I'm a student in Butte County, California. I attend Butte College which is locate about 12 miles southeast of Chico, CA and 12 miles northwest of Oroville, CA. this makes for a difficult commute if you are a starving student with no car! Thank goodness they have an excellent bus system. Anyway, I've wanted to learn how to play guitar all my life. I've been playing violin and fiddle for most of it and the guitar seemed a natural second instrument for me. I got a lot of advice about what should be my first guitar and I looked at them all either online or in local stores.
A friend of mine turned me on to the Voyage Air and, at first I wasn't sure it would be a good enough instrument (whenever possible, I like to buy the best quality my budget will allow) but after going to their website and then driving down to a store in Sacramento to actually play one, I decided it was the right one for me.
This guitar is awesome. The tone is just as good as a classmate's Martin D-16 and He's stuck with a canvas case that straps to his back and has the neck sticking straight up! He's kind of a tall guy so going through the classroom doors he has to duck! I have a Voyage Air VAOM-04BK. I got it for the size and the price (about $499 and no ducking required).
Not only can I easily take it where I want but it doesn't weigh very much compared to some guitars in their cases, and more often than not, when I pull it out of its case and unfold the neck, the darn thing is almost entirely in tune! Even my instructor likes to pick it up after class and play it. He's actually thinking of getting one himself.
So far, I haven't had the opportunity to play in public so I can't speak to its stage-worthiness, but for the money i spent I got a great sounding guitar with a killer case that perfectly fits my life.
