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Opinions on Traveler Guitar? Or Traveler bass guitar? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by BlindFrog@lemmy.world to c/guitars@lemmy.world
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Anyone here tried them, have a strong opinion about them maybe? Did you keep yours or sell it off?

I'm mostly curious about other people's experience with the long term quality.

I already have a ibanez mikro bass I've been learning on for a few months, and I plan to put flatwounds on it in. I'm looking at getting a second cheap af bass just to have one for different style songs. I'm considering picking up one (bass version) off fb marketplace.

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[–] BlindFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I didn't know any better about how to listen for flaws or get a feel for ergonomics, so I ended up buying the“traveller guitar bass for $200. I kinda regret it.

I love how it just sounds different and thumpy, but the piezo pickup it has - it's sounds so bad on my headphone amp. I can hear my fingers sliding over every millimeter of string, but it isn't outrageously bad on a regular amp. On a regular amp, I couldn't tell you why, but I like the sound of my Ibanez mikro bass so much better.

Also, the ergonomics. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to rest the travel bass on a leg sitting down, even with the detachable bar to extend the side of the guitar for lap resting. It's hard for me to find a comfortable position sitting/atanding

I couldn't hear the tuning either to judge quality. I found that when you pull backwards on the neck, it bring the string enough out of tune to tell, even by my hearing skills

[–] Getting6409@piefed.ee 2 points 1 month ago

I don't know if this translates to the body and weight distribution of yours, but for the shorty the only position that really works (for me of course) is having the thing propped up by the bottom of the body on the thigh opposite of my fretting hand, and keeping a straight back, and keeping the thing leaning forward so that at it is engaging the strap. I think it's similar to the classical guitar posture, but relying on the strap and the forward lean to keep it in place since there's not enough guitar body to keep it perched otherwise.