Journey Instruments

Journey Instruments

Also known as: Journey, Journey Guitars

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Journey Instruments is an Austin, Texas-based maker of travel guitars founded in 2011 by Rob Bailey. The company's signature innovation is the patented Overhead collapsible travel guitar system, which uses a removable-neck mechanism that lets players break the instrument down to fit inside an airline carry-on case and reassemble it in roughly 20 seconds. Journey builds both carbon fiber and sol...

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Journey Instruments is an Austin, Texas-based maker of travel guitars founded in 2011 by Rob Bailey. The company's signature innovation is the patented Overhead collapsible travel guitar system, which uses a removable-neck mechanism that lets players break the instrument down to fit inside an airline carry-on case and reassemble it in roughly 20 seconds. Journey builds both carbon fiber and solid wood versions of the design, along with fixed-neck touring models, collapsible travel basses, and ukuleles.

The lineup is organized around a few core series: the flagship Overhead collapsible acoustic and electric models, the First Class premium tier, and the smaller-bodied RoadTrip and Journey Junior fixed-neck guitars. Most acoustic models ship with the company's JourneyTek passive piezo pickup system, built around German-made piezo elements and designed to be serviceable and upgradeable. The brand operates through licensed regional distributors in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, Norway, and Japan.

The company's artist roster skews toward fingerstyle and solo acoustic players rather than mainstream rock names, including Thomas Leeb, Maneli Jamal, Adrian Bellue, Don Alder, Josh Turner, and the YouTube educator known as Samurai Guitarist. Journey's niche is defined less by tone lineage than by the engineering problem it set out to solve — making a full-scale acoustic guitar that can realistically travel with a working musician.

Journey Instruments has 8 products cataloged on Equipboard, including Acoustic-Electric Guitars, Steel-string Acoustic Guitars, and Electric Basses. Their gear is featured by 2 artists, with the strongest followings in Rock, Folk, World, & Country, and Electronic. Notable users include Davie504 and Josh Turner.

Artists Who Use Journey Instruments

Davie504 uses 1 Journey Instruments product

Davie504

Bassist

Josh Turner uses 1 Journey Instruments product

Josh Turner

Singer, Guitarist

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