Last year, innovative acoustic company Blackbird Guitars surprised us with its industrial waste/flax linen composite-bodied El Capitan six-string, and the clever luthiers have now announced their second ecologically sound model, the downsized Savoy.
The O-sized guitar boasts a full-size voice and scale length, but fits in a 3/4-sized case, and like the company's previous model, is primarily formed from Ekoa, a linen and bio resin material benchmarked against Alpine spruce.
Blackbird is confident Ekoa outperforms traditional soundboards, with greater projection, dynamics and a vintage timbre, while being impervious to temperature and humidity changes.
As well as a hollow neck, head sound chamber and arch back, the 12-fret model is notable for its 'dual' cutaway with sculpted back, to provide better upper-fret access.
The Savoy is available now for $2,500, including case - see Blackbird Guitars for more info.
