WTT: Looking for travel guitar, lots of surplus guitar stuff to trade

richh

I'm after a travel guitar with case or gigbag.  I'm after an electric 6 string guitar, really as small as possible, so I can fit it in the car boot when we go away on holiday, as we have a small car.

Lots of stuff I could trade, especially electric guitars, but maybe effects or other bits or an amp.

Anything out there?

I'm Oxford based, but up in Birmingham sometimes.

Thanks.

Bluesman1989

Any interest in an as new Emerald X7 Opus with LR Baggs?

richh

Thanks, but I'm probably looking at something more 'cricket bat' like, such as Steinberger / Hohner sort of thing!

Ravenous

Did somebody say "Hohner"?   I had to butt in.

You will find the Hohners (and similar Steinberger types) are very compact by the way.  My old G3T sounds a bit "middly" and the controls are in an awkward position but it's fine as a train travel guitar.  I think you're on the right track considering one.

dhj

I was in the market for one of these and found one recently I was allowed to play. I couldn't get on with it at all as it was seriously neck heavy and I was constantly battling to keep the neck in the air. You may be ok with it but just a heads up.

richh

Thanks for the heads up on this.  There seem to be quite a few options out there, so hopefully something more playable and better balanced...

prowla

dhj said:

I was in the market for one of these and found one recently I was allowed to play. I couldn't get on with it at all as it was seriously neck heavy and I was constantly battling to keep the neck in the air. You may be ok with it but just a heads up.

"Heads up" - that's funny!

richh

It's the way I tell them...

Now who's got a travel geetar?  At this rate I'll be stuck in a rainy caravan playing effing Cluedo on holiday...

longshins

I've got an oil can guitar with P90s if interested? Not super playable, not horrendous either.

Ravenous

I don't think the cricket bat styles are neck heavy. With the Hohner I have I need to keep the right hand close to the body to keep it under control, but I think that's because the body is so narrow and tends not to stay in place.

Try one before buying if possible though, because the small body will feel odd.

richh

Thanks @Ravenous will keep that in mind.  I'm really looking for as physically small as possible for transportation, something I can plug into a headphone amp, and ideally acoustically quiet, so it doesn't disturb other people.

richh

Brum-pety-bump, still looking - really after a cricket bat for smallest size possible - will be up in Birmingham at the weekend...

scrumhalf

I used to have a Pignose travel guitar with built-in amplifier. Very good for what it was.

richh

Thanks for the suggestion. I'm looking for something to use with a headphone amp, really a silent practise thing mainly.

richh

Bump - still looking, probably looking either a Steinberger style 'cricket bat' or Yamaha silent guitar type.

If you've got anything of that type, I've got a few ads up at the minute for bits I'm not using and may have some other items as well.

Thanks.

Funkfingers

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