KLOS Travel Guitar, Durable Carbon Fiber Acoustic Guitar - Black with Gig Bag, Strap, Capo and more

This guitar has a full-sized fret board, stays in tune, plays great, with a diminutive body (3/4 size) that is plenty loud, and can be broken down for carry-on luggage compatibility. The most important part of my approximately 3 weeks with this guitar is that, after some adjustment, I found myself drawn to playing it all the time, with old songs that I didn't even think I knew kind of just coming out as I played. Now for some details: I find this guitar to be fun to play, and as best I can tell it is because it is unexpectedly loud and keeps in tune, the net effect being that it is relatively easy to get a lot of good sound out of it, almost like when you go from acoustic to electric and suddenly it is not too hard to get a lot out. Regardless, I am continually drawn to it. Some realities: When I first put it together it buzzed. I was almost done, but I know I can play a little hard, and mine is a hybrid, so I watched the Klos video on working the truss rod. Watch this. I wanted my guitar to work perfectly right out of the box, but the vid was so rational and logical that I just went and turned the rod until the buzz was gone, as instructed. Then back to playing all the time. The body is smaller and you can hear a small-body sound, especially when banging away, but that is what I would expect from a small body. Some people might find the neck a trifle bit narrow, but again, hey, it is a travel guitar. I should mention I emailed Klos about the buzz and I am pretty sure they never answered me. (Update: but when I called (to claim my shirt) a cool dude named "Niko" answered right away). The neck is held on by 4 bolts - very simple and easy to work. However, the detuning and retuning process makes me not want to break this down and put together again frequently, which is fine by me because I just need to do it once to get across the pond. Regarding the saddle, the wedgy part goes on the higher strings - I did not find this on any of the literature and noticed even a guitar store selling this online had it backwards. (I Googled the issue to get the answer) (Update: apparently this is covered in their video). I picked this guitar because it is both a real guitar - and even more so I see now that I have it - AND because I wanted to just snake in under RyanAir's carry-on limitations, which are 22" long. I wrote this first installment review so I could get a free Klos shirt, but I intend to return within the year and report whether I was actually able to get this thing into a carry-on with all my other stuff, which will be a challenge, but a challenge that I am for some weird reason really looking forward to. One guy said to store socks and underwear inside the guitar because it is indestructible. The dream: to be planted in a nice AirBnB somewhere with this gem of a guitar - what a concept. FIRST UPDATE - ABOUT A WEEK LATER - They answered their phone when I called, and were cool. Also, forgot to say that the gig bag system has like 4 configurations, extremely well-geeked-out, and is also great quality. They even provided a rain cover. The strap works perfectly for me, BTW, even though I am not really a strap guy. Apparently they have a vid covering all assembly, including the orientation of the saddle, but I missed the QR code and tend to read and not watch, truss rod vid notwithstanding. I traveled with my Martin Backpacker a couple times and checking it through always made me nervous, so this being carry-on friendly and mega-ding-resistant is way mind-settling. SECOND UPDATE - A FEW MONTHS LATER - Totally traveled carry-on for U.S. domestic flight - no issues; was great. Flew a couple hours domestic for Thanksgiving and decided to test it out - used the travel bag as my carry-on and took an 18 litre backpack as my personal item. Did not go back and read instructions (because I had read them before!) and just attacked - remembered to use the little capo to keep the nut in place before de-tuning. Used a peg-crank I had purchased before for this purpose to keep the process swift. Cranked it down, used the TSA-compliant little screwdriver to remove the bolts. Packed the thing up in the carry-case. Did not shove my spare underwear in the sound-hole. That would have been too weird, though possibly more efficient. Re-assembly later also was easily under 10 minutes and no problem, using tuner on my phone. Jammed for 3 days with my family. Totally awesome. Still sounds nice and bright, stays tuned, and makes you feel clever. I stuck my shower-flip-flops and coral-walker shoes (camp shoes) in the neck part of the bag and bent it down over the back and tied it against the main bag using parachord. The travel bag is way way cool, with all kinds of stuff thought out. But the neck part still seems like it could use some more uber-design-engineering to be useful or retractable when not holding the neck of the guitar. I made it work for me, but I thought I would mention this so that Klos might be inspired if they read this, and the rest of you will be more likely to believe that I am not a paid AI cyber-bot that is programmed to really like this guitar. The fact is, I really like this guitar, and have again confirmed that family does too. I should mention that mine has the wood neck and looks great. So, no RyanAir yet, but this test run in 'Merica worked great. For RyanAir I believe I will have to forego the cool travel bag in order to fit, but I am cool with that. Just so the guit-box stays with me. No Euro-flights scheduled yet, but the future beckons. Attitude is everything.

