I thought she'd kill me when another guitar or banjo came in. As for sound and portability here are my thoughts. The thing is a solid body instrument trying to sound like a hollow body acoustic. It comes very close to doing that. It comes close to matching the Yamaha Trans-Acoustics both in headphones or an amp. It a bit heavier than the Martin Backpacker or Chinese versions. Least heavy and smallest would be the Traveler Guitar but this one sounds more electric than acoustic. The Voyage Air folding guitars sound great as acoustics,but still bulky when folded. Its great for silent or small venues and lots of fun. Just have reasonable expectations as it is not a full size dreadnought.