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Earth-Hardened Guitars

The Alpaca Guitar is the Ultimate ‘Adventure Guitar’

— March 31, 2013 — Eco
For most music tree-hugging individuals will find it difficult to find an instrument that they can utilize without feeling awful about all the trees that had to be butchered to produce it. Hippies and extreme environmentalist will rejoice about the new envirinmonetallly conscious ‘Alpaca Guitar.’

The Alpaca Guitar was designed with the elements any outdoorsy person would love to encounter on a regular basis. The instrument is made of carbon fiber, flax fabric and bio-derived resins, which all sound like materials that came from a backyard. The guitar can easily be carried by anyone with its lightweight design, making for the perfect alternative to any wood-based guitars.

Dissimilar from other guitars, its tuners are based at the bottom for protection, with the hollowed-out area no longer placed behind the strings anymore -- this is done so for easy water drainage.

With so much eco-love put into crafting this instrument, any hardcore environmentalist will surely want this for their camp gathering.
Trend Themes
1. Eco-friendly Instruments - The Alpaca Guitar showcases the trend of creating environmentally conscious instruments using sustainable materials like carbon fiber and bio-derived resins.
2. Lightweight Design - The Alpaca Guitar highlights the trend of designing lightweight instruments that are easy to carry and perfect for outdoor use.
3. Innovative Tuner Placement - The Alpaca Guitar introduces the trend of placing tuners at the bottom for protection and easy water drainage.
Industry Implications
1. Musical Instruments - The Alpaca Guitar offers disruptive innovation opportunities for the musical instrument industry to develop more eco-friendly and lightweight instruments.
2. Outdoor Gear - The Alpaca Guitar presents disruptive innovation opportunities for the outdoor gear industry to create instruments specifically designed for outdoor enthusiasts and adventurers.
3. Sustainable Materials - The Alpaca Guitar opens up disruptive innovation opportunities for the sustainable materials industry to provide alternative materials for instrument manufacturing, reducing the reliance on wood-based products.
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