Classical Guitar versus Blackbird Nylon

Classical guitar ideology is complex. The whole notion of a Classical Guitar is bearing the torch of tradition even though the classical guitar as we know it is a young instrument! For instance the classical guitar community considers electronically altered (including instrument modeling) to be a kind of sacrilege so much so that you cannot post recordings used with such technology on their forums. A side note regarding electronics, I believe one can always hear the difference between electronically altered and acoustic just as one can always hear the difference between live acoustic and recorded. I am an acoustic purist and acoustic tonality is what is most important to me- above all else- as a builder.

I must admit that with Classical guitars there is also the component of practical familiarity whereby the instrument is the same or similar to the tool that one has spent their lives practicing on- i.e. that sameness can only make it easier. That practical familiarity also extends to the schools, recitals, salons, clubs, performances of the CG community. People in this community have self-selected to embrace a sort of orthodoxy around the players, music and instruments. Which is in contrast to the increasingly harried and technologically charged world of music and in general.

The CG community insists on the highest level of sound, aesthetics, playability- I subscribe to all of them as of tantamount importance. The issue for me is context. I made this instrument for selfish reasons- to enter into the solitude of nature with my backpack and play an Aria in the cathedral-like resonance of a small sierra lake surrounded by peaks see pic. Sure, this is a niche market but in general its about expanding the context whereby a CGer can play a guitar without compromise and need not worry about portability/fragility/humidity etc. I am perhaps of a younger generation for whom this sort of thing is important but also perhaps the younger generation is worth courting and a widening of acceptable morays could only help.