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Journey Instruments Travel Classical Guitar: OC520

First things first: I'm not a classical player. My nylon instruments are all crossover guitars with radiused fretboards, low action, and nut widths of 48 mm, max. Also, I use high tension strings, which are not recommended for the OC520. Ironically, this short-bodied, collapsible, carry-on guitar is the truest classical-style guitar that I own. (I have a Furch Little Jane, which has been a life-saver, but it's scale length is only 615 mm, and the neck is almost too narrow. It's also too expensive for the sort of travel abuse that I tend to inflict. Besides, nowadays I mainly play nylon. A cheaper instrument with a fuller scale length was always going to appeal.) Thoughtfully, it comes with two different saddles. (Unfortunately, for this maiden voyage, I forgot to bring the shorter one: big mistake. The action here is “trampoline height” — 3.5mm at the 12th fret.) The back pack bag is well padded and has enough compartments for an iPad and charger and spare strings (one tiny corner of my 16 inch Macbook Pro peeps out of its zip pocket, but it's safe enough). My headphones and paperback actually fit in the main compartment with the guitar — accessed via a separate zipped opening above the shoulder straps. (Zips are the oft-overlooked Achilles' heel of travel bags, but these are good quality.) It has a pick up system: I haven't tried it and probably never will. My one complaint is about the tuning pegs — a couple tended to slip, and I sought replacements (which were provided free of charge by the local supplier). I just wish that they were better quality. The market place for decent airplane carry-on guitars is pretty tiny — more so for nylon players. Fortunately, this one fits the bill pretty nicely. P.S. Pau ferro goes by many names: morado, Bolivian rosewood, Santos rosewood, Caviuna. I'd be curious to know if the newer Journey instruments that describe the back and sides as being made of "rosewood" are actually using a different type of wood. Addendum: The frets felt a bit rough, and they were chewing through the strings pretty quickly. The detachable neck made it relatively easy to give them a polish, and it is definitely worth the effort.