epiphone Mini V

Erlewine Lazer

Scale length  25 1/2 inch