Alakaʻi Guitar Travel: Pros, Cons, and What to Look For

na Joost Nusselder | Hoʻohou ʻia ma:  E 3, 2022

ʻO nā mea kani kīkā hou loa?

Kakau inoa iā THE newsletter for aspiring gitarists

E hoʻohana wale mākou i kāu leka uila no kā mākou leka uila a mahalo iā ʻoe pilikino

Aloha au i ka hana ʻana i nā ʻike manuahi piha i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo no kaʻu poʻe heluhelu, ʻo ʻoe. ʻAʻole au e ʻae i nā kākoʻo i uku ʻia, ʻo koʻu manaʻo ponoʻī, akā inā ʻike ʻoe i kaʻu mau manaʻo kōkua a hoʻopau ʻoe i ke kūʻai ʻana i kahi mea āu e makemake ai ma o kekahi o kaʻu mau loulou, hiki iaʻu ke loaʻa ke komisina me ka uku ʻole iā ʻoe. Aʻo hou mai

No laila ke hele nei ʻoe i kahi huakaʻi a makemake ʻoe e lawe i kāu kīkā, akā he nui a kaumaha. He aha kāu hana?

hele kipi he mau kikā liʻiliʻi me ka piha a kokoke paha unahi-lōʻihi. ʻO ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana, ʻo ka lōʻihi o ka unahi haʻahaʻa ka mea maʻamau no nā kīkā i manaʻo ʻia no nā keiki, nona ka lōʻihi o hoʻokahi hapahā (ʻukulele kīkā, a i ʻole nā kīkā), hoʻokahi hapa, a ʻekolu hapahā.

Ma kēia ʻatikala, e wehewehe wau i ke ʻano o ke kīkā huakaʻi a me ka mea e nānā ai i ke kūʻai ʻana.

He aha ke kīkā huakaʻi

Hoʻomaopopo i nā Guita Travel: He alakaʻi no ka poʻe mele ma ka hele

ʻO kahi kīkā huakaʻi he ʻano liʻiliʻi ia o kahi kīkā acoustic maʻamau a i ʻole ka uila uila i hoʻolālā ʻia e maʻalahi ke lawe a puni. He koho maikaʻi loa ia no ka poʻe mele e makemake e pāʻani i kahi huakaʻi a i ʻole ka poʻe makemake i kahi kīkā liʻiliʻi no ka maʻalahi. ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi, hiki i kahi kīkā huakaʻi ke hana i kahi kani maikaʻi a hiki ke hoʻokani ʻia e like me ke kīkā maʻamau.

He aha kāu e noʻonoʻo ai i ke kūʻai ʻana i kahi Guitar huakaʻi?

Ke kūʻai ʻana i kahi kīkā huakaʻi, pono e noʻonoʻo i kēia mau mea:

  • ʻAno: E hoʻoholo inā makemake ʻoe i kahi kīkā huakaʻi acoustic a uila paha.
  • Nui: E noʻonoʻo i ka liʻiliʻi āu e makemake ai i ke kīkā a me ka maʻalahi o ka lawe ʻana.
  • Ka maikaʻi: E hoʻoholo i ka nui āu e makemake ai e hoʻolilo a loaʻa i kahi hōʻailona e hāʻawi ana i kahi mea kani maikaʻi.
  • Laau: E noʻonoʻo i ke ʻano o ka lāʻau i hoʻohana ʻia i ka hana ʻana o ke kīkā, no ka mea hiki ke hoʻopilikia i ke kani i hana ʻia.
  • Alahaka: E noʻonoʻo i ke ʻano o ke alahaka ma ke kīkā, no ka mea, hiki i kēia ke hoʻopilikia i ke kani a me ka hoʻokani ʻana o ka mea kani.
  • Ka hihia: E noʻonoʻo inā hoʻokomo ʻia kahi pahu me ke kīkā, no ka mea he mea koʻikoʻi ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi pahu no ka pale ʻana i ka mea kani i ka wā huakaʻi.

ʻOiai ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o kahi kīkā huakaʻi a me kahi kīkā maʻamau, hiki i kahi kīkā huakaʻi ke koho maikaʻi loa no nā mea mele e makemake e pāʻani ma ka hele. He mea hoʻomaka a he loea paha ʻoe, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi kīkā huakaʻi i kāu mau mea hana hiki ke hāʻawi i ka maʻalahi a me ke ala e hoʻomau ai i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana ʻoiai ke mamao aku i kāu mea kani maʻamau.

Ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka nui o nā kīkā huakaʻi: He Guitar Travel Size 3 4?

