Carry-on luggage restrictions mean that musicians can't usually stow a guitar in an overhead locker, so either have to pay for an extra ticket or run the gauntlet and check it in. The Mercury Modular Guitar can be broken apart and squeezed into a carry-on suitcase.
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"A volume control for your ears." That's what Dutch company Knops promises with its eponymous unpowered noise control ear plugs, which give you the ability to choose between four levels of noise filtering. We put them through the uncompromising test of an aggressively loud children's show.
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Last year, startup RnD64 launched a portable digital guitar called the Jammy that slid out from 12.6 inches long during transit to nearly 20 inches for play. Now the Delaware team has totally redesigned the travel-friendly instrument, which has just gone up for pre-order.
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The talkbox is a floor stomp with a long tube coming from it. The musician puts the free end of this tube in the mouth and alters the sound by changing the shape of the mouth or position of the tongue. ElectroSpit has made the talkbox mobile and tube-free with the ESX-1.
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Back in 2016, Line 6 claimed its Relay G10 was the easiest wireless guitar system to use. A year later, Boss joined in with its own plug and play system for the portable Katana Air amplifier. Now the Roland-owned music gear maker has launched a new line of wireless systems called the WL Series.
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Hong Kong startup Jabees has now launched its first Kickstarter campaign, taking orders for its new wireless earbuds called Firefly which pack fast charging, Bluetooth 5.0, and intuitive tap controls into a budget price.
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Let's face it, the ukulele is a pretty travel-friendly instrument. Even the biggest of the bunch is only 30 inches long. Clearly Candace Chen thinks that a 20/21-inch soprano is too lengthy for travel, and has created the 16 inch long headless Ava.
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The Roadie 2 robotic tuner from Band Industries has been available since the close of 2017, and has now been joined by the Roadie Bass. We've spent the last couple of weeks in the company of bass players to get a feel for how it performs.
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We've seen the big players in the guitar-making world raid stocks of old or reclaimed wood to create rather impressive limited run instruments. But none of those has quite as much character as The Bench from artist, maker and upcycler Keith Decent from New York's Hudson Valley.
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Many cities have busking musicians belting out some tunes so that the public can show their appreciation by throwing loose change into a guitar case. London is no exception, but thanks to a new project launched by iZettle and Busk in London, folks will now be able to tap-to-pay using credit cards.
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