Which cheap travel sized acoustic?

5redlights

Looking a cheap travel/mini acoustic. Ordered the Harley Benton Delta mini, but doesn't have a good sound, even for a travel acoustic. 

What would people recommend around £100, used or new? I assume Tanglewood is the best option? Ibanez and Fender both seem to have some cheap offerings, but don't have any experience. 

I'd love a Taylor Mini, but it's outside of my budget. 

Thanks 

Fuengi

Gretsch Jim Dandy is the most fun budget acoustic I've ever tried. 

Jontommy

Cort Earth mini is a decent travel sized. 

StanleyAccrington

Tanglewood Winterleaf (TW2). Got mine on offer in a local store for 120 notes. 

DrCornelius

Jontommy said:

Cort Earth mini is a decent travel sized. 

My longest serving guitar by far and I’m always chopping and changing.

GTC

I saw a Mad Dog parlour on eBay auction recently with a very low starting price. These little guitars are fantastic but I don't think are made any longer
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mad-Dog-Parlour-Guitar-36-1s-IN-GREAT-CONDITION/123826844646?hash=item1cd4a7b3e6:g:MDAAAOSw7kxdC6n6

IMO - knocks the spots off a Taylor GS Mini (no electrics though) - I've tried both.

VimFuego

these are supposed to be the bees bending parts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP8kVIavWWY

Kittyfrisk

In terms of performance & tone on a budget, the Vintage V300MH takes some matching.
Maybe not as small as you wanted, but worth a consideration as a cheap travel beater.
 I did a sound test with my V300MH against a mates Martin 000-15 Mahogany a few years back.
Nothing technical, just a bunch of players swapping the two guitars back & forth with the headstocks covered.
Result? A tie. No one could choose the 'better' sounding guitar.

Mine was a £70 bargain (£150-ish new now), the Martin was and is over 10 times the cost...
I guess it is another example of the law of diminishing returns as @ICBM has been rightly pointing out 

As @VimFuego says, the Vintage Paul Brett range have had excellent reviews, so I would definitely give it a go.
Also as mentioned earlier, the Cort Parlours are bloody good too.

hollywoodrox

One of the vintage v300 series was voted best guitar under £1000 a few years ago by one magazine 

Kittyfrisk

^ True, it was the V300, I got one when they first came out.
IMHO, it probably wasn't the best guitar under £1000, but it was fairly nice for its price.
But... the mahogany version came along later and is far, far better sounding.