The Best Travel Guitars for This Summer Season!
Cool guitars to take on your next vacation...
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These are some of the best travel guitars that you should think about taking with you. Because every day is a practice day!
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The Best Travel Guitars for 2025’s Summer Season
The summer is fully upon us, and that means that there’s a chance your guitar playing is getting somewhat neglected. I love my Les Paul and Jumbo Harley Benton twelve-string; however, I can’t really take them anywhere other than to gig venues. But what if I could still play whilst on holiday?
Just like with headphone amps, travel guitars are becoming increasingly popular all over the world. What’s the big deal? Essentially, you get a guitar that will fit nicely into your car, motorhome, RV, or tent, allowing you to practice those chord changes without sacrificing valuable luggage space.
Here, we’ll take a quick look at some examples that I’d be happy to take away with me this year. As this purchase advisor uploads, I’ll be driving through France, with my Fender Malibu parlour guitar onboard. Let’s check out the best travel guitars for 2025.
Harley Benton Traveler-Steel
Let’s start off with the cheapest travel guitar available on Thomann. This Harley Benton Traveler-Steel is only *£56 / €65!
It’s a funny-looking instrument, isn’t it? But that’s the whole point, these travel guitars need to be small so that you can actually take them away with you. We’ve got a Sapele body with a Spruce top, accompanied by a Jatoba fingerboard with 18 frets.
Despite a petite 595mm scale length, we do get a proper 42mm nut width allowing for familiar and easy playability. The only other luxuries are chrome-plated die-cast tuners. For the money, it’s a great way to get acquainted with practice guitars.
Harley Benton 65-Travel E Mahogany Bundle
But what if you’re looking for the complete package while you’re away? Maybe you’ve paid for extra luggage allowance? Well, this *Harley Benton Bundle could be for you…
The main attraction here is the mini travel grand symphony semi-acoustic guitar. Compared to the Traveler-Steel, it’s more traditional in design. As the name would suggest, we’re working with a mahogany body plus a purple heart fingerboard. Other attributes include an integrated pickup system, and a preamp with an integrated tuner.
To make use of that pickup, this bundle includes a 30-watt TableAmp V2 Bluetooth amplifier. Ideal for practising, it has Bluetooth connectivity, a 3-band EQ and reverb. This bundle also includes a jack cable and a nylon guitar strap. So, you’ll be gig-ready by the time you get home!
Furch Pioneer EM a
So far, our picks for the best travel guitars have been very good value for money. However, what if we look towards the other end of the price scale? *Furch make some of the best small acoustic guitars in the business.
Visually, at least, this looks like a regular guitar, and a good-looking one at that. Fully acoustic this time, but we can forgive that thanks to the stunning open pore finish on this mahogany and spruce hybrid body. We do, however, get a booster soundport at the shoulder of the guitar’s body.
An ebony fingerboard encompasses the 45mm nut width, and similarly, we’ve got a smaller scale length of 615mm. Ideal for taking on your next camping trip. Although, because of the price premium, would you want to risk leaving the house with this?
Traveler Guitar Travelcaster Deluxe
Now, we’ve all heard of a Telecaster before, but what about a *Travelcaster?
This travel guitar gives you the experience of playing an electric guitar, and not a lot else! We’ve got a strat-style pickguard, which is the size of the entire poplar body, with a bolt-on maple neck with a black walnut fingerboard.
The headstock isn’t what you’d usually find on a Strat-style guitar, nonetheless, we’ve got sealed machine heads that maintain the factory D’Addario EXL110 strings.
As for amplification, there are three single-coil pickups with standard ceramic magnets. There’s also your traditional 5-way switch and a single master volume control, as well as twin tone pots. For the reasonable price, there’s also an included case.
Taylor Baby Mahogany
The Travelcaster is cool, but what about a reputable, reliable name? Taylor is one of the most recognisable names when it comes to acoustic guitars. This is designed to be easy to play and to be taken anywhere. Perfect.
Despite the brand, this Baby Mahogany Taylor is an admirable *£349 / €398, which won’t break the bank. With a solid mahogany top and X bracing in the body, it has all of the credentials of a full-size guitar. Benefiting from 19 frets across an ebony fingerboard, the comfort theme continues.
Again, a gig bag is included to protect that natural finish. Oh, and being a Taylor, you can register for a 12-year warranty!
Epiphone J-45 Express Vintage Sunburst
Concluding our look at the best travel guitars, we’re finishing with the O.G. of acoustic guitars. Albeit a slightly smaller version. This *Epiphone J-45 Express could be the antidote for your holiday practising needs.
Honey, I shrunk the J-45! This is from Epiphone’s Inspired By Gibson series, so you’re effectively getting a Gibson-quality guitar with the Epiphone headstock. Borrowing heavily from the real thing, we get mother-of-pearl fretboard inlays and a 3-ply binding across the laminated mahogany back and sides.
A familiar C-profile neck houses 19 frets, both of which look great against the vintage sunburst finish. Again, another budget-friendly option, making it ideal for travelling or using as your daily acoustic axe.
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