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Marco Polo is recognized as one of the greatest explorers in the world. The EKO brand wanted to pay tribute to this Italian pioneer of exploration by meticulously designing high-quality travel guitars, featuring elegant Italian design. The Marco Polo "Travel" series has reduced dimensions, perfect for traveling and taking a serious instrument with excellent sound everywhere. The solid wood construction for the top and back/sides delivers rich, flawless tones and excellent acoustic projection. The rosette features engravings of the word "traveler" in various languages, representing the invitation to travel these guitars offer, which come with a waterproof gigbag. For the onboard electronics, nothing beats the Fishman Flex Blend system (piezo + condenser microphone) to best reproduce all the tonal qualities of your instrument and to blend the two pickups as you wish. Marco Polo guitars are thus very well-crafted travel guitars with an elegant and refined look!
The "Traveler" guitar by EKO: solid woods and Italian elegance!
Marco Polo is one of the most famous explorers worldwide, and the Italian brand EKO wanted to honor his legendary journeys and discoveries through a refined series of electro-acoustic travel guitars. The Marco Polo "Travel" guitars have a reduced size with a 610 mm scale length to easily carry your instrument and enjoy comfortable playability wherever you are. The craftsmanship is serious, using quality materials to make no compromises on sound quality and projection. The top, back, and sides are made of solid mahogany, delivering rich and balanced tones with the warm, rounded sound characteristic of mahogany. The neck, also mahogany, is topped with a South American Roupanà fingerboard with 20 frets, providing easy playability, and a 43 mm wide bone nut. The rosette offers an elegant and innovative design with laser engraving of the word "traveler" in different languages to convey the travel invitation of this Travel guitar! Finally, the solid mahogany finish is satin "open pore" for an elegant look that allows the mahogany to express and resonate optimally. The gold hardware and open tuners with Butterbean buttons complete the guitars refined design. A durable, waterproof padded gigbag is included to facilitate safe and elegant transport for all your musical travels.
High-quality versatile electronics: Fishman Flex Blend!
To enhance the acoustic design of the Marco Polo Travel, nothing is better than an advanced and versatile Fishman preamp system to capture all the sonic richness of the carefully selected tonewoods. The built-in Flex Blend system consists of a piezo pickup and an internal condenser microphone, which the electronics allow you to blend as you wish. Perfect for gradually blending the internal mic to your taste and setup via the dedicated control. Pressing the right button activates the built-in tuner so youre always perfectly in tune. The system offers controls including a master volume knob, a mic blend knob to mix the internal microphone with the piezo signal, and an equalization knob to adjust mid frequencies for a flatter or scooped midrange sound. Finally, pressing the left knob activates a phase switch to avoid feedback, ideal for all types of amplification.
In summary, EKO offers with its Marco Polo Travel series high-quality travel guitars, with serious craftsmanship and rich tonal qualities, all in a compact and very comfortable format. The ideal guitar to enjoy an elegant and highly resonant instrument at an affordable price considering the quality of design!
The "Traveler" guitar by EKO: solid woods and Italian elegance! Marco Polo is one of the most famous explorers worldwide, and the Italian brand EKO
