A full-size classical or flamenco guitar with a patented detachable neck. Disassembles in seconds. Fits standard airline carry-on luggage. Zero acoustic sacrifice.
Most travel guitars make a trade-off: they shrink the body, use synthetic materials, or sacrifice playability to fit inside a bag. The Pullaway guitar makes no such compromise.
Luthier Nicolás Rodríguez Guerra — with over 15 years of lutherie experience — invented and patented a precision wood dovetail joint that allows the neck to detach from the body in under 30 seconds, with no tools. Once separated, the guitar body fits inside a standard airline carry-on bag (55 × 40 × 20 cm).
The result is a full-size, full-quality classical or flamenco guitar that you can carry onto any commercial flight as hand luggage — protecting your instrument from the risks of the hold, avoiding extra luggage fees, and arriving at your destination with a concert-ready guitar.
Body + neck separate into 55 × 40 × 20 cm — standard overhead locker dimensions on every major airline.
The wood joint maintains complete structural and acoustic continuity. No tonal loss, no intonation drift — confirmed by professional soloists.
The Pullaway system uses only precision-fitted wood — no bolts, no brackets, no adhesives. Centuries-old dovetail joinery.
Every Pullaway installation — whether new build or transformation — comes with a lifetime guarantee on the joint system.
Neck slides in and locks. No tuning required beyond a quick fine-tune. You can go from bag to stage in under a minute.
Each joint is fitted by hand by Nicolás himself. No two joints are identical — each is calibrated to its specific guitar.
Already own a guitar you love? Nicolás evaluates your instrument remotely and, if it qualifies, installs the Pullaway system. You send your guitar in a purpose-built shipping box (provided by Nicolás), and it comes back transformed — with a lifetime guarantee on the joint.
Commission a guitar built from scratch with the Pullaway system integrated from the start. You choose the tonewoods, scale length, tuning machines, and finish. Nicolás constructs it over 1–2 months in his workshop in Les Arques, France.
The Pullaway travel guitar is used by professional musicians who cannot afford to leave their instrument behind — or to trust it to the aircraft hold. Here are some common use cases:
Classical guitarists who perform internationally need an instrument that survives the tour. Pullaway users include conservatory professors, concert soloists, and session musicians. Mauricio Díaz Álvarez, professor at the Conservatory of Vannes, France, calls it "a necessary advance for travelling guitarists."
Quim Ramos, guitarist for Cirque du Soleil, changes city every two months. He carries his Pullaway guitar in a backpack across continents: "It is a marvel to take my detachable guitar from one side of the world to the other."
Flamenco guitars are particularly vulnerable to hold damage due to their cypress backs and sides. The Pullaway transformation is especially popular among flamenco artists who teach and perform internationally.
Holiday musicians, expats, and students studying abroad benefit from having their own familiar instrument without paying oversized luggage fees on every journey.
The Pullaway system is based on a wood dovetail joint — a centuries-old cabinetmaking technique adapted for lutherie by Nicolás Rodríguez Guerra and patented in 2015 as "Plucked string musical instrument with selectively separable neck".
The soundbox incorporates an integrated structural recess. The neck features a precision coupling system. When joined, the two elements achieve:
Unlike bolt-on systems or systems using metal hardware, the Pullaway is 100% wood. There are no moving parts, no corrosion risk, no temperature-related expansion differential between dissimilar materials.
Full Technical Details →A good travel guitar must fit airline carry-on dimensions (55 × 40 × 20 cm), protect the instrument from hold damage, and preserve full acoustic quality. The Pullaway system achieves all three without reducing the guitar's size or quality.
Yes. Multiple professional soloists, conservatory professors, and touring musicians confirm there is no audible difference in tone or sustain. The precision wood joint transmits vibration identically to a one-piece instrument.
In most cases, yes. Send details and photos of your guitar to Nicolás for a free evaluation. If it qualifies, transformation starts from €220. The process preserves the guitar's original voice and includes a lifetime guarantee.
Under 30 seconds. The neck slides in and locks with no tools. A quick fine-tune of the strings (they rarely go significantly out during transit) and you are ready to play.
Yes. Nicolás works with musicians across Europe, the Americas, and beyond. Guitars are shipped in professional protective packaging. Contact for shipping rates to your country.
Transform your existing guitar from €220, or commission a custom-built travel guitar. Nicolás answers every enquiry personally.
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