Comments on: Martin Backpacker Steel String Travel Guitar http://www.besttravelguitars.com/acoustic-travel-guitar-reviews/martin-backpacker-steel-string-travel-guitar/ Travel Guitar Reviews Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:20:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: JBoesel http://www.besttravelguitars.com/acoustic-travel-guitar-reviews/martin-backpacker-steel-string-travel-guitar/comment-page-1/#comment-175 JBoesel Wed, 10 Nov 2010 01:09:29 +0000 http://www.besttravelguitars.com/?p=36#comment-175 Five plus years and still love it. Important you shave the saddle about 1/16" to fix action. Also mount the strap on the neck base for maximum playability. I also have a Washburn Traveler. Tough to choose which is better. If you travel or practice scales while watching TV one of these is a must have. OK the truth, I hardly play full size guitars any more. :-) Five plus years and still love it. Important you shave the saddle about 1/16″ to fix action. Also mount the strap on the neck base for maximum playability. I also have a Washburn Traveler. Tough to choose which is better. If you travel or practice scales while watching TV one of these is a must have.

OK the truth, I hardly play full size guitars any more. :-)

]]> By: Backpacking with a Guitar – Travel Guitars | Gear Up and Play http://www.besttravelguitars.com/acoustic-travel-guitar-reviews/martin-backpacker-steel-string-travel-guitar/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Backpacking with a Guitar – Travel Guitars | Gear Up and Play Fri, 16 Apr 2010 04:06:00 +0000 http://www.besttravelguitars.com/?p=36#comment-113 [...] bought the martin backpacker steel string guitar at the start of summer and lets say I just love it. OK, lets me honest, it [...] [...] bought the martin backpacker steel string guitar at the start of summer and lets say I just love it. OK, lets me honest, it [...]

]]> By: ChrisC http://www.besttravelguitars.com/acoustic-travel-guitar-reviews/martin-backpacker-steel-string-travel-guitar/comment-page-1/#comment-38 ChrisC Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:23:06 +0000 http://www.besttravelguitars.com/?p=36#comment-38 So here it is. I've never felt any GAS for this guitar, possibly due to a combination of some negative reviews I've read and the fact that it makes me think of the McNally Strumstick (I've got what appears to be a one-string prototype of the strumstick that my aunt bought in Manhattan many moons ago--if I had any doubts about its pedigree, the signature and hand-written number inside the soundhole would erase them). I almost wish I knew someone that owned one of these things so I could hear it for myself. Maybe that would help change my mind. So here it is. I’ve never felt any GAS for this guitar, possibly due to a combination of some negative reviews I’ve read and the fact that it makes me think of the McNally Strumstick (I’ve got what appears to be a one-string prototype of the strumstick that my aunt bought in Manhattan many moons ago–if I had any doubts about its pedigree, the signature and hand-written number inside the soundhole would erase them). I almost wish I knew someone that owned one of these things so I could hear it for myself. Maybe that would help change my mind.

]]> By: What is the best travel guitar? | Best Travel Guitars http://www.besttravelguitars.com/acoustic-travel-guitar-reviews/martin-backpacker-steel-string-travel-guitar/comment-page-1/#comment-34 What is the best travel guitar? | Best Travel Guitars Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:58:20 +0000 http://www.besttravelguitars.com/?p=36#comment-34 [...] Best little traveling buddy – The Martin Steel String Backpacker If size is everything like it is when your backpacking then nothing beats the backpacker by martin.  This little guitar can take some abuse as well.  Check out the full review here. [...] [...] Best little traveling buddy – The Martin Steel String Backpacker If size is everything like it is when your backpacking then nothing beats the backpacker by martin.  This little guitar can take some abuse as well.  Check out the full review here. [...]

]]> By: David Sung http://www.besttravelguitars.com/acoustic-travel-guitar-reviews/martin-backpacker-steel-string-travel-guitar/comment-page-1/#comment-29 David Sung Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:35:37 +0000 http://www.besttravelguitars.com/?p=36#comment-29 I got this before the Washburn Rover and loved it. At over twice the price of the Washburn its has a touch of quality about it. I have to agree with the reviewer on this guitar. It is a beautiful traveling instrument from Martin and it oozes quality. If you get it with the built in pickup the applications for it is limitless. Almost impossible to play it without the supplied strap though.. ( ; I got this before the Washburn Rover and loved it. At over twice the price of the Washburn its has a touch of quality about it. I have to agree with the reviewer on this guitar. It is a beautiful traveling instrument from Martin and it oozes quality. If you get it with the built in pickup the applications for it is limitless. Almost impossible to play it without the supplied strap though.. ( ;

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