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 electronics, the cheapest named guitar on this site…

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Squier Mini Stratocaster review

Every electric guitar reviewed on this site so far gets small one of two ways: a headless design that moves…

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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 a rechargeable battery on a fixed-body headless acoustic-electric,…

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Hofner Shorty review: the heritage-brand travel electric

Every electric guitar reviewed on this site so far, the Donner HUSH-X, the EART GW2, four Traveler models, and the…

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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 makes, a passive dual-rail humbucker with no onboard…

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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 nylon-string classical neck, the only guitar like it…

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Ortega RGLE18ACA review

The Ortega RGLE18ACA is a solid-acacia guitarlele with onboard electronics, tuned like the Yamaha GL1 but built to a different…

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Washburn Comfort G-Mini 55 Koa review: the Amazon alternative to the GS Mini

Every travel guitar on this site trades some size for portability. The Washburn Comfort G-Mini 55 Koa trades less than…

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Batking Travel Electric Guitar Headless review: the tremolo travel electric

Every headless travel electric on this site so far, the Donner HUSH-X, the HUSH-I EVO2, the HUSH X Live, the…

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Gretsch Jim Dandy Deltoluxe Parlor review: vintage, no pickup

Every travel guitar on this site is solving the same basic problem: how do you get a full guitar-playing experience…

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