Phil

Phil is a UK-based writer and editor with over 20 years in consumer media, including senior roles at the BBC, Travelzoo, and HolidayPirates. He runs Travel Guitars, checking every review against manufacturer specs and current UK pricing rather than relying on marketing copy.
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Close-up of an acoustic amplifier's instrument input jack with a cable plugged in, next to volume and treble controls, similar to the Fishman Loudbox Mini Charge's front panel
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Fishman Loudbox Mini Charge review: acoustic amp off the mains

Most acoustic amps either run off mains power or trade battery life…

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Guitarist wearing headphones practising an electric guitar indoors
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Yamaha SLG200SII review: a genuinely silent travel guitar

Most travel guitars solve the same underlying problem, how do you make…

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Natural gloss spruce top and rosewood fretboard detail on a 3/4-size travel acoustic, similar in finish to the Yamaha JR1
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Yamaha JR1 review: the site’s cheapest steel-string 3/4 acoustic

The Yamaha JR1 is a plain, genuine steel-string 3/4-size acoustic with no…

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Solid spruce-top compact acoustic guitar with a side-mounted piezo pickup preamp, other guitars visible in a shop rack behind it
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Yamaha CSF1M review: the solid-top compact folk guitar

Most travel acoustics are built down from a full-size guitar. The Yamaha…

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Close-up of a Stratocaster-shaped guitar body showing single-coil pickups and control knobs
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Squier Mini Stratocaster review

Electric travel guitars usually get small one of two ways: a headless…

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A well-stocked guitar shop wall showing rows of electric and acoustic guitars
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Donner HUSH-I PRO review: the travel guitar with a built-in effects rig

The Donner HUSH-I PRO puts 18 onboard effects, IR cabinet modelling and…

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Close-up of a single humbucker pickup and fixed bridge on a solid-body electric guitar
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Hofner Shorty review: the heritage-brand travel electric

Every electric guitar reviewed on this site, the Donner HUSH-X, the EART…

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Close-up of an electric guitar body and humbucker pickup
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Traveler Ultra-Light Electric review: no built-in amp

The Traveler Ultra-Light Electric is the plainest, lightest, cheapest full-scale electric Traveler…

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traveler ultra light nylon featured
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Traveler Ultra-Light Nylon review: a full-scale nylon-string travel guitar with no headstock

The Traveler Ultra-Light Nylon applies Traveler's headless, in-body-tuning construction to a full-scale…

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Two guitarlele necks with fretboard binding, similar to the Ortega Mini Travel Series
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Ortega RGLE18ACA review

The Ortega RGLE18ACA is a solid-acacia guitarlele with onboard electronics, tuned like…

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