Featured guitar. Traveller Guitar by Yaron Naor. Now Completed!

Guitar Database| Traveller Guitar by Yaron Naor

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• Model:Phonon “The Sound Particle”
• Back/Sides Wood: African Walnut
• Top Wood: Red Spruce
• Neck Wood: American Black Walnut
• Fingerboard: Cherry
• Fret Markers: Dots
• Bridge: Cherry
• Tuners: Gotoh
• Body Length: 29.3/4 in.
• Lower Bout: 12.3/4 in.
• Body Depth @ Heel: 2.5 in.
• Body Depth @ Tail: 2.5 in.
• Scale Length: 23 in.
• Nut Width: 1 3/4 in.

Yaron is a very innovate luthier who has developed some unusual designs which work very well. He recently turned his attention to a travel guitar and very kindly provided us with a commentary on his build and the progress. He’s very kindly sent us pics and mp3s of the completed guitar!

“I found out that many people would like a Backpacker’s guitar. But existing models are not very balanced; some weight near the end pin would really help offset the weight of the headstock and neck. Intonation can also be a little bit of a problem as you move up the fret board. Often one loses between a quarter and half step at the 12th fret. There is also not enough bass, too much treble and inadequate global volume.

So now I am building this traveler guitar to fix all these problems. The first guitar has a “leaf” style top bracing which from experience I believe that gives more volume and more bass! And the second one has a “star” top bracing and a sound port on the side.

Here are some fantastic photos of the build process Yaron has provided:

Pictures & Text kind courtesy of Yaron Noar
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