Such a surprisingly great mandolin

This is my 3rd Airline guitar and I’ve been pleased every time! I finally bought the guitar I watched Jack White play in The White Stripes. Classic rock n roll sound and it plays great! Superb customer service! Thanks for everything!!

Very cool guitar, fits nicely in my Airline collection!

I’ve wanted one of these beauties for a while, the 35% sale pushed it over for me. I was about to buy the gold sparkle & then noticed the charcoal flame & that did it. I dig the unusual shape & configuration of the volume & tone controls for each pickup. The 5 way tone selector is perfect & the bridge pickup is nice & sharp & also good tome combination w/ the middle one as well. Well done frets & fingerboard w/ good action. A nice weight & size as well, not too heavy, actually just right, similar to Gibson SG. I also want to thank the team for ‘gifting’ me all those great Airline shirts, thank you, they will come in handy. Great team to buy from, this is my second Airline & could be back for another.

Great customer service. Beautiful guitar.

I have been searching for this guitar since 2015, but it was so hard to find in Europe. After a long, long time I saw it here on the website and kept mulling it over. I contacted the staff, and they took extensive time to talk me through the build process and were generally just really great. So I decided to just go ahead an order it.

And it's awesome! The color comes out like a metallic candy apple red with a creamy white secondary color. It isn't heavy at all and sits very comfortably. Everything on it works of course, and the frets are cleanly finished. It just feels great. And above all, it looks absolutely amazing and inspires me to play which is all you really, really want from a guitar.

Excellent experience ordering from Belgium. The Jetson exceeded my expectations, and I really appreciated the extra T-shirts, the gig bag, and the personal note written on the box — such a nice touch.
Sorry for the late review, I’ve only just been able to put the Jetson down long enough to write this. Highly recommended!
Best regards,
Rudy Berges

It’s an awesome guitar. 5 stars for sure if it didn’t have a broken pick up selector and 230 dollars of tariffs.
Love airline guitars. They are eye catching and play and sound beautiful. My fav brand

Exactly what I have been looking for, red / white. Excellent quality soft leather strap. I don’t like flashy, ornamental embroidered ones w/ all sorts of ornamental stuff on them. Really classy vibe, recommended. Looking to buy other colors when they are back in stock.

Really digging this! Large variety of tones. I keep my rig pretty simple but this is a fine addition. Keep it up guys! Very cool!

It was a long time coming due to Airline's warehouse move but it did arrive on Friday. I prefer a little more treble from my guitars but I will try to adjust for that in my amp EQ. The guitar is Stunning and I've been playing it exclusively to get familiar with its sound. I am a busker here in Denver. In a perfect world, the case would unzip All the way across the bottom. As it is, it's going to be a little challenge to have it open on the sidewalk for receiving tips. Great job all around, Airline Guitars. I'll be proud to be seen playing this gem. I have a gig in two days and will debut this guitar.

Been playing this for about three weeks and I'm very happy with it so far. The humbucker sounds great, the bridge is solid, very well made guitar. The only thing I don't love are the tuners, which feel a little "economy" to me. I had never played lap steel before this and I quickly learned there are a lot of alternate tunings involved. While trying to tune up the lowest string my tuner felt like it slipped off track. I have ordered an upgraded set of tuners from Stewmac (Stewmac has dimensions shown so you can verify fitment). I also bought a new guitar cable with a 90-degree input. You can see the input jack on the guitar is very close to the strings and I kept bumping my plucking finger knuckles against the guitar cable when I was using my old straight cable. The right-angle cable input fixed that. I purchased a course by Andy Hall on the Artistworks site for lap steel and dobro. Really loving it so far!

I own a few Airlines and this one is the best so far. The build quality is fantastic. The pickups are amazing. Came set up out of the box with just a slight tuning adjustment. Personally for me I feel like this guitar is a hidden gem. Get one! You'll love it!

I bought it as a novelty instrument but found it to be much more. It plays well and has a great sound. I 'm glad it's part of my collection.

First things first, and bear with me because this'll be long. The only reason I know anything about these is David Lindley's El Rayo X band in the 80s, which I loved. I knew they used weird guitars and started learning about them, acquiring a few myself. Best find ever for me was a Mosrite Ventures Mark IV, an original one from 1966, with not a single flaw. I happened to have that guitar in the trunk the night we saw Lindley in a small club near Rochester, a fantastic old venue called Red Creek that also had great wings. Anyway, Dave and I get to talking after the incredible show and I mention the Mosrite, not far away in the parking lot we were already standing in. I show it to him and ask him to sign it, which he's understandably hesitant to do, it being an ancient relic and historic and all. He signed anyway after I'd promised not to sue. Just a magical night, and in fact the first time I ever encountered one of these "map" guitars in person. It made an impression on me!

Cut to the now and I'm celebrating a long overdue life change, an imminent move back home to Rochester. I've started an ebay thing that's taking off, so I'm treating myself to things I've never been able to afford, including a few non-Chinese made guitars. This was the second, after a very lovely Gretsch archtop that was on sale. It's a tossup which I like more. The Airline has a few advantages. It was almost exactly in tune when it came, on a normally cold day in the low 20s. The B needed a little nudge, but it was frightening how close to being perfectly in tune it was out of the giant box. It plays and stays in tune too. Didn't have much adjusting to do with the intonation, if any. I love the Gretsch too! But if I'm being honest this one's more fun, and less intimidating. The Gretsch is so fancy/perfect I feel like I need to hold my breath when near it for fear of air damage.

Bottom line? I love this guitar! It looks fantastic, plays great and holds tuning better than most. Well worth the money, and I say that as a dedicated cheapskate. Until recently I'd never bought a new guitar that wasn't made in China. And I love a lot of those guitars - the secret nobody talks about is that they're often better made than even the most expensive US made brands. But not this one. No modding necessary on my new map guitar, which I'll refer to as such until a name springs to mind that fits.

I've made my living as an Americana indie singer-songwriter for the last 33 years over the course of 95 albums (I kid you not.)
I buy guitars because I write songs. I need songs, so guitars are not optional. First, you make eye contact with the instrument, introduce yourself and then maybe spend the evening drinking coffee and comparing notes about Life, Love and Eternity; If the chemistry is there, new friendships mean more smiles, more coffee...and new songs.
(My stock electrics have been Telecasters, a Gretsch 6120, & a Rickenbacker.)
Enter the Airline MAP DLX...
I simply cannot put this guitar down. The guitar is full of surprises, somewhat mischievous,always generous in conversation. The MAP DLX's play-ability is Wondrous, it's pick-up colorations a thing of Beauty.
And "her" looks? Stunning. The MAP DLX is a Metallic Blue Sky of Liberation & Inspiration.

The good folks at Airline have so remarkably updated these guitars with all the right improvements that you just can't go wrong.
These are built with Integrity and Love. Rock & Roll Roots & Futuristic stylings shake hands right here.
Thank you, Airline! ~ Bill Mallonee

A beautiful instrument, finished with attention to detail. Unique design, great craftsmanship. No complaints!

A quality strap. Comfortable.

this thing is perfect for the tones I dig! fit and finish are superb, came with no functional issues other than needing intonation adjustment. the one thing I would change is the size or location of the pu selector switch: its smack dab in the pick glide path. Its more of an optical thing than actual collisions with the switch, and sure you can pick a little lower, but the tone is best right over the top pu! strumming adjusted, problem solved, thanks for making this beauty!

I have several
Of your guitars and love them!