Trailblazer 12-String Travel Acoustic Guitar w/Arched Back for Projection + Case

My daughter and I have looked at a lot of travel guitars over the past few years and have found most of them (even the $$$$$ ones) pretty lackluster. Why I got the bug to get my hands on one of the Johnson ones, I'll never know...perhaps it was a mystical connection. Fascinatingly enough, I discovered that I could not only get a six string Johnson travel guitar but that I could actually get a twelve string model. This was either going to be very good or really tragic but at the price point, the temptation was just too great. I am happy to report that the gamble paid off. Small, yes...a bit tight on the fingerboard, yes...but a sound that just shouldn't be coming out of that tiny body, nice intonation and the true twelve string experience in a compact format. It is, as I mentioned, a sort of narrow fingerboard but I've spent a lot of time playing ukulele lately, so I didn't have too much of an adjustment to make. In point of fact, I was considering buying an eight string tenor uke but realized that the Johnson travel twelve cost less than a decent eight string tenor! I recommend this one highly. The only problem that I'm having is finding some kind of hard shell case for it so I can schlep it around...I'm still looking...I hate to settle on a gig bag as I've never really trusted them to protect the instrument.A really neat guitar...a sleeper...hope that Johnson continues to make them so that others can share the joy.

I absolutely LOVE this 12-string. The body is smaller than a standard size guitar, the neck is skinnier too, but it is about as long as a standard guitar. It is quite durable, and sounds amazing. I would rather play this 12-string than anything else I have own. I mostly 'strum' though, and if you were picking then the strings might be too close together for you, depending upon if you use fingers, or nails/picks. You can use a standard curved neck capo with it. I have ZERO complaints about this guitar, and you cannot beat the price either.