Yona The Dove of Peace!

The Travel Guitar to Take Everywhere

Made in Jerusalem, Israel

Yona. The finest travel guitar in the world. What is so special about the Yona? A fine travel guitar! Who needs it? A travel guitar is conveniently light and compact, but usually doesn't have a good sound or is difficult to play. We are proud of the fact that whoever tries the Yona complements how good the sound is and how comfortable it is in comparison to most other travel guitars. Why does it have to be made with good quality materials? One of the secrets of the success of the Yona is the fine materials that it is made with. They are what makes the difference It's a real difference! Order a Yona for yourself. You'll be glad you did! Yehuda's Story of the "Yona" Yivgeni was a guard at my five year old's kindergarten. Since the big rash of bombings two years ago every school and separate building requires an armed guard. This is an added expense to us. To help make up the financial difference of putting Eden, our little one, in the afternoon program, Rachael, my wife, who teaches music, agreed to be the music teacher once a week. One day, while she was leaving, the guard said that he builds and repairs guitars. The kindergarten additionally enjoyed Yivgeni's presence because he built and fixed things all over the playroom. She told him that I would be interested in meeting him. She was right. I have been learning guitar repair and building for a few years. Besides reading everything I watched every video I could order on the internet,but for some repairs I haven't had enough hands-on experience with the right tools. When Yivgeni took me to his small studio, on the other side of Jerusalem, I was in guitar building heaven. Every tool and instrument which I have wanted to use was there and more. He has the finest and most colorful woods and beautiful mother of pearl slices which he uses for inlay. He made two instruments; an unusual guitar and a mandelin. They were incredible both in look and sound. I tried those two. WOW! There were photos of many other stringed instruments which he made, each one more beautiful than the next. The most humorous thing about all this is he doesn't play any of them. He is a technician. He draws plans very professionally and does his work from there. He adjusts the sound scientificly with theories and experience. He went to Mexico and South America to learn guitar making and put his own ideas into the work. For weeks after that I brought him all my guitars which needed repairs ( I have a lot of guitars) and he gave them back to me better than he got them. See the Neshama! Our full sized "Guitar with a Soul" here. Yigeni's Hand made Bazoukis click here. Last time I was in the states I bought the Martin Backpacker. I almost bought it on the trip before but I wasn't sure I liked the sound. This past time I decided that the convenience and the clarity outweight the the tinny sound, which I began to think of as a cross between a quieter guitar and a banjo. It was easy to take everywhere and of course Martin is a good brand name. It's small, light, and easy to take everywhere. It is even small enough to play in the passenger seat in a car. Whenever anyone saw this unusual guitar, whether they were guitar players themselves or not, they would ask me where they could get one too. There were three main problems with it. One was that it went out of tune quickly. Another was that the tinny sound became annoying to some people. The first time I played it at a sing along, the area around the hole chipped off. Years ago I used to play hard with a pick. I don't anymore and that shouldn't have happened. I took it to Yivgeni, knowing that he could do something about it. That was when we got the idea to make one ourselves without the problems of the Backpacker...and we did.

These are the first pictures of the "Yona"... The materials used are "mahogany", "spruce" and "cherrywood" with elegant "mother of pearl". The sound is fantastic for the size and the size is great for traveling and tight spaces. You can take it everywhere. That is why everyone likes it. And it is hand made in Jerusalem. The length is 90 cm.(c. 36 inches) It weighs less than three pounds (1.6 kg) and comes with a traveling case and strap. At this time the estimated time to make it is between one and a half to two months from ordering. There is a lot of work involved in making it by hand to the quality that we want. The materials are the best available to produce the finest quality of the sound and look. The current price for the "Yona" is $325, which some people, who have seen and tried it, have already agreed to pay without blinking. We are not making very much profit from this price. At this time almost all the money goes for the expenses of making the piece. In order to make enough money to keep building it we must sell a significant amount. Right now we are feeling out the market and supplying on demand. The first one only came out recently, the Yona #1. the next one will be #2. Each guitar will be numbered. We are taking $200 on order and another $125 on completion. Learn to play Chasidic music on the Guitar with Yehuda Konigsberg. The Soul of the Jewish Guitar SPECIAL REQUESTS and SPECIAL FEATURES! We can do custom sizing of the neck for wider hands. Since each Yona is made individually, we can change some of the specifications of the Yona at your request. Please let us know. The Yona can even be made to suit left handed players. Now there is every reason to ORDER YOUR YONA NOW! You'll be be glad you did. See the Neshama! Our full sized "Guitar with a Soul" here. What's a bouzouki? Read here. Letters and Complements from our Customers.

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