Travel Guitar Recommendations

heliker · Post by **heliker** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 5:12 pm

I'm looking for a decent compact travel guitar. I've read a few reviews, tried a few and right now I'm tending toward the Martin Backpacker - for around $100 complete with case it seems like a deal I can't pass up. Its a little hard to play without the strap, and doesn't have quite the tone of my full size DM3 but it's very nice.

Does anyone here have any experience with this, or another (acoustic) travel/compact guitar?

thanks!

-Brett

grock · Post by **grock** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 5:44 pm

the tacoma papoose is quite an instrument in it's own right. but a little pricey and it is tuned like Capo 5 so eh. i got an ibanez daytripper and it's got big body sound in a tight little package. you could always go with a Taylor Baby but the daytripper is awesome.

don't get the backpacker. it's got minimal tone and versatility. and it is pretty awkward too.

i'd say Baby Taylor sounds best, then Daytripper just beating out the papoose. and last is the backpacker.

for the money the daytripper is the way to go. 250 for guitar and gigbag. i talk GC down 50 bucks on it when i bought some strings so it was 215 for the strings gig bag and guitar. what a steal.

Ando · Post by **Ando** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 7:26 pm

heliker wrote:I'm looking for a decent compact travel guitar. I've read a few reviews, tried a few and right now I'm tending toward the Martin Backpacker - for around $100 complete with case it seems like a deal I can't pass up. Its a little hard to play without the strap, and doesn't have quite the tone of my full size DM3 but it's very nice.

Does anyone here have any experience with this, or another (acoustic) travel/compact guitar?

thanks!

-Brett

Why get one of those little pussy things?

Just buy some beater piece of shit at a garage sale or somethin.

Appfro · Post by **Appfro** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 7:33 pm

i agree w/ andy, i have this 100 dollar j.b. player that i take the beach. works awesome. sounds decent, its not martin, but i dont' need it to be. and i don't have to worry about it getting all messed up, cause it was 100 dollars.

Ando · Post by **Ando** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 7:48 pm

Appsoldier wrote:i agree w/ andy, i have this 100 dollar j.b. player that i take the beach. works awesome. sounds decent, its not martin, but i dont' need it to be. and i don't have to worry about it getting all messed up, cause it was 100 dollars.

I wish I had a beach to go to and play...

isaac · Post by **isaac** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 8:01 pm

yeah. me too. we have a bridge. i think some people jump off sometimes. that's about as exciting as waterways get here in kansas.

NoNotThat · Post by **NoNotThat** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 8:10 pm

Beaches are either sandy and hot, or sandy and mosquito-ridden.

DT · Post by DT » Mon Sep 08, 2003 8:56 pm

isaac wrote:yeah. me too. we have a bridge. i think some people jump off sometimes. that's about as exciting as waterways get here in kansas.

lmao

mbgreen · Post by **mbgreen** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 9:48 pm

You all need to come out west. Nothing better than a bonfire, guitar, and a few beers on the beach...No mosquitos, its about 72 degrees at night, and we have real waves.

Ando · Post by **Ando** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 10:01 pm

mbgreen wrote:You all need to come out west. Nothing better than a bonfire, guitar, and a few beers on the beach...No mosquitos, its about 72 degrees at night, and we have real waves.

DAMN... I do need to come out west.

NoNotThat · Post by **NoNotThat** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 10:05 pm

andyrice_13 wrote:
mbgreen wrote:You all need to come out west. Nothing better than a bonfire, guitar, and a few beers on the beach...No mosquitos, its about 72 degrees at night, and we have real waves.
DAMN... I do need to come out west.

Me too

heliker · Post by **heliker** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 10:24 pm

thanks for the suggestions, all. That Ibanez is certainly something I need to look into, I'll see if the local place has one I can play around with. Playin on the beach sure is nice, especially with a nice bonfire - but I use an old duct taped beater for that. California surfer beach bums come from all around to hear, hehe. I need this one to be small and light, it'll be accompanying me, tied outside my pack, around the trains of europe (with any luck).

thanks again all!

-brett

Appfro · Post by **Appfro** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 11:04 pm

andyrice_13 wrote:
Appsoldier wrote:i agree w/ andy, i have this 100 dollar j.b. player that i take the beach. works awesome. sounds decent, its not martin, but i dont' need it to be. and i don't have to worry about it getting all messed up, cause it was 100 dollars.
I wish I had a beach to go to and play...

well it isn't like its right outside my front door. but i do live close to the east coast

and since im a beach freak, i love it.

isaac wrote: we have a bridge.

awesome,

i think we have some of those too

i-am-me · Post by **i-am-me** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 11:49 pm

mbgreen wrote:You all need to come out west. Nothing better than a bonfire, guitar, and a few beers on the beach...No mosquitos, its about 72 degrees at night, and we have real waves.

agreed! living on the west coast, five minutes from the beach by foot, you take it for granted. When one of you guys said that you don't have a beach i was like

! that's a crazy thought right there. No mesquitos down here..... Everyone come to Orange County! that's where the beaches are. hehe

Appfro · Post by **Appfro** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 4:41 pm

dude im there...i watched The OC. you guys got serious hotties down there.

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