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Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2024
This guitar has a full-sized fret board, stays in tune, plays great, with a diminutive body (3/4 size) that is plenty loud, and can be broken down for carry-on luggage compatibility. The most important part of my approximately 3 weeks with this guitar is that, after some adjustment, I found myself drawn to playing it all the time, with old songs that I didn't even think I knew kind of just coming out as I played. Now for some details:I find this guitar to be fun to play, and as best I can tell it is because it is unexpectedly loud and keeps in tune, the net effect being that it is relatively easy to get a lot of good sound out of it, almost like when you go from acoustic to electric and suddenly it is not too hard to get a lot out. Regardless, I am continually drawn to it.Some realities: When I first put it together it buzzed. I was almost done, but I know I can play a little hard, and mine is a hybrid, so I watched the Klos video on working the truss rod. Watch this. I wanted my guitar to work perfectly right out of the box, but the vid was so rational and logical that I just went and turned the rod until the buzz was gone, as instructed. Then back to playing all the time. The body is smaller and you can hear a small-body sound, especially when banging away, but that is what I would expect from a small body. Some people might find the neck a trifle bit narrow, but again, hey, it is a travel guitar. I should mention I emailed Klos about the buzz and I am pretty sure they never answered me. (Update: but when I called (to claim my shirt) a cool dude named "Niko" answered right away). The neck is held on by 4 bolts - very simple and easy to work. However, the detuning and retuning process makes me not want to break this down and put together again frequently, which is fine by me because I just need to do it once to get across the pond. Regarding the saddle, the wedgy part goes on the higher strings - I did not find this on any of the literature and noticed even a guitar store selling this online had it backwards. (I Googled the issue to get the answer) (Update: apparently this is covered in their video).I picked this guitar because it is both a real guitar - and even more so I see now that I have it - AND because I wanted to just snake in under RyanAir's carry-on limitations, which are 22" long. I wrote this first installment review so I could get a free Klos shirt, but I intend to return within the year and report whether I was actually able to get this thing into a carry-on with all my other stuff, which will be a challenge, but a challenge that I am for some weird reason really looking forward to. One guy said to store socks and underwear inside the guitar because it is indestructible. The dream: to be planted in a nice AirBnB somewhere with this gem of a guitar - what a concept.FIRST UPDATE - ABOUT A WEEK LATER - They answered their phone when I called, and were cool. Also, forgot to say that the gig bag system has like 4 configurations, extremely well-geeked-out, and is also great quality. They even provided a rain cover. The strap works perfectly for me, BTW, even though I am not really a strap guy. Apparently they have a vid covering all assembly, including the orientation of the saddle, but I missed the QR code and tend to read and not watch, truss rod vid notwithstanding. I traveled with my Martin Backpacker a couple times and checking it through always made me nervous, so this being carry-on friendly and mega-ding-resistant is way mind-settling.SECOND UPDATE - A FEW MONTHS LATER - Totally traveled carry-on for U.S. domestic flight - no issues; was great. Flew a couple hours domestic for Thanksgiving and decided to test it out - used the travel bag as my carry-on and took an 18 litre backpack as my personal item. Did not go back and read instructions (because I had read them before!) and just attacked - remembered to use the little capo to keep the nut in place before de-tuning. Used a peg-crank I had purchased before for this purpose to keep the process swift. Cranked it down, used the TSA-compliant little screwdriver to remove the bolts. Packed the thing up in the carry-case. Did not shove my spare underwear in the sound-hole. That would have been too weird, though possibly more efficient. Re-assembly later also was easily under 10 minutes and no problem, using tuner on my phone. Jammed for 3 days with my family. Totally awesome. Still sounds nice and bright, stays tuned, and makes you feel clever. I stuck my shower-flip-flops and coral-walker shoes (camp shoes) in the neck part of the bag and bent it down over the back and tied it against the main bag using parachord. The travel bag is way way cool, with all kinds of stuff thought out. But the neck part still seems like it could use some more uber-design-engineering to be useful or retractable when not holding the neck of the guitar. I made it work for me, but I thought I would mention this so that Klos might be inspired if they read this, and the rest of you will be more likely to believe that I am not a paid AI cyber-bot that is programmed to really like this guitar. The fact is, I really like this guitar, and have again confirmed that family does too. I should mention that mine has the wood neck and looks great. So, no RyanAir yet, but this test run in 'Merica worked great. For RyanAir I believe I will have to forego the cool travel bag in order to fit, but I am cool with that. Just so the guit-box stays with me. No Euro-flights scheduled yet, but the future beckons. Attitude is everything.
Kenzu
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 23, 2023
Tbh audio input jack not working anymore and even though the instruments are good I cannot with good heart recommend this as someone else might get the same sort of bad instrument and support is non existent.
James Ang
Reviewed in Singapore on March 31, 2023
I was searching for a travel guitar that would allow me to practice while I am overseas. After a long search and reviewing numerous feedback and YouTube videos I finally decided on this model. I am glad I have selected it. The engineering design is ingenious. The carbon fiber body projects a loud enough sound without connecting it to the amplifier. And with the amp I can hook on to numerous hours of playing!
Chip
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2021
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Joe Hernando
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2021
I got this little travel guitar because I wanted a smaller and lighter yet durable option for camping, hiking and bikepacking. In the last six months, I’ve taken it to the beach, out on the river and on several camping trips. One day, the temps reached 100 degrees; on another night, they dipped to 40 degrees. Neither extreme was an issue....Well, not to the guitar. Assembly was a breeze. I keep it assembled because I don’t want an additional step between setting up camp and playing. The provided gig bag is thick, protective and perfect for car camping; however, I bought a thin, cheap, 3/4-size guitar bag to cut down on size and weight then strap it to my bicycle or back pack. The smaller bouts provide a different resting point for my arm than what I am used to, but it is worth it for the size and weight benefits. The included screw-type capo was different than the spring-loaded capo pictured. It appears to be smaller, more compact and it works great; I prefer this screw type capo for maintaining a small pack size even while attached to the guitar. The guitar is well made, strong and light. It sounds great for its size and stays in tune. For me, it checks all the boxes for my camping guitar. Overall, I am very pleased with this guitar. I can spend time outdoorsing without leaving my music behind.
Rezi
Reviewed in Germany on April 16, 2021
Diese Gitarre ist der Höhepunkt meiner Sammlung. Sie hat einen wunderbaren Sound, obwohl sie so klein und handlich für die Reise ist.Ich hatte sie mir zum Geburtstag gewünscht, aber Amazon zeigte die Lieferung erst für einen Tag später an. Aber, oh Wunder, sie kam doch an meinem Geburtstag an. Danke!!!Wenn die Gitarre auseinandergebaut ist, hat man einen sehr schön kleinen Rucksack, der auf der Reise kein hinderliches Gepäckstück ist. Das ist genau das, was ich gesucht habe. Einfach toll
Andrei
Reviewed in Canada on July 14, 2020
I've bought this guitar mainly as a second instrument and as a travel guitar (duh...)- SoundAssembling and tuning was a breeze. I tuned the guitar once and it kept the tune since!I've only played this guitar unplugged. The sound is much louder than I expected from this small body. It is clear and nice (to my ear). However, it feels "colder"(more "metallic" maybe?) compared to my wooden guitar. Also, it lacks some depth and bass, in my opinion. But I wound't expect that much from a small guitar anyway.- SizeThe guitar is much smaller compared to my full-body Seagull guitar. It is very easy to handle and play. Note, that the fretboard is more narrow than on the regular-sized guitar, so if you have big hands it might be less convenient for you to play.- WeightObviously, this guitar is light, but not as light as I expected. Although the body is very light, the neck is still made out of wood. KLOS is 3.2 lbs (~1.5 kg) vs 4.9 lbs (2.2 kg) for my bigger guitar on the photo.- PackagingThe packaging is great. It came packed in two boxes and bubble wrap. Inside there was everything that is listed in the description. The gig-bag is soft but is well made, with lots of pockets and rubbered zippers. The capo is good; the rain-cover is nice (however, it would only protect your instrument well in a drizzle); the strap is great (I wish it was black rather than brown, though)- DurabilityI haven't test the KLOS guitar in the field yet, and it is a recent purchase, therefore I can't say much about durability of this instrument. It definitely feels solid and sturdy, though. However, take into account that despite this guitar is often marketed as the one that "you can paddle your canoe with", the manufacturer advises to be gentle with the guitar nevertheless. In the user manual they say that you shouldn't expose the guitar to extreme temperatures or water, and that you still need to treat your instrument with care.
thierry bethmont
Reviewed in France on October 28, 2020
Bon produit en accord avec description
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