Nashville, Tennessee-based Ciari Guitars previously launched the 'Ascender' travel guitar back in 2019, with the company now coming out with a new folding guitar that adds a P90 pickup for improved sound.
The 'Ascender P90 Solo' is a folding guitar whose P90 bridge pickup is said to be able to promise "the brightness and clarity of a single-coil, but with the mid-range punch of a humbucker." Elsewhere, this folding guitar doesn't compromise on neck length, boasting a full scale length and medium jumbo frets
"When it’s time to hit the road, players engage the system, which combines an aircraft-grade mid-neck hinge, a translating locking strut to selectively immobilize the hinge, and a floating tailpiece to selectively tighten and loosen the strings," Ciari Guitars revealed in a press release.
This folding guitar is available for $1,599, and can be obtained in left-handed and right-handed versions in various color options.
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What's Driving This Trend
- Travel-friendly Guitars
- Opportunities for disrupting the travel and music industry by creating more portable, lightweight, and compact guitars for musicians on the go.
- Folding Instrument Technology
- Disruptive innovation opportunities in instrument design by exploring new folding mechanisms and materials to create compact and easily transportable musical instruments.
- Hybrid Guitar Pickups
- Opportunities for combining the benefits of single-coil and humbucker pickups to create more versatile and high-quality sound in compact guitars.
Who This Affects Most
- Musical Instruments
- The music industry could benefit from innovations in travel-friendly instruments, particularly those that offer improved sound quality and portability.
- Travel and Tourism
- The travel industry could benefit from increased demand for instruments that are easily transportable and accessible, providing opportunities for new niche markets and travel experiences.
- Consumer Electronics
- Increased demand for portable musical instruments could lead to opportunities for consumer electronics manufacturers to innovate and create more diverse and lightweight instruments for on-the-go musicians.
