The Soloette guitars have a built-in amplifier that works with headphones. You don't need to bring an amp, just earbuds or headphones. I practice with mine without anything in hotel rooms. Their whole reason for existence is so you can practice while travelling, nobody would perform with one. On the other hand, I can't see any reason why a Soloette electric guitar like the dragonfly can't sound as good as anything else (except for resonating body instruments, of course).