First, The Bad: It was tricky getting the guitar out of the case with the neck connected to the body with the strings. Not difficult, per se, but it took a minute fiddling with the zippers to figure it out. Once it was out, the 1st string (high E) was unwound from the tuning peg and kinked towards the middle of the string (their bad, I'm sure, and not my extraction difficulties with the gig bag), BUT, I was able to restring it, and the kink disappeared with proper tension. Surprisingly, it has held tune pretty well that way. That's all the bad I have. Anything else I could say against the guitar would all be relative to a full-sized wooden guitar, and that is not a fair comparison, since this is designed for travel, camping, etc., and at that, it shines, which leads us to The Good: This thing is tiny, light, sturdy, pretty easy to assemble, holds tune, is very playable (the action is pretty low, I wasn't getting any buzzing on the neck, it holds tune well, and the harmonics are good), and the tone is loud and acceptably pleasant. For the money, you could get a better sounding wooden guitar, but if you are looking at this instrument, you probably already have a better sounding wooden guitar that you are hesitant to take camping or on an airplane with you. I wish I could compare it to other travel guitars, but this is the only one I have ever played, so I can't say how it stacks up with other travel guitars or other carbon fiber/composite guitars. I made the decision to buy it based on a few "Best Carbon Fiber Guitars" and "Best Travel Guitars" list reviews from a Google search and three YouTube reviews I saw, one from Darrel Braun, one from Acoustic Life, and one from some random buy playing it at a campsite, recorded on his phone from about 15 feet away. I do not feel misled by any of those videos; this is a fine little guitar that I feel comfortable taking with me on an adventure. TL;DR: It's a good little travel guitar, and I would recommend it

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I got this little travel guitar because I wanted a smaller and lighter yet durable option for camping, hiking and bikepacking. In the last six months, I’ve taken it to the beach, out on the river and on several camping trips. One day, the temps reached 100 degrees; on another night, they dipped to 40 degrees. Neither extreme was an issue....Well, not to the guitar. Assembly was a breeze. I keep it assembled because I don’t want an additional step between setting up camp and playing. The provided gig bag is thick, protective and perfect for car camping; however, I bought a thin, cheap, 3/4-size guitar bag to cut down on size and weight then strap it to my bicycle or back pack. The smaller bouts provide a different resting point for my arm than what I am used to, but it is worth it for the size and weight benefits. The included screw-type capo was different than the spring-loaded capo pictured. It appears to be smaller, more compact and it works great; I prefer this screw type capo for maintaining a small pack size even while attached to the guitar. The guitar is well made, strong and light. It sounds great for its size and stays in tune. For me, it checks all the boxes for my camping guitar. Overall, I am very pleased with this guitar. I can spend time outdoorsing without leaving my music behind.

The Klos travel guitar is a pretty nifty design. The detaching neck makes it possible to take is almost everywhere. It has a very good sound, but it does NOT have the richness of a full sized guitar. Honestly, how could it?! It has a good sound for its size, but if you are wanting the sound quality of a full sized guitar, you will need to get a full sized guitar. Also, the gig bag that comes with the guitar is very nice. One of the two capos that is included should be used on the first fret when disassembling and assembling the neck. This keeps the strings from tangling and the strings firmly attached to the nut. I did a side by side comparison of the Klos travel guitar to a friend's Baby Taylor. They are approximately the same weight, although the body of the Klos is just a bit smaller. Personally, I like the sound of the Klos a little bit better than the Baby Taylor. I don't know what strings came on the Klos guitar, but I suspect that I can find other brands of strings that would enrich the tone. With several road trips planned and some international travel that is hopefully on the horizon, I look forward to being able to travel with my guitar. I would hesitate to take a wooden guitar from low altitude, high humidity, and heat (I live in the South) to the mountains of Colorado or Switzerland. This guitar fits my needs, and exceeds my expectations.

