The three sizes of travel guitar with sound comparisons
There are three main sizes of travel guitar.
1. Donner Guitalele or guitarlele or guilele (same size as the Yamaha GL1);
2. Caramel cb402g 6 string baritone ukulele (same size to Cordoba mini);
3. Cort Earth mini (same size to little Martin).
The overall length of each is 27”, 31”, and 34” in length and the lower bout widths are 9”, 10”, 12.5”, relative to the above list. The scale lengths are 17”, 20”, and 23”.
As I say in the video, in terms of portability, the optimum size for air travel is the Caramel 20” scale guitar. This guitar is also significantly more playable than the guitalele.
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Originally posted by UCiFTtg6wojux-3MFCHHjTrw at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21WB9f2a6Fs
Thank you ????I have the GL1 and wish the neck was wider. I don't live the sound but I do love it's size. Be well my friend.✌️
Thanks, but what about the tuning. I heard thst it is possible to tune thevä guitalele like a. Guitar. What about the others? What is their tuning?
painful
I totally ended up throwing some Hannabach 1/8th size strings and tuned my GL-1 E to E. Sounds fairly good. (I just like to play around campfires/friends) and is good to practice on 🙂
I bought this Caramel a month ago and like it pretty well, but I'm hoping it will sound brighter with some Hannabach Kinder 1/4 strings which I have ordered. We'll see.
Thanks, really helpful with buying my 1st instrument. I'm going with the Baritone ????????
I love that Caramel cb402g. I want to buy that in India.
hey great review. i have the guitalele, and sold my cort mini long back. just ordered a hex bumble bee, which is about the size of ur middle one, the all solid nylon. but bumble bee i guess is all laminate
does the 6 strings ukalale have standard tuning like a guitar 6 strings my son cosplays as johnny cash and iam looking for a small guitar
Thanks for the review. It helped me a lot.
Million dollar question: why was Caramel discontinued? Perfect as it was.
just to clarify for anyone watching, Caramel can take steel strings, as can Kmise (not included in the clip)
I appreciate your effort but damn!! That was just plain terrible.
Donner had some nice guitars back in the 60’s. I used to have, what was called a Donner Party guitar, but it ate my other guitars so I had to get rid of it????
Please tell about big guitar size bro
Reply to me ☺️
Witch Guitar is everyone use most?
Sounds like Jean Leloup « recommencer »????
Finally a real user review. Not some commercial sales force vid. Thanks!
This review format is well organized, the narrative is informative & helpful. There might be a lot more variation possible that what's shown, as the tension of the strings seem kind of loose for the first two (tuning up, different strings; Romero Creations makes UG1s which may be worth trying on the first two).
very well played, thanks for showing
Your travel guitars sound like $ 10 guitar.
Worst sound they produce.
Somebody might have roped you into buying them.
What a moron a guy would be to waste money on such type of crap.
Why does your voice remind me of Ryan Reynolds
Here is my video review including demos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I91pWHB1bgw&t=16s
tuning would help
The Donner guitalele appears to be in standard E tuning. Small guitaleles sound better in A tuning (E tuning 5 frets up). The strings are brighter. I also own these sizes. To me, the smallest guitalele ( a koa laminate tuned to A) sounds best. I own a solid koa Caramel 30" guitalele tuned to standard E that sounds okay and a solid spruce top mini guitar which sounds okay but is low volume. For travel, I think the small laminate guitalele is my first choice. The mini guitar is almost the same size as a full size guitar and offers no special space saving advantage. I am disappointed in the Caramel guitalele as it lacks the sweet tone of my tenor koa ukulele made by the same company. It is ladder braced vs the small guitalele that has x bracing. This may be the reason for the sound difference . Try tuning your tenor guitalele up to A and see if it sounds better. Please update this video if your opinion changes about the instrument.
I really like my Martin 1/2 size with metal strings. It sounds larger than it actually is.
Won’t be buying a mini then!
Nice music and video man
I think the Caramel number is cb 204, ? Not cb 402. I just ordered one as the Yamaha GL is a bit small for my hands. Also check out the Cordoba mini…
Man decisions decisions. I guess I'll get both the Donner and the Caramel like you have. Or the Yamaha GL1. Have you played that one? Sorry ha asked that on your other vid too. Just say this one. haha put them all in my cart but haven't pulled the trigger yet. Thanks for posting this! Very helpful.