Re: Travolin
I have some success with an electric-style travel acoustic guitar, a Traveler ultra-light. It is super-quiet, like an electric, but I strung it with acoustic string so it feels right, that makes it a great hotel-friendly practice axe. And it fits in a suitcase in its tiny gig bag.
I have a similar style mandolin on order from TinGuitar, but won't have it until June, a long wait. My expectation is the higher pitched strings will be louder than the bass strings, creating a somewhat unbalanced sound, but given I can live with a guitar like that I am expecting to be able to live with it on mandolin too. My Godin A8 is half-way to that point and I don't mind its acoustic sound that much.
For me, I want to stuff travel instruments in a suitcase, I tried stuffing a cheap mando in mine last Christmas holiday and it didn't fit, but the traveler guitar did, so I only played guitar that holiday. I am looking forward to bringing both instruments next trip.
Davey Stuart tenor guitar (based on his 18" mandola design).
Eastman MD-604SB with Grover 309 tuners.
Eastwood 4 string electric mandostang, 2x Airline e-mandola (4-string) one strung as an e-OM.
DSP's: Helix HX Stomp, various Zooms.
Amps: THR-10, Sony XB-20.
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