Pretty sure this hasn't been posted yet....
But.... anyone who's looked into getting a Martin backpacker's guitar for traveling with knows that although they are very lightweight, they don't resonate worth shit - so they aren't the best for busking, when you want to play loudly and be heard from a distance.
This is where the guilele has the martin beat. While perusing a local music store the other day, I came across some of Cordoba's guileles (a backpacker guitar that is the size of a tenor ukulele, but tuned like a guitar). I was really surprised at how well the sound resonated and how light they were. I tried a few, but the Cordoba Mini O series was my favorite. - The only possible downside is that although it's tuned in standard guitar tuning, it is not in the same key (E, A, D, G, B, E) as a guitar, but is tuned slightly higher at (A, D, G, C, E, A)...so you'd have to use different chords when playing with another guitar or have them use a capo. But Cordoba does make other backpackers guitars that can be tuned in standard tuning - I just have tried them out yet. I think the Mini O is a pretty decent price for the construction of the instrument and just wanted to pass this info on to anyone considering buying lightweight, small, and good sounding guitar to backpack with.
Website: http://cordobaguitars.com/p/guilele
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But.... anyone who's looked into getting a Martin backpacker's guitar for traveling with knows that although they are very lightweight, they don't resonate worth shit - so they aren't the best for busking, when you want to play loudly and be heard from a distance.
This is where the guilele has the martin beat. While perusing a local music store the other day, I came across some of Cordoba's guileles (a backpacker guitar that is the size of a tenor ukulele, but tuned like a guitar). I was really surprised at how well the sound resonated and how light they were. I tried a few, but the Cordoba Mini O series was my favorite. - The only possible downside is that although it's tuned in standard guitar tuning, it is not in the same key (E, A, D, G, B, E) as a guitar, but is tuned slightly higher at (A, D, G, C, E, A)...so you'd have to use different chords when playing with another guitar or have them use a capo. But Cordoba does make other backpackers guitars that can be tuned in standard tuning - I just have tried them out yet. I think the Mini O is a pretty decent price for the construction of the instrument and just wanted to pass this info on to anyone considering buying lightweight, small, and good sounding guitar to backpack with.
Website: http://cordobaguitars.com/p/guilele
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