If it breaks or gets stolen it is no big deal.

The centerfold guitar is a joke. It would have all of the same problems as taking the neck off of a real guitar. The centerfold guitar costs as much as my Custom Shop Les Pauls. What a rippoff!!!

Another idea would be to buy a cheap guitar when you get somewhere for a $100.00. You could go on a lot of trips and buy a cheap guitar and throw it away when done to make up for the cost of the centerfold guitar.

guitarplayer

FreeJack

dkoemans

i'm still working on a folding wheel barrow that can fit in your pocket.

$$$ cha'ching! $$$

tucker

Fierock

Just because we haven't played a guitar doesn't mean we can't critique it. Obviously, comparing two Les Paul guitars of the same make and condition, I could not say just from looking at them which would play better. However, in a clear cut case like this I can make a judgment with a good amount of confidence. If I see a burned out wreck of a car sitting abandoned by the highway, I can feel fairly confident that a brand new Ferrari would drive better.

This guitar was OBVIOUSLY not designed by guitar enthusiasts, who would know that messing with the bridge and neck joint are the two things most likely to destroy your tone. Playing a guitar who's only string and neck contact to the body is through an aluminum pivot is going to sound like playing a guitar made of balsa wood, there will be NO sustain or tone. Plus, repeatedly re-tensioning the strings is a sure way to break strings and insure the guitar will not keep in tune.

Jozer99

Plus, I don't think I've met a guitarist who doesn't like getting looks from people as he/she walks down the street with a case that unmistakably contains a gigfiddle.

Thunderdome

Bauhaus

Until then, I'll stick with guitars whose necks won't collapse while I'm wailing to some angst driven bass line.

twistedd

strider_mt2k

This guitar won't sound better than a quality guitar of half the price... probably can't. Using a roller for the bridge might not be a big deal, but a neck that is properly tensioned and aligned both under stress and under no stress is a tough thing to do. And the anchor point for the strings at the head end is going to wear on the strings (they have to be held by something other than the post which means they are going to bend)... unless this uses very non-standard strings which would of course greatly increase the "maintenance cost".

Just seems that there are way too many potential points of wear or failure.

huygir

Escamotage

Escamotage

obelix

I haven't so who know's if this thing is worth it's price tag.

anfauglir says:

"Don't you still have to carry the amp?"

Key point what good is an electric with out the amp. Most tiny amps usaully suck too

Boognish

Churrito

anfauglir

jackfrost132

Yeah, travel guitars are a poor replacement for the real thing, but at that price I could buy several very nice guitars with hard cases and figure out how to get one on a freakin' plane.

At that price they are not going to get your average traveling minstrel buy one.

huygir

I too am a guitarist and I can't think of any reason why a musician would buy this thing. There's no way that guitar can stay in tune and sound good, for the reasons already mentioned.

And the price is just absurd. I MIGHT pay that much for a custom-shop, 10-top Paul Reed Smith, a Jimmy Page "Stairway" model dual-neck SG, or indeed, a Hendrix reissue Strat. But for this POS? Not in a bajillion years.

And with a flick of my wrist, I dismiss it utterly...

Paul D

I think the Steinberger style guitars are pretty portable, and they end up sounding pretty good too.

lschofield

Should I mention that guitar looks horrid and you can buy a limited edition replica Hendrix strat for that price? In fact if you want to compair price for what you get. You could get a valve state full stack and head. A sweet giant mixing board. State of the art monitor speakers. The most expensive digital drum set. A really awesome synth or workstation piano. Pick any of those over this piece of junk.

You'll look just like the people in the pictures playing it. Like an idiot who doesn't know how to play guitar.

protozoider

And Jozer99, I would seriously doubt it is intended for a true guitarist, as such would recognize all the same points you mention. Perhaps for a shlub with disposable (or daddy's disposable) income... trying to look a part... or the same guy who want's to upgrade from thee old backpacker guitar.

anrcox

I completely agree with the last 2/3 of your post. Everything you have stated is absolutely true when it comes to a good sounding guitar. Each and every point is right now.

However, I have to disagree with your first sentence. It'll probably be just as accepted as the backpacker acoustics that show up more and more in guitar mags. This guitar isn't a concert guitar, its a practical practice guitar.

I own 5 guitars and I could never bring myself to let anyone of those be checked luggage on a plane. If any one of those were to be damaged, I'd be heartbroken.

This guitar is the perfect response to that. I could easily through this in a suitcase or backpack to take with me as I travel. Yeah sound quality won't be as good as my 1952 Gibson, but hey, its only me and the walls of my hotel room.

I applaud this and love seeing more and more innovation in the guitar world.

ancker

cfredrickson

Jozer99

I'll have to dig through some books at home to see if I can dig up a pic.

scrag

And it still looks good too.

strider_mt2k