Even with the FAA easing its rules, these days you never know if you’ll get to keep your full-size axe in the cabin with you. These 10 travel guitars offer an alternative—some collapse, some disassemble, and some are just plain tiny.
TRAVELER GUITAR
LTD EC-1This 24.75"-scale guitar is a joint effort between Traveler and ESP. Features include an ESP ALH-200B humbucker, Traveler’s proprietary In-Body Tuning System, an onboard headphone amp, and a push pot to cycle through clean, boost, overdrive, and distortion tones.
$599 street
travelerguitar.com
SOLOETTE
SongBird JazzThe hard-rock maple SongBird offers a choice of five fretboard woods and has an EMG humbucker, a headphone jack, and a detachable aluminum body frame for easy transport.
$1,500 street
soloette.com
HOFNER
Shorty
This 24.7"-scale travel axe has 22 frets, a 1.65" nut width, a basswood top and back, a maple neck with rosewood fretboard, and an open-coil Hofner humbucker. A Hofner gig bag is included.
$149 street
hofner.com
JOURNEY INSTRUMENTS
Carbon Fiber - OF660
The OF660’s carbon-fiber design resists cracking, warping, and tone changes, while an included backpack accommodates the body and removable neck.
$1,099 street
journeyinstruments.com
FURCH GUITARS
Little Jane LJ10CMLittle Jane has a Western red cedar top and African mahogany back and sides (all solid), and disassembles for stowing and travel with the included backpack.
$1,175 street
furch.cz
YAMAHA
SLG200SThis collapsible 6-string features Yamaha’s SRT pickup system, which aims to recreate body resonance and deliver the tone and ambience of a true acoustic.
$629 street
usa.yamaha.com
SHREDNECK
LP Series DeluxeThe 23.25"-scale Shredneck is 33" from tip to tail, and it has a nato body, two humbuckers, and a rosewood-topped maple neck. With gigbag, it all weighs 7 pounds.
$199 street
shredneck.com
PIGNOSE
Deluxe PGG-200The 24 1/4"-scale PGG-200 has a built-in 1-watt Pignose amp, a 22-fret rosewood fretboard, and a 1/4” jack that allows for headphone play or plugging into an amp.
$391 street
pignose.myshopify.com
C.F. MARTIN & CO.
BackpackerThe 24”-scale Backpacker has a Sitka top, solid-tonewood construction (neck, back, and sides), and a full-size fretboard, and weighs less than 2.5 pounds.
$219 street
martinguitar.com
VOYAGE-AIR
Premier Series VAD-1The collapsible VAD-1 has a full-sized dreadnought body, a solid Sitka spruce top, and solid mahogany back and sides. The rosewood-topped mahogany neck folds down via the patented Voyage-Air neck hinge.
$979 street
voyageairguitar.com
In continued support of their 3x GRAMMY-nominated album Dark Matter, Pearl Jam will be touring select U.S. cities in April and May 2025.
Pearl Jam’s live dates will start in Hollywood, FL on April 24 and 26 and wrap with performances in Pittsburgh, PA on May 16 and 18. Full tour dates are listed below.
Support acts for these dates will be announced in the coming weeks.
Tickets for these concerts will be available two ways:
- A Ten Club members-only presale for all dates begins today. Only paid Ten Club members active as of 11:59 PM PT on December 4, 2024 are eligible to participate in this presale. More info at pearljam.com.
- Public tickets will be available through an Artist Presale hosted by Ticketmaster. Fans can sign up for presale access for up to five concert dates now through Tuesday, December 10 at 10 AM PT. The presale starts Friday, December 13 at 10 AM local time.
earl Jam strives to protect access to fairly priced tickets by providing the majority of tickets to Ten Club members, making tickets non-transferable as permitted, and selling approximately 10% of tickets through PJ Premium to offset increased costs. Pearl Jam continues to use all-in pricing and the ticket price shown includes service fees. Any applicable taxes will be added at checkout.
For fans unable to use their purchased tickets, Pearl Jam and Ticketmaster will offer a Fan-to-Fan Face Value Ticket Exchange for every city, starting at a later date. To sell tickets through this exchange, you must have a valid bank account or debit card in the United States. Tickets listed above face value on secondary marketplaces will be canceled. To help protect the Exchange, Pearl Jam has also chosen to make tickets for this tour mobile only and restricted from transfer. For more information about the policy issues in ticketing, visit fairticketing.com.
For more information, please visit pearljam.com.