Blackbird Guitars has a new product that I think is a good idea: a virtually indestructible carbon-fiber nylon-string travel guitar.

It’s a little pricey at $1899, but I could see spending the money considering that you may have paid $10K+ for your real classical, and you know this thing could survive getting run over by a truck.

I know this because I own an original “boat-oar” Steinberger, and I can assure you that carbon-fiber instruments are t-o-u-g-h tough.

Also, it looks like there is some innovation in terms of the sound here. Travel guitars (for lack of a more accurate way to explain this) suck in terms of sound. I’ve owned a few and sold them all. According to Blackbird, this thing is completely hollow (including the neck!), which apparently gives it a richer tone because the entire guitar acts as a sound box. There’s also that “sound scoop” concept…