Minggu, 16 Desember 2012

Why Would You Want A Travel Electric Guitar

By Katy Dinardi


Traveling can often impose restrictions on what baggage can be taken particularly when this travel is by air. Musicians are no exception and the travel electric guitar has been developed to allow the shredder to take an axe with them wherever they go with the minimum of hassle and expense.

It has become more prevalent in more recent years with the advent of cut price carriers where allowed baggage limits imposed by a number of airlines have become more restrictive. This has resulted often in extra charges being imposed on customers for the accompanied transport of over sized or additional items.

The objective of a travel electric guitar maker then is to produce a smaller guitar that will comply with size restrictions or will fit into an allowable bag. This would eliminate the charge for an additional baggage item. In many cases this small instrument is manufactured by a reduction of the scale and thereby a reduction in body and neck length. These items might look like they've been designed for children as indeed they might have been in some cases.

Other makers have re-thought the design and based the length of the instrument on the full scale (distance from the nut to the bridge). In these cases the bridge is placed as close to the tail of the body as is possible while head stock is eliminated. The strings end at the nut (end of the neck) and the tuning takes place at the body. The item is strung in reverse to an normal one.

Other makers produce instruments that can be easily disassembled and of course easily reassembled. Some of these items can be broken down to such a size that they can be packed into a small bag and taken on to the aircraft as cabin luggage.

This has an added advantage of being able to under the owner's careful eye for the duration of the trip. The owner then does not have to worry bout having the instrument's welfare subject to the vagaries of a bulky airport baggage handler.

The travel electric guitar tag can however equally refer to a road battered robust axe that will be playable regardless of the method of transport it has been subjected to. It may not be the most beautiful and finely tuned instruments on the planet but can be relied upon to perform when required.




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