TOP 5 TRAVEL GUITARS - SOUND COMPARISON OF BEST ACOUSTIC MINIS

🎸► TOP 5 TRAVEL GUITARS (2018) - SOUND COMPARISON OF BEST ACOUSTIC MINIS

Welcome to this acoustic guitar comparison video where I round up my top 5 travel guitars! In the video i'll start by introducing each guitar as well as it's main features. After that, I'll be playing each one side by side both unplugged and plugged in so you can hear how they compare in different settings!

The Top 5 Guitars are :

✅🎸Taylor - GS Mini (Koa)

✅🎸Cole Clark - Little Lady 2

✅🎸Martin - Dreadnaught Jr. E

✅🎸Klos - Carbon Fibre Travel

✅🎸Journey Instruments - OF420

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What are your thoughts? What did you think looked or sounded the best?

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[hungphamviet]

The Gs mini and the junior sound the best in my opinion nice balanced sound

[scouser]

I liked the warmth of the Martin Dreadnaught Junior. It is made by the renowned Martin, is made of solid wood with a 1.75 inch nut width, which gives more room for anyone other than someone with small hands or a young child. For the price it is an unbelievable value.

[zita-lein]

Loved the Cole Clark "Little Lady 2". Sounded best to me overall. Beautiful instrument, too.

[kylethedalek]

23” long the Taylor.
And the Cole Clark
24” for the Martin
24 3/4” for KLOS
24 1/2” for journey

[sambean]

Played all of the guitars and I ended up with the gs mini. Don’t regret it. Best feel and sound. Also the loudes travel guitar out there

[joemorton]

That Cole Clark sounds epic! I’m not a Martin type of guy but I was surprised with the Martin jr, but I think the Taylor for the price is my favorite option

[tecnolover]

Outstanding demo! You set the standard by which all all accouatic guitar comparison demos should be done! Thank you!

[jasonmehl]

For those of us who actually travel... road trips, backpacking, climbing trips, boating... the klos is the only real option on this list. I wish some other companies would catch on and build things that can take extreme humidity change, hot cars, flights, and the unexpected bump on a crowded subway. I've ruined too many wood ones.

[RyanAnthony]

Martin DJr all day - Sounds like a full size Martin what a beauty

[goog]

Your videos are excellent. Well done. For me a travel guitar has to:
1. Have a removable or foldable neck,
2. Be very light, and
3. Be entirely carbon fiber.
The only guitar I know of that matches all that is the Klos full carbon version. But the carbon fiber Journey Of-660 sounds better, and the neck is a better size and comes off way more easily, but it needs to lose a bit of weight.

[boganbob]

That Cole Clark was obviously by far the best sounding guitar out of the bunch. But for that money you could get a full size guitar. Which brings me back to the Taylor. Small and cheap enough to qualify as a second or travel guitar with a good sound for most genres.

[Bobby_Digital]

The cole was definitely the best all around, especially on the finger picking part!!!!

[cyberstace]

Toss up between the GS Mini & The Cole Clark IMO

[CALI_sunnyv]

What a wonderful comparison. Thank you!
I have the Taylor GS Mini Koa and I love it! Nut width is only 42.7 mm which is exactly what I was looking for. So the Martin and also the Cole Clark wouldn't work for me with the full size nut width. Although they are beautiful. The Martin sounds awesome, too. And the Cole Clark is super cute :)
However, my Taylor GS Mini Koa is perfect for me for the size, playability, sound. And it is simply a beautiful and unique guitar. None of the Koa versions looks the same.

[stevemiller]

Gotta throw my vote for the Martin, was just getting ready to order a GS Mini but after hearing this I thinks the Martin sounds better. I've been on the verge of buying a GS Mini Mahogany for over a year and always held back because of the nut width and I see the Martin is 1.75", perfect for me.

[junboscas]

Gs mini .Thanks for the demo, appreciated much .

[ArrowChip]

D Jr for all it matters! Full sound, good action, perfect size. The one I own though, plugged into a nice AC60 Bugera amp. Great match :)

[tristanschoorens]

In my opinion
Sound:
1) Taylor
2) Martin
3) Cole Clark
4) Journey
5) Klōs

Looks:
1) Taylor
2) Martin
3) Cole Clark
4) Journey
5) Klōs

So basically the same haven’t had any in my hands yet tho

[johnwallace]

The idea of travel guitar used to be (old old old days) a smaller parlor guitar. But since airlines no longer provide service as much as shovel slop onto the masses, and air travel is nowdays the “main” form of travel, i would say quite firmly, especially with consideration to bag/case size, there is only one travel guitar in thise whole list.

[kuucina]

I would love to just listen to you play. No tutorials, just covers. You're so good... Although you're also a great teacher and your tutorials are really good.
Thank you and keep up the good work. :)