# Folding Travel Guitars Fender's Folding Acoustic Guitar Fits in an Airliner Storage Compartment By Laura McQuarrie | Published 2014-12-16 | Special Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/travel-guitars References: [fancy](http://fancy.com/things/484574754372583847/Fender-Folding-Acoustic-Guitars) & [fender](http://www.fender.com/features/folding-guitar/) While it's common to see musical equipment like keyboards become more compact for travel, it's much less common to see a travel guitar that bends as this one does. This one from [Fender](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fender-x-loog-collection-for-kids) hinges at the neck, making it so that this guitar can be stashed in an overhead compartment as a piece of airline carry-on. The folding travel guitar comes with an elegant tortoiseshell pickguard, as well as a gig bag to keep the guitar free of scratches while it goes on the road—or flies through the skies. Although this travel guitar could easily be lightweight and cheap for the purposes of travel, Fender's guitar itself is beautifully crafted, featuring a mahogany neck, back and sides, as well as a [rosewood fingerboard](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rosewood-guitar) and bridge. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.8/10 - Popularity: 8% | Activity: 38% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 90% men, 10% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Special](https://www.trendhunter.com/special) > [Holiday](https://www.trendhunter.com/holiday) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Compact Musical Instruments:** The trend of creating compact musical instruments for travel purposes opens up opportunities for innovative designs and technologies. - **Travel-friendly Technology:** The trend of developing travel-friendly technology, like the folding travel guitar, presents opportunities for disruptive innovations in other industries such as luggage and transportation. - **Premium Travel Accessories:** The trend of offering premium travel accessories, like the elegant tortoiseshell pickguard and gig bag, creates opportunities for luxury brands to cater to travelers seeking high-quality, stylish products. ### Where This Applies - **Musical Instruments:** The folding travel guitar trend presents an opportunity for the musical instruments industry to create more portable and convenient instruments for musicians on the go. - **Luggage:** The folding travel guitar trend opens up opportunities for the luggage industry to create specialized compartments and designs to accommodate compact musical instruments during travel. - **Transportation:** The folding travel guitar trend highlights a potential innovation opportunity for the transportation industry to provide designated storage areas or compartments for travelers to safely store their compact musical instruments. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Dual-Hinge Folding Guitars](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/folding-guitars.md) - [Packable Electroacoustic Travel Guitars](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/travel-guitar.md) - [Bamboo Smart Travel Guitars](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/travel-guitar-1.md) - [Retro-Style Travel Guitars](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/vox-apc1-travel-guitar.md) - [Folding Speaker-Equipped Electric Guitars](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mogabi-v3-guitar.md) - [Folding Travel-Friendly Winter Skis](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/folding-skis.md) - [Guitar-Holding Benches](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/guitarholding-bench.md) - [Beginner-Friendly Guitar Models](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fender-x-loog-collection-for-kids.md) - [Recycled Guitar Prototypes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cardboard-guitar-1.md)