Ke kūʻai aku nei ʻoe i kahi kīkā huakaʻi, ʻike paha ʻoe i ka huaʻōlelo "3/4 size guitar." Pili kēia i ka lōʻihi o ka unahi kīkā, ʻo ia ka mamao ma waena o ka nut a me ke alahaka. He 3/4 nui ka lōʻihi o ka lōʻihi ma kahi o 22-24 iniha, ʻo ia hoʻi ma kahi o 3/4 ka lōʻihi o ke kīkā maʻamau.

He 3/4 ka nui o ke kīkā huakaʻi?

ʻAʻole pono. ʻOiai ʻo ka nui o nā kīkā huakaʻi he 3/4 ka nui, ʻaʻole kēia ka hihia. ʻOi aku paha ka nui a i ʻole ka liʻiliʻi o kekahi mau kīkā huakaʻi ma mua o 3/4 nui, ma muli o ke kumu hoʻohālike a me ka mea hana. He mea nui e nānā i ka lōʻihi o ka unahi a me nā ana holoʻokoʻa o kēlā me kēia kīkā huakaʻi āu e noʻonoʻo nei e hoʻokō i kāu mau pono.

He aha nā pōmaikaʻi o kahi kīkā liʻiliʻi?

Nui nā pōmaikaʻi o ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi kīkā liʻiliʻi, inā ʻoe he mea hoʻomaka a i ʻole he mea pāʻani akamai e ʻimi nei i kahi mea hele kūpono. ʻO kekahi mau mea maikaʻi loa o kahi kīkā liʻiliʻi:

  • ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ka pāʻani: ʻO nā kīkā liʻiliʻi he ʻāʻī pōkole a me nā frets liʻiliʻi, e maʻalahi ke pāʻani no nā poʻe hoʻomaka a i ʻole nā ​​​​mea pāʻani me nā lima liʻiliʻi.
  • ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi: Ua hoʻolālā ʻia nā kīkā huakaʻi e maʻalahi a maʻalahi hoʻi i ka lawe ʻana, e hoʻolilo iā lākou i koho maikaʻi loa no nā mea mele ma ka hele.
  • Hoʻonohonoho maʻalahi: Me ka liʻiliʻi o nā hiʻohiʻona a me ke kino liʻiliʻi, hiki ke maʻalahi ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i nā kīkā huakaʻi ma mua o nā mea kani nui a paʻakikī.
  • ʻO ke kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa: Hiki i nā kīkā huakaʻi ke lilo i koho ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi no nā mea pāʻani makemake ʻole e hoʻolilo i ka nui o ke kālā ma kahi kīkā piha.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke pāʻani i kahi Guitar huakaʻi?

Hoʻolālā ʻia nā kīkā huakaʻi e paʻa a paʻa, e hoʻolilo iā lākou i koho kūpono no ka poʻe makemake e aʻo pehea e pāʻani ai i ke kīkā ma ke alanui. ʻO kekahi o nā ʻokoʻa nui ma waena o kahi kīkā huakaʻi a me kahi kīkā maʻamau ʻo ia ka nui. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā kīkā huakaʻi a ʻoi aku ka pōkole o ka lōʻihi, hiki ke maʻalahi i kekahi mau mea pāʻani ke pāʻani i kekahi mau mele a me nā memo.

ʻOi aku ka māmā a me ka maʻalahi o ka lawe ʻana

ʻO kekahi pōmaikaʻi o ke kīkā huakaʻi, ʻoi aku ka māmā a me ka maʻalahi o ka lawe ʻana ma mua o ke kīkā maʻamau. He koho maikaʻi loa kēia no ka poʻe huakaʻi e makemake e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i kā lākou mele i ka wā e hele ai. He koho maikaʻi nō hoʻi lākou no ka poʻe i liʻiliʻi i ko lākou home a hale paha.

Koho Acoustic a Uila

Hele mai nā kīkā huakaʻi ma nā ʻano acoustic a me ka uila, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke koho i ka mea i kūpono i kou ʻano mele. He mea maikaʻi nā kīkā huakaʻi acoustic no ka pāʻani ʻana i kahi hoʻonohonoho ʻoi aku ka pili, aʻo nā kīkā huakaʻi uila he kūpono loa no ka pāʻani ʻana me kahi hui a i kahi wahi nui aʻe.

Maikaʻi anei nā kīkā huakaʻi no nā poʻe hoʻomaka?

