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Guitarist december 2018

TRAVELER GUITAR

TRAVELCASTER DELUXE

£299

WHAT IS IT? Full-scale

Fender-style bolt-on travel

guitar with a reduced body

first play

TRAVELER GUITAR

ULTRA-LIGHT ELECTRIC

£299

WHAT IS IT? Full-scale minimalist

travel electric guitar that weighs

next to nothing and measures just

28 inches from tip to tail

ou’d be forgiven for thinking this

was our April issue, but, no – this

Traveler Guitar Travelcaster Deluxe

is not something conceived in Photoshop.

It’s a full scale (648mm/25.5-inch) electric

solidbody, although, as you can see, the

44mm thick poplar body is, er, rather

reduced following the outline of Fender’s

classic Stratocaster scratchplate. And

instead of the six-in-a-line headstock, we

have a stubbier-looking three-a-side head,

which helps to trim the length down to

33.75 inches – pretty much the equivalent of

lopping the headstock off your Strat.

The Travelcaster Deluxe is one of

30-something full-scale travel guitars

offered by Traveler: “From the original

Pro-Series model to the cutting edge EG-1

Words Dave Burrluck Photography Neil Godwin

Need a compact but full-scale guitar to pack on

your weekend break or road trip? Well, Traveler

might have exactly what you need

Travelling

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Summary of content (5 pages)

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f i r st p l ay Traveler GUITar TravelCaSTer DelUXe £299 WHAT IS IT? Full-scale Fender-style bolt-on travel guitar with a reduced body Traveler GUITar UlTra-lIGHT eleCTrIC £299 WHAT IS IT? Full-scale minimalist travel electric guitar that weighs next to nothing and measures just 28 inches from tip to tail Travelling light Need a compact but full-scale guitar to pack on your weekend break or road trip? Well, Traveler might have exactly what you need Words Dave Burrluck Photography Neil Godwin Y ou’d be
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Video Demo http://bit.ly/guitaristextra Traveler Travelcaster Deluxe & Ultra-Light Electric first play december 2018 Guitarist GIT440.rev_trav.
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first play Traveler TravelcasTer Deluxe & ulTra-lighT elecTric 1 3 2 1. The two-post vibrato looks like it’s hanging on the edge (and it is), but with a die-cast block and steel saddles, it’s perfectly functional 2. Having cut away most of the body, this design means the output jack is on the back, which doesn’t help the plugged-in feel. A sidemounted jack might have been a better solution 3.
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Video demo http://bit.ly/guitaristextra Traveler TravelcasTer Deluxe & ulTra-lighT elecTric first play 4 4. Mounted on two maple blocks, the tuners aren’t the easiest to adjust and to say restringing is fiddly is an understatement.
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first play Traveler TravelcasTer Deluxe & ulTra-lighT elecTric 5 6 verdict There’s no shortage of down-sized travel guitars out there, or indeed unusual guitars made from oil cans or cigar boxes and the like, so Traveler is in good company. However, the compromise in both playing feel and sound may be just too much for all but the most dedicated practising player (who is faced with draconian carry-on rules or lack of car space thanks to the kids’ paraphernalia when you set off on your hols).