Hi all,
When covid calms down I'm likely going to have to spend a lot of time travelling around the UK and am looking for a small acoustic to leave in my car.
It doesn't really need to sound that great, but I would prefer if I could get something in Standard turning and I want to get one as cheap as possible so I don't have to worry about damaging it or it getting lost/stolen.
I looked into some travel guitars, but they aren't really that small, does anyone have experience with guitarleles, especially with the Aquila strings that let you tune to E?
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The extremes of temperature and humidity are the problem. I once had to drive a new Martin across England on a summer's day with temps up in the high 30's and no aircon in the car. I was relieved when no harm done. I remember trying to stay in the shade of lorries during traffic jams!
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Probably no good for you though in that it's not small and not an acoustic! Also, you'd have to take some some sort of electronics along with you and they wouldn't be particularly happy about being left in a car either.
Iv'e thought it would be fun to play a silent guitar with a wireless transmitter/receiver system and some sort of bluetooth speaker as an amp. Or even a little practice amp like a Roland Cube or something. But Iv'e never tried it.
Would certainly be less fragile set up than a nice acoustic though!
This idea probably not much help. Hope you find a solution.
Small-bodied acoustic travel guitar, and the neck is on a latch. It undoes, then tucks into the body through a sound port in the top shoulder. Whole thing packs into a bag the size of the body. Not cheap, but not outrageous, and based on various demos it sounds good (which fits with my experience of full-size Furch guitars).
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Another alternative is the Cordoba Mini.
A more expensive option is the Pepe Romero Jr. Daniel Ho DH6 Baritone Guilele. It is a beautifully built instrument that sounds fantastic. I bought one new from the Southern Ukulele Store last year (£850). It uses the Pepe Romero Baritone Guilele fluorocarbon string set (E to e) which are far superior and more reliable than anything I've found from Aquila.