Traveler Guitar Ultra-Light Electric

Custom, to the revolutionary Traveler
Acoustic Series, our guitars have travelled
all over the world, from a submarine
deep in the Atlantic to the peak of Mount
Everest,” we’re told.
The company’s roots date back to the
inventor Leon Cox, who, as the website
explains, “conceived and built the very first
Traveler Guitar in his garage in Redlands,
California in October of 1992”. Some of
you might remember that, and how it
utilised the diaphragm of a stethoscope
in its body “to provide the player with a
battery-free, private listening experience”.
To cut a long story short, by the end of the
90s demand was so high that Fender, no
less, took on Traveler manufacturing in its
Corona factory before it moved overseas
a short while later. The very futuristic
electric Speedster soon followed (and still
remains the best-selling model), while our
Travelcaster Deluxe was launched in 2017.
Of our second model, Traveler states
that the Ultra-Light Series is “the smallest,
lightest, full-scale travel guitar in the world”
and we’re not going to argue. This headless
design knocks a few more inches off the
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 side-
mounted jack might have
been a better solution
3. This three-a-side
headstock helps
to trim the overall
length but remains
perfectly functional
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Guitarist december 2018
TRAVELER TRAVELCASTER DELUXE & ULTRA-LIGHT ELECTRIC
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