I had seen the ad for Voyage Air Guitars a few times in Acoustic Guitar Magazine but I didn’t give them much attention. Folding your guitar is a difficult gimmick to get by. It was the glowing review in that same mag that persuaded me to buy. Prior to that my travel guitar (also my play on my breaks at work guitar) was a Vagabond Travel Guitar – nice but awkward, the best sound (thin and tinny) you’re going to get from a small guitar. But when I traveled I really yearned for the sound and feel of a full size OM.

Normally I’d NEVER buy a guitar sight unseen but after talking to Jim Wolcott at “Take Your Guitar” I took the plunge.

I love this guitar. I paid $697 and if I’d known the quality of the guitar and case (wow) I’d have paid a lot more. I show it to everyone. I’ve taken it to my local shops to show it off and I recently brought it to a weekend guitar and fiddle camp. It’s a great product, a great idea, well executed, and I just want to see you guys succeed.

I play primarily finger-style though this little foldable OM can stand right up to a much heavier hand. My other guitars include a Huss and Dalton OM and a Taylor Limited Edition Maple dread and I don’t feel my Voyage Air is a “travel guitar” compromise at all.

SL

Editor’s Note: One of the early players, owned and played this Voyage Air for over 6 months before contacting us with an unsolicited review.

“I recently bought it (an OM Songwriter) and have been playing for about two weeks. It has settled down nicely and started to respond very well to my playing. Although this is the lowest end of their line-ups, it has very nice mahogany sound and intonation/tuning is very stable especially when capo is used (better than my Martin). I own two high-end guitars (Martin and Collings) both of which are rosewood-based and this nicely complements my collection without spending a fortune. I also researched heavily before I purchased it and have no regrets. I highly recommend it to everyone whether you have travel needs or not. If you have any issues or questions, customer service at Voyage Air will gladly help you I had one issue when I received it (one of tuner nuts was not screwed in tightly) but it was fixable and they were very helpful throughout the process.”

Tosh in New York

Al Petteway on the VAOM-1C

“You don’t have to loosen the strings to fold it and when you you snap the neck back in place it’s nearly in tune. Amazing.”

Listen to hear Al Petteway play the Voyage-Air VAOM-1C