Every named-model review on this site so far has been a guitar built for one job: the Traveler Speedster Deluxe is an electric with a headphone amp built in, the Ultra-Light Acoustic-Electric is a piezo-only acoustic stand-in with no amp at all. The Pro-Series Standard is Traveler’s original production model, the guitar the whole in-body tuning system was built around, and it’s the only instrument on this site that genuinely blends both: a real piezo pickup for an acoustic-electric tone and a magnetic single-coil for an electric one, blendable together on the same guitar.
Best for: someone who wants one travel guitar that covers both acoustic-electric and electric practice, rather than buying a separate instrument for each. If you only ever want one of those two tones, a dedicated Ultra-Light or Speedster does that single job better and for a similar price.
The In-Body Tuning System moves the tuning machines off the headstock entirely, standard strings and standard tuners underneath, just relocated.
The original Traveler shape, still in production since the company started
Traveler Guitar’s own listing calls the Pro-Series “the original Traveler Guitar production model”, and everything else in the current range, the Ultra-Light, the Speedster, the Escape Mark III, is a variation on the same neck-through, In-Body Tuning System idea this guitar introduced. The body is Eastern American hard maple, neck-through construction, with a black walnut fingerboard carrying 22 medium frets. Scale length is the full 24.75in, so chord shapes and fret spacing feel like a normal guitar rather than a scaled-down travel one.
At 28in overall length and 1.5in thick, it’s genuinely compact, 3lb 8oz on its own, 4lb 6oz packed in the included gig bag. That’s heavier than the Ultra-Light Acoustic-Electric’s 2lb 14oz, since this guitar carries a second pickup and a 3-way switch the Ultra-Light doesn’t have, but it’s still well under half the weight of a standard electric.
Sound and electronics: the part that actually makes this different
The Pro-Series Standard pairs a Traveler under-saddle piezo pickup with an Alnico single-coil, run through passive electronics with a 3-way selector and independent volume, blend and volume controls. Use the piezo alone for an amplified acoustic tone, the single-coil alone for a plain electric tone, or blend them for something in between. Neither the Ultra-Light nor the Speedster gives you that choice, they’re each built around a single pickup type.
There’s no built-in headphone amp here, that’s the Speedster Deluxe’s feature specifically. Instead, Traveler fits its own passive “Stethophone”, a bone-conduction-style silent practice attachment that needs no batteries and works without plugging in anywhere. For real volume, plug the standard 1/4in output jack into an amp, an audio interface, or a separate headphone amp, the same way you would with the Ultra-Light.
A piezo under the saddle and an Alnico single-coil, blendable through one volume/blend/volume layout, is the feature nothing else on this site has.
Where to buy it
The Pro-Series Standard is £389.00 on Amazon UK, checked live 5 August 2026, sold with a genuine Amazon buy box. That sits between the Ultra-Light Acoustic-Electric’s £249 and the Speedster Deluxe’s price from around £570, roughly where you’d expect a guitar with two pickup types instead of one to land.
Pro-Series Standard vs Ultra-Light Acoustic-Electric
Both use the same In-Body Tuning System and the same 24.75in full scale, so the choice comes down to what you’re plugging into and how often you want an electric tone alongside the acoustic one.
| Pro-Series Standard | Ultra-Light Acoustic-Electric | |
|---|---|---|
| Weight | 1.59kg (3lb 8oz) | 1.3kg (2lb 14oz) |
| Pickups | Piezo plus Alnico single-coil, blendable | Passive piezo only |
| Silent practice | Passive Stethophone, no batteries | None built in |
| Electronics | 3-way switch, volume/blend/volume | None, straight to output jack |
| Price, checked 5 August 2026 | £389.00 | £249 |
If you only ever want an amplified acoustic tone and the lightest possible guitar, the Ultra-Light does that for less money. If you want the option of a genuine electric tone on the same instrument, or you like the idea of the Stethophone for truly silent practice with nothing plugged in, the extra weight and price here buy you real flexibility the Ultra-Light doesn’t have.
The genuine downside
Traveler hosts its own customer reviews for this guitar, nearly a hundred of them, averaging close to 4.7 out of 5, and the same specific complaint turns up more than once: no 3.5mm headphone jack. One reviewer put it directly, wishing Traveler had “give it a 3.5mm headphone jack instead of the stethoscope thing.” The Stethophone works without batteries and genuinely produces sound with nothing plugged in, but it’s a bone-conduction device you bite or press against your jaw, not a standard headphone output, and several owners clearly expected the latter.
A second, more specific complaint from another owner: the guitar’s included hard case has an unusual profile that’s drawn repeated attention from airport security, described in one review as looking enough like a weapon case to prompt manual bag checks more than once when travelling internationally. That’s one owner’s experience rather than a guaranteed outcome, but worth knowing if you’re planning to fly with it regularly.
That’s a real, specific trade-off, not a generic complaint. If silent practice matters to you and you’re happy with a bite-conduction device rather than headphones, it’s a non-issue. If you were expecting a standard headphone jack the way the Speedster Deluxe has one, it isn’t here.
How we assessed this
We haven’t played this specific guitar hands-on. This review is built from Traveler Guitar’s own published specifications and product listing, its own hosted customer reviews for the real-world downsides above, and a direct comparison against the Ultra-Light Acoustic-Electric and Speedster Deluxe reviews already on this site. Price and stock were checked live on Amazon UK on 5 August 2026. Where a claim comes from a listing or an owner review rather than something we’ve independently tested, we’ve said so rather than presenting it as a hands-on judgement.
FAQ
What makes the Pro-Series Standard different from the Ultra-Light Acoustic-Electric?
The Pro-Series Standard has two pickups, a piezo and a magnetic single-coil, blendable together, plus a passive Stethophone for silent practice. The Ultra-Light Acoustic-Electric has only the piezo pickup and no silent-practice feature built in. Both share the same In-Body Tuning System and 24.75in scale.
Does it have a headphone amp like the Speedster Deluxe?
No. The Speedster Deluxe has a genuine modelled headphone amp with four tones. The Pro-Series Standard relies on its passive Stethophone for silent, unplugged practice, or a standard 1/4in jack into a separate amp or interface for real volume.
What’s the genuine downside?
No standard 3.5mm headphone jack. Traveler fits its own passive Stethophone instead, which several owners on the brand’s own review platform have said they’d trade for a conventional headphone output.
Does it come with a case?
Yes, Traveler includes a gig bag with the guitar. One owner review flagged the case’s shape as having drawn extra attention at airport security on more than one trip, worth knowing if you travel with it internationally.
Will it fit in an airline overhead bin?
At 28in overall length, the same footprint as the Ultra-Light Acoustic-Electric and Speedster Deluxe, it’s designed to. Airline cabin baggage rules vary by carrier, so check our guide to flying with a guitar in the UK before you book anything around it.
Is this a good first travel guitar, or better suited to an existing player?
It suits an existing player more than a beginner. The blendable dual-pickup layout and the In-Body Tuning System both assume you already know what tone you’re after, there’s more to learn here than on a straightforward acoustic-electric like the Yamaha APXT2.
The bottom line
Buy the Pro-Series Standard if you want one travel guitar that genuinely covers both an acoustic-electric and an electric tone, and you don’t mind a bite-conduction Stethophone instead of a headphone jack for silent practice. Buy the Ultra-Light Acoustic-Electric instead if you only need the acoustic-electric side and want to save £140. Buy the Speedster Deluxe instead if a built-in headphone amp with real modelled tones matters more to you than pickup versatility.
Still weighing this up against the rest of the market? Our complete UK buyer’s guide to travel guitars covers how every named model on this site compares.
