nice review dude! thanks a lot. I've recently bought a hofner travel guitar from Thomann. Unfortunately it was a failure... Completely unplayable, fretboard, pots,knobs...everything either damaged or really poor quality. I've sent it back and still lookin' for a decent one!
Well, you should include in your review the hardware. Bridge, saddles, nut. What material is the nut made out of? What type of saddles? Standard tun-o-matic like on a Les Paul? If so then put a roller bridge on it and that should take care of your tuning issues. Because of the extreme break angle after the bridge combined with sharp bladed saddles, there is most likely too much friction that is causing the tuning issues. Guitar manufacturers for some reason haven’t figured that out yet. Or don’t care enough to improve the design. EDIT: I just zoomed in on one at SweetWater and it looks like it does have a roller bridge on it. Which means either your nut is not properly filed or it hangs up because of the way the strings have to wrap around the body. Man, I want to buy one just to correct those issues. But I don’t want to fork out the cash just to find out there is an un-correctable design flaw. One horrible design flaw I can see in photos is the extreme angle on the back of the body. It looks a little worse than on a Les Paul. That is an un-correctable design flaw. If they can design it so the tuners are set at an angled row so the strings travel straight to the pegs. That would be a huge improvement.
The fact that you played it, and did so very well, is the best portion of any review. You did well. Thank you
Kind of you to review it for us who are looking for traveler guitars
And an informative video too.
Thanks.
Thanks for the review!
nice review dude! thanks a lot. I've recently bought a hofner travel guitar from Thomann. Unfortunately it was a failure... Completely unplayable, fretboard, pots,knobs...everything either damaged or really poor quality. I've sent it back and still lookin' for a decent one!
Ahh Damm.. Sorry to hear.. As i said in the video. The traveler guitar is good but for me the tuning goes out a lot. :)
Good to know
Well, you should include in your review the hardware. Bridge, saddles, nut. What material is the nut made out of? What type of saddles? Standard tun-o-matic like on a Les Paul? If so then put a roller bridge on it and that should take care of your tuning issues. Because of the extreme break angle after the bridge combined with sharp bladed saddles, there is most likely too much friction that is causing the tuning issues. Guitar manufacturers for some reason haven’t figured that out yet. Or don’t care enough to improve the design.
EDIT:
I just zoomed in on one at SweetWater and it looks like it does have a roller bridge on it. Which means either your nut is not properly filed or it hangs up because of the way the strings have to wrap around the body. Man, I want to buy one just to correct those issues. But I don’t want to fork out the cash just to find out there is an un-correctable design flaw. One horrible design flaw I can see in photos is the extreme angle on the back of the body. It looks a little worse than on a Les Paul. That is an un-correctable design flaw. If they can design it so the tuners are set at an angled row so the strings travel straight to the pegs. That would be a huge improvement.
Does it play loud enough unplugged for an acoustic session
HOw do you solve the tuning problem of this guitar?
The tuning heads are located in the body, which you could see 3 on one side and 3 on the other.
better strings, strung properly.😁
can't play the blues, oh YES you can!
Thank you haha... Defiantly not my strongest style of music