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Location: NJ | Look on their webpage at the Trekker models. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I hate to really post this, cause it's made by another manufacturer... :( But I own one of these and it's hands down the best traveling guitar for the practical musician that needs to noodle in tight quarters like planes and cars.
Traveler Guitar I own one of the originals before Fender bought the license. It has sound powered headphones so no batteries, it's FULL SCALE, and has both single-coil and acoustic bridge pickup and it sounds a whole lot bigger than it looks. It doesn't say in the ad, but the led support actually comes off and gets mounted to the back of the body for transportation at the twist of a thumb screw.
Again... I wish Ovation made it, but as there isn't a similar ovation product, I thought it ok to post this.
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| Thank guys, before posting I was thinking about buying the Martin BackPacker. But now I'm pretty sure my minds made up about the Trekker model. Now I have to find a place where they sell these Trekkers online. I usually buy my stuff from Musicians Friend, but they dont have the Trekker Model.......Thank Again Guys |
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Location: SoCal | For travel, I've got an Applause AA10, which is the same size as the Martin Backpacker. I personally think it sounds better and you can actually play it without a strap.
I looked at Musician's Friend and couldn't find it. And the Applause website is down.
However, on the Ovation website in the news section, they talk about the Elite T and the new Folklore. |
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Location: Pensacola,FL | I don't believe the AA-10 is made any longer. However the Applause AA-12 is (we have one) and it is quite a nice little guitar. I believe there is one on eBay now for $125 listed as an Ovation 1/2 size guitar. :D |
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Location: NJ | "....However, on the Ovation website in the news section, they talk about the Elite T and the new Folklore...."
HAL-AY-F@#K*%G-LOOO-YAAH!!
Okay, since Miles started the ball rolling with his "True Confessions", I have to admit that I'm TOYING with the idea of POSSIBLY getting one of those new Yamaha practice/travel nylon stringy-thingies. I've always wanted a travel guitar and always wanted a nylon string to noodle with. This MAY be the scratch for two itches. The reviews I've read so far sounded okay, and I know of just one person who's actually played one. I need to find one to try. |
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Location: NJ | run don;t walk from then martin backpacker |
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Location: Pensacola,FL | Cliff, the AN-12 is a nylon string thingee
(we got one of them too :D ) same size as the AA-12 but with a slightly wider neck (fer dem fatter strings). |
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Location: Pennsylvania | Miles, I too own a Traveler Guitar. Regardless of who makes it, I'd say its _the best_ travel guitar. An utterly genius design. Quite a good investment!
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Totally opinion here... but the PackBacker seems cool for exactly what it's name implies. Of course the Traveler fits into less space, but the PackBacker probably works better for playing around the campfire.... or if you run out of wood.....(I didn't just type that did I?
I tried the Yamanahamana recently at NAMM and it felt a little cheap in the workmanship department. I was afread of breaking it, and I certainly would not want to pack it on a plane. It's the same foot-print as a regular guitar, just real thin and lite. |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | I am not, repeat not , going to make any comment here about our buddy russ and his need for a light guitar, I just can't see him in his cantina with one of these backpackers. |
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Location: NJ | In reference to the Yamahahaha;
are we talking about the same unit?
I was referring to this one:
the "bouts" are supposed to be detachable, giving you something a little bigger than the Martin (I thought).
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Location: Pennsylvania | The Yamahuh is definately interesting to look at... For some reason, I've always been a bit leary of Yamaha products. I guess it depends on the price tag. I do have a Yamaha Maple Custom drumset which is very nice, yet pricy.
The guitar could do without the upper bout though, as it serves no purpose. Also, the wood doesn't really need to continue that far below the bride. Hmm. I'd be interested to hear how this guitar is as far as usability. Looks nice.
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| Thanks Guys
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Location: Pensacola,FL | cs257p,
You can see the AA10 travel guitar here: eBay
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oops! Never mind, to see this particular one you'll have to come to my house (mama bought it :D )
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Location: puerto vallarta, mexico | instead of a travel guitar i reccommend a travel trailer. guitars (notice plural) ride on the berths during the day and sleep on the settee at night. my wife always accused me of having the worlds biggest guitar case being pulled by the world's largest diesel powered fishing tackle box. a guy has to be prepared que no? |
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Location: east coast | I liked the idea of the trekker but I tried three of them out and the sound is not there, you can pick up a new one real cheap though on the net. |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | I kinda like Russ's idea as all the travel guitars seem to be a compromise. There is one other solution for travel that was revealed by a well known player and singer who was caught in an airport terminal with no guitar in sight, he said I never carry one, every where I go they got good guitars and I've never had any trouble having anybody let me play one, so why hassle with carrying one. How many of you, if a buddy showed up, wouldn't be honored to let him/her play your good guitar?
Bailey
I had to pause in the middle of this to watch the Flatlanders do the video of the song "The Southwinds of Summer", great acoustic music in country's wasteland. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Russ nailed it. We'll be doing lots of traveling now that we're unemployed so the solution was to get a bigger vehicle that will hold the golf clubs and two Nationals and the clothes and the dog food and the three of us. 2003 Range Rover, a wonderful solution to this problem. |
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Location: SoCal | So when you driving that RR across country to California? |
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