Traveler Guitar TGA-1A Acoustic Guitar Headphone Amplifier

I have moderate hearing loss in both ears. I lost most of the hearing (the range for music and voice) in my right ear several years ago. In the past year the hearing in my left good ear started to sound muffled and watery. I can still hear (or so I swear to my wife), but music sounds toneless to me and often I can’t even recognize songs that I know. This obviously affected my guitar playing. The upper strings sounded ok but the lower ones were muffled or sounded like elephant farts (or what I imagined elephant farts sounded like). I can tune with an electronic tuner, but had a hard time hearing myself play. For composing, this was a nightmare.I play an acoustic-electric, but never needed the electronic component. I don’t play in public and don’t have amps or much of a recording studio at home. So, annoyingly, I’d set up a microphone connected to iRig through to my iPad and then listen through earbuds while running Garageband or iRig’s app. The sound wasn’t great and it was a pain to set up if I just wanted to sit for 10 minutes to do some fingerpicking. Finally I did some research and found this acoustic guitar amp. It’s exactly what I needed. Once I figured out how the guitar’s pickup worked (uh…add batteries) I just plug the amp into the guitar cable jack, attach ear buds and I’m set. The sound is clear and adjustable (though bear in mind I’m not the best judge these days), and the device has settings to adjust tone, volume, and other subtle things. The best part is it’s very simple to set up and use. No getting out cables, mics, iPads, etc. which is a time and nuisance hit when you just want to play for a few minutes. The amp comes with a UBS cable for charging and is small enough to fit in your case’s compartment. For the price and convenience, it’s phenomenalI highly recommend.

There are no directions on this. Which would be helpful. At least none I saw. It’s a little too quiet for me. I find it hard to hear with the volume turned up to max. But it’s $29. So not a major investment. It works for travel on my Traveller Guitar. Battery life is great. Overall for the price not too shabby. Would still buy it again because it makes my hard to hear guitar at least more hearable.

Arrived when expected, and is and performs as expected. This product provides EXACTLY what I was looking for, an EASY method for me to hear myself playing my fiddle! I use this both when I practice alone (helps me w/my intonation and volume) and when I play in a large group jam (can hear myself). I plug it into my fiddle pickup. I use an AUX connector cable and my iBeats headset. I will mention that I noticed that the quality of the sound you hear is dependent on the quality of AUX cable and headset you use with it.

Nice size and like the port for my iPhone, so I can practice with iReal Pro while also hearing the Travel Guitar, but one of the plug ins is wonky and needs to be pulled out slightly in order to work. Kind of unforgivable, but it does work, is nice and small, and the price was right, so keeping it.

I love this gadget. It sounds great with my Martin as well as my Hummingbird. Pure sound, no filter. It's excellent for practice when I don't want to turn on my amp. Recommend!

awesome

not clear or powerful enough .do your research

This mini-headphone amp does what it is supposed to. It lets you listen to yourself playing on the Traveler Guitar (or any other silent guitar with a 1/4" pickup socket). It is convenient, compact, easy to use and the battery has a decent life. The only neutral comment I have: It is hard to get a natural sound out of it. The output quality is very compressed and/or EQ'ed flat (not sure which). There are a couple of controls that do have an effect, but not very much.Anyway, it does fit neatly in the Traveler Guitar bag with my other essentials, so I am keeping it for the times when I need a "minimalist" option for listening to myself playing. I would not count on it when you want good sound quality, however. Luckily I have some other portable options for that (LR Baggs DI, Zoom H4, etc.)