This is a very simple step-by-step guide of how to turn any Stratocaster-copy guitar into a travel guitar.
I ended up with a 2 Kg guitar which when you unscrew the neck from the body is only 58 cm long.
Why bother to do it yourself.
There are many travel guiatr’s on the market, but all of them cost more than I wanted to spend on my second guitar.
I am a keen player and frequent traveller. I have a Les Paul which I have been taking with me on my travels, plugging into my laptop and using Logic. My Les Paul weighs about 8 Kg (18 lbs) and is quite long. I was looking at buying a Hohner G3T, but to spend so much on an occasional guitar and leave my favourite Les Paul at home seemed to not make sense.
As I had booked a cheap flight to Europe with Hand-luggage only I was interested in the possibility of making a guitar that would fit into a bag with dimensions; 55/40/20 cm. I decided to look into the possibility of chopping down a cheap Stratocaster-copy into a travel guitar. Most of my final design came out of my head, and the logical conclusion of using just the materials and tools I had to hand or could borrow. I am presenting the information here to show that guitar chopping is a cheap and simple possibility for making a travel guitar. Also I spent some time gathering information from many sources and I want to present the most simple version possible in one place.
Before we get going
A quick word up for the CrocDog and Etribe webpages, check these out for more technicalities and ideas. I didn’t follow their designs as I wanted to complete my project fast and I did’t have enough tools. But they are inspiring.
Part 1 - Making the head smaller
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