Inā ʻoe e hoʻomaka wale ana ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokani pila, hiki i kahi kīkā huakaʻi ke ala maikaʻi loa e aʻo ai i nā kumu. ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ka pāʻani ʻana ma mua o ke kīkā maʻamau, a ʻo ka liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi e hiki ke hōʻoluʻolu i ka poʻe hoʻomaka e hoʻomaʻamaʻa no nā manawa lōʻihi.

ʻO nā pono a me nā pōʻino o ka pāʻani ʻana i kahi Guitar huakaʻi


Pros:

  • ʻOi aku ka māmā a maʻalahi hoʻi e lawe
  • ʻO ka liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi a me ka lōʻihi o ka unahi pōkole hiki ke maʻalahi ke pāʻani i kekahi mau mele a me nā memo
  • Loaʻa i nā mana acoustic a me ka uila
  • Nui no nā poʻe hoʻomaka e makemake e aʻo i nā kumu


Con:

  • Hiki i kekahi poʻe hoʻokani pila ke paʻakikī ke pāʻani i ka nui liʻiliʻi a me ka lōʻihi pōkole
  • ʻAʻole i piha a waiwai paha ke kani e like me ke kīkā maʻamau
  • ʻO ka palena palena o nā hiʻohiʻona i loaʻa a me nā hōʻailona

Manaʻo no nā Guitas Travel

Inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei e kūʻai i kahi kīkā huakaʻi (eia kā mākou loiloi piha), aia kekahi mau hōʻailona a me nā hiʻohiʻona kūpono e noʻonoʻo. Eia kekahi o kā mākou mau ʻōlelo paipai:


  • Martin Backpacker

    - Ua kūkulu ʻia kēia kīkā ultra-compact no ka huakaʻi a loaʻa kahi leo kani maikaʻi loa.

  • Ibanez EWP14OPN

    - He kino lahilahi kēia kīkā a he nui nā koho ʻano like ʻole, e lilo ia i koho maikaʻi no ka poʻe makemake i nā ʻano like ʻole.

  • ʻO Guitar Ultra-Light

    - He maʻalahi loa kēia kīkā a maʻalahi hoʻi e lawe, e koho maikaʻi loa ia no ka poʻe e hele mau ana.

  • ʻukulele

    - ʻOiai ʻaʻole ia he kīkā, he koho maikaʻi ka ʻukulele no ka poʻe huakaʻi e makemake ana i kahi mea kani liʻiliʻi a maʻalahi hoʻi.

He koho maikaʻi anei nā kīkā huakaʻi no nā mea hoʻokani pila hoʻomaka?

ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana e aʻo i ka pāʻani ʻana i ke kīkā he hana koʻikoʻi, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke koho ʻana i ka mea kani pono. Nui nā mea e noʻonoʻo ai, e like me ka nui, ke ʻano o ke kīkā, ka helu o nā kaula, a me ka maikaʻi o ka mea kani. No ka poʻe hoʻomaka, hiki ke paʻakikī ke hoʻoholo i ke kīkā i kūpono iā lākou. ʻO kahi koho kūpono e noʻonoʻo ʻia he guitar huakaʻi.

ʻO nā pono a me nā pōʻino o nā Guita Travel


  • Pūnaewele:

    ʻO ka pōmaikaʻi ʻoi loa o ka guitar huakaʻi ʻo ia kona nui. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi a ʻoi aku ka māmā ma mua o ke kīkā maʻamau, e maʻalahi ke lawe a puni. Hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe pū me ʻoe i nā huakaʻi, i ke kahakai, a i ʻole ma nā huakaʻi.

  • Hōʻoluʻolu:

    No nā mea pāʻani i paʻakikī i ka pāʻani ʻana i nā kīkā nui, hiki ke koho maikaʻi ke kīkā huakaʻi. ʻO ke kino liʻiliʻi a me ka lōʻihi o ka unahi ʻoi aku ka ʻoluʻolu o kekahi mau mea pāʻani e paʻa a pāʻani.

  • Kūpono:

    ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā kīkā huakaʻi ma mua o nā kīkā nui, e hana ana iā lākou i koho maikaʻi no nā poʻe hoʻomaka a i ʻole nā ​​​​mea pāʻani ma kahi kālā.

  • Nā koho like ʻole:

    Hāʻawi ka mākeke guitar huakaʻi i nā koho like ʻole, mai ka leo a i ka uila, a me nā hiʻohiʻona hybrid e like me ka guitalele. Hāʻawi kēia i nā mea pāʻani i ka hiki ke loaʻa i ka mea kani kūpono no kā lākou makemake a me nā makemake.

