Voyage-Air Songwriter Series VAOM-04 Folding Orchestra Model Acoustic Guitar

 (5 customer reviews)

I first encountered Voyage-Air guitars at the Kerrville Folk Festival in 2010. A stranger I jammed with had one of the dreadnought versions and it sounded as good as any full-size dreadnought. (It doesn't sound as sweet as a well played and cared for pre-war Martin but few new guitars do.) Seeing it folded and stashed into a backpack intrigued me. I am primarily a finger-style player and a few weeks ago when I saw that Voyage-Air had an OM model I sprung for the VAOM-04. I've been using it for a few weeks now and am quite impressed.

I've tried other travel guitars but found they are either nearly as large as a full-size guitar (e.g., Baby Taylor) or so small they don't sound much like a full-size guitar (e.g., Martin Backpacker). The size not only makes a difference in the sound, they don't feel like a regular guitar. The Voyage-Air has a full-size body with a full-size neck with normal string spacing. It sounds, plays, and feels just like a full-size guitar but the...Read more

First impressions when I opened this up were, "meh.. its kinda plane lookin." I figured that this was going to be a risky purchase and was fully expecting to return it because surely it couldn't live up to my expectations of sound, intonation, playability and feel. When I first set the neck and tuned it, I was sure that the fret edges would be sharp or that I would feel the crack where the neck goes together. WRONG and WRONG! The fret work is professionally done and I tried for the life of me to feel the seam where the two meet up, but to my amazement I felt nothing. Well that all went better than expected but surely it wont have good intonation up the fretboard, I mean this is meant as a traveling instrument and not a professional guitar and sacrifices had to be made right?... WRONG AGAIN!

I soon realized that my skepticism was all misplaced. As I stopped critiquing and actually started playing it.. holy cow. This thing resonates and responds better than a Martin OM-42...Read more

This is my 14th guitar (many brands) but first Voyage-air folding guitar. I have never written a review about any product before but had to say that the quality, playability, and sound of this guitar is well worth the price. Played a Voyage-air VAOM-04 that one of my friends had purchased and had to have one. Was looking for a travel guitar with a full scale neck (fret board spacing) and am very satisfied with everything about this guitar. It feels great and projects like crazy (much louder than I expected). Would recommend this guitar to anyone that wants a good quality instrument, that is easy to take on the road, with a great sound, for a very reasonable price. Just as a side note, it was delivered sooner than expected. If you buy this guitar you will have a blast playing it!