Ever wanted to fold up your guitar...?

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Blackhorse
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Ever wanted to fold up your guitar...?

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Saw this and thought it was cool :drool:

http://www.amazon.com/Voyage-Air-VAOM-1 ... 293&sr=1-7



The professional ones are probably decent quality, but expensive. There are cheaper models, but they're...well, cheap. I wouldn't be too confident that one of the cheaper ones actually be a good guitar.

Great idea, though :big_smile:
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Looks Interesting Blackhorse.......dificult to tell how robust the whole thing is though .. having a headstock laid across the lower bout of the guitar would not make it particularly robust in a travel sense IMO .......anything heavy on top of it would be highly risky. :yikes:

I think it depends on the reason you'd want such a thing. :icon_whoknows:
Up till quite recently I travelled around Europe and the US a good bit ....on occasions I knew I'd have a bit of spare time I had a cracking Baby Talyor , Solid Sitka Spruce Top 3/4 size in a decent enough padded carry case .....which has been to Russia , Czech Republic , Greece, Hungary and Spain ...............Its still in perfect nick. For playing in a hotel room its more than fine and cost less than £150.00 :thumbsup:

I've also got an even cheaper Hofner Electric travel guitar .....£50.00 I think .......which is fine for practise and mucking about.

Neither would be good if you were a pro musician ......but then wouldn't a Pro be prepared to have a heavy duty Airline Guitar Case .and or insist it went carry on luggage ??

I don't travel that much these days ........anyone want to buy a Baby Taylor ?? :icon_whoknows:
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I've seen the Voyage-Air in magazines, but never up close and personal. Strummer makes a good point about the possible headstock/damage issues.

Strummer, I used to own a Baby Taylor in mahogany with the SKB hard shell case. It was a great little blues guitar. Great for taking on a flight.
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About the only time I want to fold my guitar is after a particularly frustrating practice session. :wall: :angry:

Then I want to fold it across my knee - not use a hinge. :yikes: :wink:

But, of course, I would never actually mistreat a guitar. :naughty: :peace:

I saw a review of these guitars some time ago in Acoustic Guitar magazine (I think). The author said that they held their tune after being folded. He was pretty impressed with them.
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SPAM ....Plug ....SPAM ....plug ....SPAM ....plug
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Strummer, it appears you aren't firing on all your cylinders. :lol:
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All cylinders?

He just let him have both barrells! :away:
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DeaconBlues wrote:Strummer, it appears you aren't firing on all your cylinders. :lol:
My wife would probaly suggest that this was / is quite normal ....... :D

the old Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow ...........phew !! . :lol: ...........it kinda works though !!
We are talking 4 cylinders here !!

I just thought that our Chum Matias was inflicting us with a whole bunch of either Hot Air ....Spam or plugs as his 1st and so far only post for us.

'n I hate Spam !!! :motz:
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Strummer07 wrote:I just thought that our Chum Matias was inflicting us with a whole bunch of either Hot Air ....Spam or plugs as his 1st and so far only post for us.

'n I hate Spam !!! :motz:
Agreed! :thumbsup:
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