  • Nā Frets haʻahaʻa:

    ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā kīkā huakaʻi ma mua o ke kīkā maʻamau, hiki ke maʻalahi i ka poʻe hoʻomaka e aʻo a pāʻani. Hāʻawi pū nā frets haʻahaʻa i ka mea pāʻani i ka nui o ka manawa no ka ʻohi manamana lima a me nā ʻano chord.

  • Kani Pumehana:

    ʻOiai ka liʻiliʻi o ko lākou nui, hiki i nā kīkā huakaʻi ke hoʻopuka i kahi kani mahana a hoihoi. He maikaʻi nō hoʻi lākou no ka pāʻani ʻana i nā ʻāpana a me ke alakaʻi.

Con:


  • He lumi liʻiliʻi no ka hewa:

    ʻO ka liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi o kahi kīkā huakaʻi e waiho liʻiliʻi ka lumi no ka hewa ke pāʻani. Hiki ke paʻakikī kēia i nā mea pāʻani i maʻa i kahi mea kani nui.

  • Hoʻokani paʻakikī:

    Hiki ke paʻakikī ke kani ʻana i kekahi mau kīkā huakaʻi ma muli o ko lākou liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi a me nā ʻokoʻa ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā frets. He mea hoʻonāukiuki kēia no nā mea pāʻani i maʻa i kahi kīkā maʻamau.

  • Nui:

    ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā kīkā huakaʻi ma mua o nā kīkā maʻamau, hiki ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā mea huakaʻi ʻē aʻe e like me nā ukulele a i ʻole harmonicas.

  • Leo kaupalena:

    Hiki i ke kino liʻiliʻi o ke kīkā huakaʻi ke kaupalena i ka leo a me ka projection i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me kahi kīkā nui aʻe. Hiki i kēia ke lilo i drawback no nā mea pāʻani e pono ai ke kani piha.

  • ʻAʻole kūpono no nā makahiki āpau:

    Ma muli o ka makahiki a me ka hope o ka mea hoʻokani pila, ʻaʻole paha ʻo kahi kīkā huakaʻi ke koho maikaʻi loa. Hiki i nā mea pāʻani ʻōpio a i ʻole ka poʻe lima nui ke ʻike i ka liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi ʻoluʻolu ʻole ke pāʻani.

  • Hoʻololi i nā mākau:

    Hiki ke paʻakikī ka hoʻololi ʻana mai kahi kīkā maʻamau i kahi kīkā huakaʻi ma muli o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka spacing a me ka nui. He mea paʻakikī kēia i nā mea pāʻani e hoʻololi i ko lākou mau akamai mai kekahi mea kani i kekahi.

ʻO ka holoʻokoʻa, hiki i nā kīkā huakaʻi ke koho maikaʻi no nā mea pāʻani e pono ai i kahi mea kani liʻiliʻi a ʻoi aku ka lawe lima. Hāʻawi lākou i kahi koho like ʻole o nā koho, hiki ke maʻalahi, a hiki ke ʻoluʻolu no kekahi mau mea pāʻani e pāʻani. Eia nō naʻe, loaʻa iā lākou kekahi mau drawbacks, e pili ana i ka leo liʻiliʻi a me ka paʻakikī me ke kani a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā mākau. He mea nui e noʻonoʻo i kāu mau pono a me kou makemake i ke koho ʻana i kahi kīkā huakaʻi e ʻimi i ke koho maikaʻi loa no ʻoe.

He aha e noʻonoʻo ai i ke koho ʻana i kahi Guitar huakaʻi

I ka hiki ʻana mai i nā kīkā huakaʻi, ʻo ka nui a me ke ʻano nā mea koʻikoʻi e noʻonoʻo ai. Makemake ʻoe i kahi kīkā ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi a ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī ma mua o kahi kīkā maʻamau, akā ʻaʻole liʻiliʻi e like me ka mea pāʻani. E ʻimi i kahi kīkā maʻalahi ke lawe a ʻaʻole e lawe i kahi nui o kāu ʻeke. Aia nā ʻano like ʻole e koho ai, e like me ke ʻano dreadnought maʻamau a i ʻole ke ʻano lumi lumi liʻiliʻi. E ho'āʻo i nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole e ʻike i ka mea ʻoluʻolu iā ʻoe.

