Elliot Easton goes Voyage-Air

The Cars - smash-hit rockers from the 80s... Yeah! And Elliot Easton was lead guitar for their chart-topping tunes.

Recently, Elliot was a judge on the panel for the Guitar Player Live 2009 festival held in Livermore, CA. