Guitar travel insurance UK: what’s covered, what isn’t
Most UK travel insurance isn't built for a guitar. Read the baggage section of a standard policy and you can…
LAVA ME Air review: LAVA’s thinnest carbon fibre travel guitar yet
No touchscreen, no app: LAVA's thinnest, lightest carbon fibre guitar swaps the ME 4's chip-driven system for knobs and a…
Traveler Guitar Ultra-Light Bass review: a compact practice bass for the road
A 93-rated, 4-star travel bass with no headstock. Honest on what it is (great for overhead-bin practice) and what it…
Carbon fibre travel guitars compared: which one should you buy?
Wood has been the default material for acoustic guitars for centuries, and for most players it still should be. But…
Martin Backpacker guitar: a UK buyer’s guide
Yes, Martin still makes the Backpacker. The steel-string version is available from UK dealers such as guitarguitar.co.uk, from around £359.…
Gifts for guitar players: ideas for every budget
Gift ideas for guitar players, from a £10 string winder to a £249 travel guitar, with UK prices checked on…
Best travel electric guitars: 6 picks for UK guitarists
Search this site's own data for "best travel electric guitar" and the honest answer is that we never gave it…
Best travel guitar for camping: 5 picks for UK guitarists
Five travel guitars picked specifically for camping: rugged budget builds, a genuinely weatherproof carbon fibre option, and a silent-practice electric…
Does humidity or climate affect a travel guitar more than a normal one?
No, not because it's a travel guitar as such. What decides how much a guitar suffers from humidity and temperature…
Do you need different strings for a travel guitar?
Most travel guitars take standard strings. The real exception is collapsible-neck models, where some manufacturers set a hard gauge limit…
