Composite Acoustics carbon fiber travel guitar

Talk about a great idea that didn’t seem to catch on!  Feast your eyes on the Composite Acoustics “Cargo” carbon fiber acoustic travel guitar.

From their website: “Composite materials allow us to break with tradition in more than one way. Molding a one-piece body enables us to shape the form of an acoustic guitar to the contours of the player’s body. Our guitars are lighter, stronger and more comfortable as a result. Our soundboards are extremely responsive, making for a very clear and powerful guitar. Each guitar is hand-crafted, yet employs computer guidance to control precise tolerances from design to assembly.”

It seems the company wasn’t able to stay afloat, unfortunately.  Their assets were taken over by Peavey, but there has been no production for a number of years.  Their website still exists, so perhaps one day we will see more of them.

There are other companies operating in the carbon fiber guitar space, such as Emerald, Rainsong, and Blackbird, so the forward-looking player still has options.