Journey Instruments OF660M Overhead Carbon Fiber - Black Matte Review

Love it!

This thing lives up to everything they claim it to be. It's not perfectly in tune when you connect the neck back but it's close enough. They send an extra saddle if you like lower action and that helped out alot! The action is perfect, but my favorite thing about this guitar is the intonation is perfect up and down the neck (I'm very picky about this). Compared to other carbon fiber… read more guitars, with great specs, this thing isn't that expensive in my opinion.

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Great little guitar that can do it all!

With a road trip imminent, I decided to take a chance on the Journey Overhead after reading all of the positive reviews. This little guy is light, incredibly comfortable to hold, and has a full-size neck - so there's no "weirdness" found on other travel guitars. Yes, the head is a bit shorter to keep it compact, but that makes no difference whatsoever. The compact body produces… read more a nice sound, especially with the elongated sound at the top of the body. It sounds good plugged in too. One very nice surprise was the Grover mini LOCKING tuners! These aren't mentioned in the description, nor are they detailed in the specs. I was happy to see that Journey has up-specced their product - THANK YOU! Also included is a "high" bridge, suitable for heavy strumming or slide guitar, and a "low" bridge. Swapping them out takes about 30 seconds. As always, the support from my go-to rep, Charles Cummings, was fantastic. His attention to detail and expert advice was spot-on! Two days after talking to him about the guitar and making my decision, it was in my grubby hands.

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Amazing

this is the first carbon fiber guitar that I have owned, the sound is a little different because of that but the sound grows on you. and this guitar can go anywhere, I do a lot of travel from ship to plane to car and this one guitar can go every where with out issue... I use to have to spend most of my available play/practice time tuning and adjusting the truss rod on wooden guitars...… read more this one does not have those issues, take it out of the bag, connect it, maybe tune it a little and off you go.

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Fantastic (travel) guitar!

I have to admit I was a little skeptical at first but this guitar has completely won me over. I've had mine for six months now and played it several times a week. The beveled armrest and the scalloped back make this guitar incredibly comfortable. In fact, it's so darn comfy that I find myself grabbing it over my Taylor or Yamaha guitars, especially when I want to sit on the couch… read more and just noodle around. Of course it doesn't have the fullness of sound or richness in tone of my solid body guitars, but for what it is it sounds darn good. The fact that I can bring it anywhere and not have to worry about humidity or temperature changes, let alone getting caught out in the rain make this such a practical and enjoyable guitar to tote around. I've traveled internationally with my Journey guitar several times and it is a breeze to carry around especially in comparison to any other guitar. That I can wear this guitar as a backpack is so unbelievably convenient. And when I have other luggage it's easy to lay on top of my roller bag.The downside I've come across is when to plug this in. The feedback generated from playing when plugged in pretty much makes doing so impossible. But then again when would you really ever try to play live with this? Overall I am incredibly happy with his guitar and would highly recommend it to anyone who doesn't want to travel with a full-size guitar. And really who does? I know from having done so for years that is a real pain in the butt. This thing eliminates all of that hassle, sounds great and is a blast to play. Hope this helps if you are trying decide on a travel guitar. I can't recommend it highly enough if you're in the market for a travel guitar.

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Remarkable

Heading out of the country for a few days and needed a travel guitar. Got on the net and found this one. Got it out of the box and attached the neck and the darn thing was almost in tune. Not what I expected. It really is almost as loud as a Tennessee flat top. I play a D-35 and an SJ200 and this thing can hang. The thing that I find the most remarkable is the sustain. This… read more thing rings for days. Guess it's the material but this has more than double maybe triple the sustain of my other guitars.

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