Travel guitar

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Travel Guitar for Elisa Ricciarelli,
by Roberto Regazzi
in Bologna, 1985
C.F. Martin Backpacker :
Steel String and Classical

Travel guitars are small guitars with a full or nearly full scale-length. In contrast, a reduced scale-length is typical for guitars intended for children, which have scale-lengths of one-quarter (ukulele guitar, or guitalele), one-half, and three-quarter.

Examples of travel guitars include the following:

C. F. Martin
  • Model: Backpacker.
    A very small guitar with a body shaped like an elongated triangle,
    similar in shape to certain types of psaltery,
    and designed to be very portable and inexpensive while still being constructed of quality woods. The guitar is famous for having originally been designed by Robert McAnally before Martin took over the design, and was the first guitar to be taken into space. The guitar has also been taken up Mount Everest
  • Model: Little Martin
Taylor
  • Model: Baby Taylor
Snowpeace
  • Model: Little Country Leaf, Little Country Lacewood.
    A innovative independent brand. The first two travel guitar models used quality Leaf Zebra Wood or Lacewood for back and side.
    Dealers located in Iceland Reykjavík, Kópavogur and Hong Kong.
Lap axe
  • Model: Deluxe and Ex.
    Electric travel guitars small enough to play even during a flight in an economy seat . Built with beautiful woods
    And quality hardware.

Gallery

  • Taylor Baby Taylor BT2 label

  • K. Yairi Lady Bird

  • Ministar guitar & basses, 2010 Summer NAMM

  • "Clémendot" folding guitar folded

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