I'm selling my Emerald Life all-graphite travel guitar that I had bought for when I'm on the road for work. I really don't use it, especially if I have to fly, so she's going up for sale. It is compact in size, but still a full 25 1/2" scale, so it doesn't sound like a toy like most travel acoustics. It is actually loud and has more bottom end than you would expect.
The maker, Alistair Hay, used to make carbon fiber F1 boat hulls in St. Louis and moved to Ireland to make all graphite acoustic guitars and basses. His websites can be seen here:
http://www.emeraldlife.com/ http://www.emeraldguitars.com/
The guitar is in like new condition and comes with a very nice gigbag. The guitar is strung with the original strings (Elixirs). It's less than a year old and it really didn't get played much, so the strings are still good. It also comes with chrome Sperzel locking tuners. I would like to get $500 for it. It cost me much more than that because I bought it new and I had to pay the shipping and customs charges. There is one listed on Evilbay right now for $535 plus nearly $70 S&H to the States and then there's a $30 customs charge upon delivery.:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Emerald-X5-Carbo...QQcmdZViewItem
If you do any traveling, this is the perfect guitar. Even if you just use it around the campfire it's great. The graphite is darn near invincible to weather, humidity, and temperature changes. The website shows a guy at the beach dropping the guitar into the ocean. After letting it the water, it still played in tune. The strings eventually developed some corrosion, hence why Allistair only uses Elixirs now. It is also shown being used as a paddle for a canoe!
More pics:
http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...merald%20Life%
