Voyage-Air 'Wows' Reviewers at Guitar Player Magazine

Guitar Player Magazine - the most widely circulated guitar magazine in the United States - just now printed a full review of the revolutionary Voyage-Air VAOM-2C guitar in the monthly Gear Bench Test section of the magazine.

Dave Hunter was in charge of the review, and had this to say: "I'm a cynic by nature...so I was prepared to rip the VAOM-2C all up and down the shop. But you know, the major or immediate flaws just weren't there. In short, right from the start, the neck folded into place, locked, and voila, I had a full-sized guitar in my hands." Other comments from his review:

• "It (the guitar) yields a rich, balanced voice when attacked with a flatpick for either rhythm or lead work, with a firm, solid bass, sweet highs, and plenty of volume."
  
  
• "Played fingerstyle, it's still lively enough to pop out the notes, and it projects well even when you're not laying into it."
  
  
• "All in all, though, the VAOM-2C is extremely well rendered, both as a travel instrument and a guitar in general."

Whoa! You know what? Dave Hunter, and Guitar Player magazine confirmed what dozens of professional musicians around the world already know: the Voyage-Air Premiere Series guitars are stage-ready, recording-grade, 100% professional instruments that are easy to pack when you're on the road.

Ask Rusty Anderson, who played the same VAOM-2C guitar on stage with the Paul McCartney band on their European tour last December. Ask any of the Voyage-Air Artists / Endorsers: John Oates (of Hall and Oates), Zac Brown, Brad Paisley, Steve Miller and more.

Click here to see the entire Guitar Player Magazine article.

Echoes from the Shark Tank

It was last summer that Voyage-Air guitar was featured on the hit ABC-TV show Shark Tank, where Jeff Cohen, co-founder of Voyage-Air, was given a chance to raise investment capital to grow the company. That show helped put the new folding guitar before the public nationwide.

However, many were surprised that Cohen turned down the offer and walked from the Sharks. Recently, America's Best magazine, devoted to small business and entrepreneurs, did a story on the Shark Tank experience, fishing for comments from Cohen in particular.

"There’s something powerful about saying no. I actually did want to do a deal with them if they would have made me a reasonable offer than it would have been great. The deal was just so bad..." said Cohen.

Click here to read the whole story.

Delbert McClinton Goes Voyage-Air

Triple-Grammy® Award winning artist Delbert McClinton chalked up the 2006 Grammy for "Best Contemporary Blues Album", and has been recording and on the music scene since the 60's. He's penned such hits as "Two More Bottles of Wine" for Emmylou Harris, and "B Movie Boxcar Blues" used on the Blues Brothers' Briefcase Full of Blues album. Last August, he released his latest album Acquired Taste to rave reviews.

In recent years, Delbert has been organizing and hosting a series of 'Blues Cruises' - a week at sea on a luxury liner with a huge roster of Blues notables.

Owning and driving a Smart car, Delbert appreciates things that fit into small spaces - especially the full-size Voyage-Air dreadnought guitar!

"The fact that you can tuck it away is a pretty big deal" said Delbert of his new Voyage-Air dread. "It's also a big deal to unlock it and have it play so well. This Voyage-Air Dreadnought, this is a really warm guitar. It's got songs in it... I can feel it. My son (Clay) latched onto this guitar right away, and on the cruise, took it back to his cabin and started writing songs on it. He really liked that you could carry it around and it plays so good!"

For more about Delbert McClinton and the upcoming Blues Cruise in January, 2011, check his website at www.delbert.com

New Belair Limited Edition at the NAMM Show

Mark Dreyer of the Savannah Music Group recently performed at the NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA. Known as the premiere trade show for musical instrument dealers world-wide, this year’s NAMM Show had over 85,000 in attendance. At the conclusion of the event, Mark Dreyer had nothing but praise for the new Voyage-Air ‘Belair’ model electric guitar.

“Man, this guitar is seriously good, and it has a deep retro-vibe,” said Dreyer. “It’s probably something about the combination of the P90 pickups and the woods: solid Alder for the body, and Canadian Maple for the neck. I was amazed at both the sustain and the harmonics on this guitar. I played it with a Boomerang loop pedal that I’d programmed with some drum loops, and this made for an easy one-man demo at the NAMM show. What surprised me was the range of sounds that I could get with the new Belair guitar, and how easy it was to play. PLUS it folds in half for travel… heck, I’d play this guitar on stage even if it didn’t fold. It’s that good!”

Mark Dreyer was joined by other pro-musicians at the NAMM Show, with performances by Thom Bresh, Steve Noonan, Shawn Mayer, and more – all playing Voyage-Air guitars.

The fact that these stage and recording musicians have adopted the Voyage-Air for their daily work is telling: these are not puny-little ‘travel guitars’ – noway. These are full-size, full-scale professional instruments that are ready for the studio or the stage.

NAMM Report: 8 new Voyage-Air Guitars!

If you weren't at the NAMM Show in Anaheim this last week... you missed a lot of news from Voyage-Air Guitar! Whoa!

Here's a quick recap:

Voyage-Air expanded the top-selling Songwriter Series of guitars, with the retro-cool, and retro-affordable Songwriter-04 models. Available as a full-size OM-style or a super-comfortable Mini-Dread, these guitars feature solid Spruce tops finished in a super Jet-Black gloss finish.
Oh yeah: click here for the details.

Voyage-Air Guitar debuted the breakthrough TransAxe Series of electric folding travel guitars. At the NAMM Show, there were 4 fully-functional prototypes of the solid TransAxe design. One of those four is headed for production as a special Limited Edition.
Click HERE for the details about the new electric folding travel guitars!

Voyage-Air re-defined affordable travel guitars with the all new Transit Series guitars. Full-size OM-style or Mini-Dread, these guitars have a gloss finish over select tonewoods. They look great, play great, and have an MSRP of $399. That is NOT a typo: $399!
Click here for more about the new Voyage-Air Tranist Series guitars.

New Songwriter-04 Series from Voyage-Air

New: look. New: vintage vibe, with a gloss Jet-Black top. New: best-ever value for a Solid Spruce-top folding travel guitar!

Capping the news from the 2010 NAMM Show, Voyage-Air Guitar announces two Songwriter-04 instruments to expand their range of top-rated folding travel guitars.

A solid Spruce top is finished with a high-gloss Jet-Black finish. High-gloss Mahogany is used for the back and sides, and a contrasting single-ply white top and back binding adds a smash of contrast to the overall look of this guitar. Serious: pictures don't do justice. You have to see this guitar to believe it!

Don't pass these guitars off just as great looking guitars: good as they look, they sound even better.

Priced at just $599 suggested retail, these Jet-Black guitars are a smokin' deal.

Click here for the Official Press Release.

More info about the individual guitars appears in the Products section here at the Voyage-Air website.

Transit Series - Breakthrough Price on Folding Travel Guitars

Voyage-Air continues to rock the NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) show with the announcement of two all-new acoustic guitars. Called the "Transit Series" guitars, these quality acoustic instruments feature the same hinge as used on all other Voyage-Air guitars - including the top of the line VAOM-2C, as used on stage by Rusty Anderson of the Paul McCartney Band!

Available in two models: the VAOM-02 'OM-style' and the VAMD-02 95% 'Mini-Dread style', these guitars are available with a slimmer, lighter backpack case that makes them the easiest-traveling full-size acoustic guitars on the market!

Oh yes... the price: $399, plus case (nominal price to be determined). Whoa! Now almost anyone can afford to take along a great sounding, easy playing guitar... wherever they go!

Click here for the Official Press Release.

More info about the individual guitars appears in the Products section here at the Voyage-Air website.