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  • danowensdanowens Frets: 27
    edited June 2022
    I have a Yamaha Silent, a Yamaha Guitarlele and a Vintage Viator (Paul Brett thing). I like them all but the Yamaha Silent is a great practice instrument rather than a 'campfire' guitar. The Guitarlele is a fourth above standard tuning and the small frets make it play more like a mandolin than a guitar. My Viator is tuned as a Terz (a minor third above standard) and has a beautiful chimey quality. I've got some high tension 12s that I'm going to put on it and see at standard for a bit. 

    The only guitar I'd add to this menagerie would be a SnapDragon folding guitar. 
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  • stufisherstufisher Frets: 612
    So, with great delight I bring my search for a travel guitar to an end  :)  Thanks to y'all for recommendations and insights, as usual they have helped to get me where I needed to be.

    Also, it closes off a couple of other threads about Yamaha APXT-1 and Fazley electro-acoustics.

    I've actually bought two guitars and managed to stay under £250 as originally budgeted ... totally chuffed I am!

    Today a new Vox SDC-1 (white) arrived from BAX as scheduled ... discounted to £110  and last Monday a pre-loved Harley Benton GS Travel E Spruce electro-acoustic arrived following a £70 deal done on Fleabay.

    The HB is superb, considering the quality gig bag ... sounds way fuller than it should but the spruce top keeps it bright. Easy to play both chords and lead ... way better than I'd hoped.

    The Vox is tiny and takes a wee while to get your brain around but I played it for an hour this eve, hooked it up via WiFi to an NUX Mighty Air and noodled with a few effects. It needs a very light touch so that's new to me but bending, sliding, hammering/pulling all easy. Fretboard needs a tad of lemon oil but no scratchy frets or dead spots anywhere. Even the volume/tone controls have decent gradation. I'll tinker with relief/action/intonation over the next few days but it doesn't need much really.

    Importantly, both guitars fit snugly in my campervan and the Vox is less than 80cm long so should be able to stow in a plane O/H locker as cabin baggage without incurring cost.

    If anyone's contemplating budget travel guitars then I can recommend both as serious considerationns. Here's a couple of links that might help:




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  • BillDLBillDL Frets: 5615
    They both look like great little guitars Stu, and bargains too.  The Vox looks to be pretty well made and I like the recessed neck screws/bolts, the split-post tuning heads with mini buttons, the cute little mini humbucker, and the fact that they haven't squeezed the nut width down below 42mm.

    The HB acoustic looks to be a really good guitar for the money, even at the current RRP.  I looked at that model a lot when I was recently looking for a small guitar.
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