Klos Hybrid Travel guitar delivered today. A beautiful little guitar! It sounds amazing and is much louder than I expected! I have a Little Martin LX1E as well and have played the Baby Taylor BT1 and BT2 and I believe the Klos sounds louder and better. I was worried about it sounding “tinny” or “toy like” because it’s so small and without a tone wood top, but it doesn’t at all. It sounds amazing... and loud! Assembly was a breeze... I had it put together and tuned to pitch in under 5 minutes. The gig bag is good quality as well. The action on the neck was low and spot on. Super smooth and easy to play. I’m active duty military and travel frequently for work. I’m deploying next month for an extended period of time and have been on the hunt for a travel guitar that would hold up in the dry hot environment I’m headed to without having worry too much about manual humidification. My Little Martin was nice, but the lack of humidity during my last deployment crushed it... (my own fault, not a slam to Martin quality)! The carbon fiber Klos is exactly what I was looking for. I must have watched 100 YouTube videos on the guitar and none of them do justice to the actual sound and quality craftsmanship of this instrument! You have to play one to see what all the hype is about! At $764 (what I paid on Amazon), it’s a lot pricier than the other two standard bearer travel guitars (Martin LX1 and Baby Taylor), but I believe it’s worth every penny...I’m absolutely thrilled with this purchase! Well Done Klos, you have a new fan!

I so love everything about this little powerhouse of a guitar, I even bought the tee-shirt! The construction is superb and the sound is amazing, especially for a travel guitar. I bought the acoustic hybrid, the basic model and the quality, especially for the price, is excellent. The carbon fiber body resonates great tone and volume, and the guitar weighs practically nothing. The wooden neck feels like a regular acoustic guitar neck but has the added advantage of two carbon fiber rods as well as a steel truss rod for reinforced stability. The guitar breaks down to small backpack size- zero problems ever flying with this guitar.

Just days before leaving on a by air family vacation got a email from Klos promoting their travel guitars. Intended to travel light and go instrument free but this got me interested. No time for this trip another time perhaps. I checked Amazon they had several Klos Travel guitars to choose from and could deliver my choice the day before we were to depart, if I only ordered in the next two hours. I went ahead and purchased the Hybrid non electric version that was priced in my comfort zone. Act fast only ones is available! Gotcha. Got it in two days rather than four, from Florida to Oregon no less so i had some time to get acquainted. My first impression was just what a cool looking guitar and how comfortable it was in my hands. The combination of the scale, neck, string gauge, and action it felt right at home. Very different from a travel guitar that I’ve owned for years. Not sure this model gets the plek treatment but it came set up nicely and ready to go. Some assembly required. No buzzing or other annoying issues I was very impressed and decided I would be taking a guitar along after all. Six times boarding airline flights of various configurations it was my carry on companion. On several it would up in the overhead compartment. It stood up to it all and remains unscathed. Setting it up and breaking it down got more routine. The gig bag is a very clever design and provided all the protection necessary for this journey. Mornings were my own and instead waiting aimlessly while others got ready for whatever was next I’d pick it up and see what more it had to offer. I really enjoyed this time well spent and revisited some techniques and material that seemed to fit. Since returning home I put the gig bag in the closet and have the guitar sitting next to the couch. I play it regularly, glad I took the chance. No strap was included

This little guitar is not humidity sensitive and so it lives at my work where I don’t have to worry about it being damaged by drying out. When I travel which is regularly, I know it will survive the airplane. It’s a nice quality piece and sounds good, it is easy to tune, easy to disassemble or re-assemble and it is a practical way of having a nice instrument to play and practice when I’m outside the house. The carrying case (included) is practical, a capo is included, it’s a pretty good deal for what you get. I got this because some of my other guitars always seem so vulnerable when I’m traveling and I can enjoy this one guilt and worry free. Played it by the campfire a few days ago too which…you know…isn’t a great place for a Martin or a Gibson. Everyone who has read this far knows that playing a guitar by a campfire is one of the best ways to experience a feeling of happiness and peace. Well worth it, great little company, great product!

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Diese Gitarre ist der Höhepunkt meiner Sammlung. Sie hat einen wunderbaren Sound, obwohl sie so klein und handlich für die Reise ist. Ich hatte sie mir zum Geburtstag gewünscht, aber Amazon zeigte die Lieferung erst für einen Tag später an. Aber, oh Wunder, sie kam doch an meinem Geburtstag an. Danke!!! Wenn die Gitarre auseinandergebaut ist, hat man einen sehr schön kleinen Rucksack, der auf der Reise kein hinderliches Gepäckstück ist. Das ist genau das, was ich gesucht habe. Einfach toll

Great product. Guitar construction was easy, needed some truss rod adjustment to get suitable action to stop fret buzz. Good sparkling sound with nice sustain for small travel guitar. Light weight carbon fibre body meant using strap helped with balance of guitar on lap. Quality gig bag with backpack straps. Highly recommended guitar for travel.

This is an amazing little travel guitar. Super cool look. Great sound. Gave this as a gift for my husbands 30th and he absolutely loves it. Will be great for paddling and camping. Quick and easy set up. Had contact with the customer service at Klos and they were amazing and very responsive answering all questions! Thanks Klos for this option for the travelling soul!