Ka maikaʻi a me nā mea waiwai

No ka liʻiliʻi o ke kīkā, ʻaʻole ia e hoʻololi i ka maikaʻi. E ʻimi i kahi kīkā huakaʻi i hana ʻia me nā mea kiʻekiʻe, e like me ka lāʻau paʻa no ke kino a me ka fretboard rosewood. Hāʻawi kekahi mau hui i nā kīkā huakaʻi i hana ʻia me ka nylon, hiki ke koho maikaʻi inā makemake ʻoe i kahi kani palupalu. E hōʻoia i ka hana maikaʻi ʻana o ke kīkā a hiki ke kūpaʻa i ka lole a me ka waimaka o ka huakaʻi.

Kani a me ke kani

ʻOiai ka liʻiliʻi o ka nui, hiki i nā kīkā huakaʻi ke hana i kahi kani maikaʻi. E ʻimi i kahi kīkā i loaʻa ka leo maikaʻi a me ka maikaʻi o ke kani, inā he kīkā acoustic a i ʻole ka uila. E noʻonoʻo i ke ʻano o nā kaula i hoʻohana ʻia e ke kīkā, no ka mea hiki i kēia ke hoʻololi nui i ke kani. ʻAe kekahi mau kīkā huakaʻi iā ʻoe e hoʻopili i kahi amp, ʻo ia ka pōmaikaʻi nui inā ʻoe e hoʻolālā e pāʻani ma ke kahua.

ʻO ka maʻalahi a me ka palekana

ʻO kekahi o nā kumu nui o ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi kīkā huakaʻi he maʻalahi. E ʻimi i kahi kīkā maʻalahi e hoʻopaʻa a lawe a puni, a hele mai me kahi pahu e pale aku ai i ka pōʻino. Hoʻokomo pū kekahi mau kīkā huakaʻi i nā hiʻohiʻona ʻē aʻe, e like me ka ʻāʻī hiki ke wehe a i ʻole kahi tuner i kūkulu ʻia. He mea nui nō hoʻi ka palekana, no laila e hoʻomaopopo pono i ka maʻalahi o ke kīkā a ʻaʻole e hoʻopilikia iā ʻoe iho a i kou hoalauna.

Kumukuai a me Brand

Hiki mai nā kīkā huakaʻi i nā kumukūʻai, no laila he mea nui e hoʻoholo i ka nui āu e makemake ai e hoʻolilo. Hāʻawi kekahi mau hōʻailona i nā kīkā huakaʻi maikaʻi loa ma ke kumukūʻai kūpono, aʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe e ʻoi aku ke kumukūʻai ma muli o ko lākou inoa a i ʻole nā ​​mea i hoʻohana ʻia. E hana i kāu noiʻi a hoʻāʻo i nā kīkā like ʻole e ʻike i ka mea i kūpono i kāu kālā a me kāu pono.

I ka hopena, he moeʻuhane ʻo kahi kīkā huakaʻi no nā mea hoʻokani pila e makemake ana e pāʻani mele i ka wā e hele ai. ʻOiai ka liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, hāʻawi nā kīkā huakaʻi i nā pono he nui a hiki ke lilo i koho kūpono no nā ʻano mea pāʻani like ʻole. E hoʻomanaʻo wale e noʻonoʻo i ka nui a me ke ʻano, ka maikaʻi a me nā mea waiwai, ka leo a me ke kani, ka ʻoluʻolu a me ka palekana, a me ke kumukūʻai a me ka hōʻailona ke koho ʻana i ke kīkā huakaʻi e kūʻai.

Panina

No laila aia iā ʻoe - nā mea a pau e pono ai ʻoe e ʻike e pili ana i nā kīkā huakaʻi. He ala maikaʻi loa ia e hoʻomaʻamaʻa a kūpono hoʻi no ka poʻe hoʻomaka e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ko lākou mākaukau, a ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka lawe ʻana ma mua o kāu kīkā maʻamau! Eia kekahi, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana mau ia e hoʻohauʻoli i kāu mau hoaaloha me kāu mau mele mele ma kāu huakaʻi aʻe! No laila, mai kali hou a e kiʻi iā ʻoe iho i kīkā huakaʻi!

ʻO wau ʻo Joost Nusselder, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu iā Neaera a me kahi mea kūʻai aku ʻike, makuakāne, a makemake hoʻi e hoʻāʻo i nā mea hana hou me ka guitar ma ka puʻuwai o koʻu makemake, a me kaʻu hui, ua hana wau i nā ʻatikala blog hohonu mai 2020 e kōkua i ka poʻe heluhelu kūpaʻa me nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo hoʻopaʻa leo a me nā kīkā.

E nānā iaʻu ma Youtube kahi e hoʻāʻo ai wau i kēia mau mea āpau:

Loaʻa ka loaʻa o ka microphone kakau