Martin Backpacker And More: Traveling With Your Guitar Part Deux
We're back with more travel guitars suggested by Tim Joyce of Old Town School of Folk Music. In this video, we look at a Silvertone 3/4 Sized Guitar, a Martin Backpacker and even a Lanikai Baritone Ukulele.
The Martin Backpacker is different than any travel guitar we've seen yet from Tim. While the others are all smaller scale guitars that would be convenient for traveling, the Backpacker is specifically made for space-saving transport.
TIM JOYCE: Hi. I’m Tim Joyce and we’re at the Old Town School of Folk Music in the music store, and today we’re going to talk about travel guitars because summer’s here.
This is my own Silvertone Three Quarter, and it’s all laminate but it was $85 and I just love it and, you know, when I take it on vacation or goes to my nieces and nephews, I really don’t have to worry about it quite as much as any other guitars that they have and they actually sound pretty good to.
[TIM JOYCE PLAYING ON A SILVERTONE THREE QUARTER ACOUSTIC GUITAR]
This is the Martin Backpacker. This is an all-solid wood instrument. Obviously, it’s a little untraditional in it’s look but it makes for a very, very easy, you know, transport and travel. A lot of these travel guitars are made so they fit in an overhead compartment in an airplane too, which makes it great for business travelers as well. We have lots of students here at the school who, you know, come take their lessons then they go on their business trips during the week and then come back to take the lessons on the weekends and a lot of them have these travel guitars so they can take and practice in their hotel rooms over the course of the week.
You have to admit that even the smaller guitars that we’ve already looked at, they’re still a little bulky to be carrying around with a bunch of other stuff. This one’s really tiny and can even like stick on the side of a backpack literally, and I think there’s -- Martin has pictures of folks all over the world on mountaintops and in the jungle with these, you know. So, I think they --- that’s sort of the goal of this one is that it’s really small and really portable but you still get a chance to play and practice your guitar.
[TIM JOYCE PLAYING ON A MARTIN BACKPACKER ACOUSTIC GUITAR]
Another option is the baritone ukulele which is tuned exactly the same as a guitar with the bottom two strings, the E and the A, taken off. So, all of your chord shapes, you know, still work. So, if you can play the guitar, it’s a very easy transition to the baritone ukulele and obviously a very small isntrumen to take on a vacation.
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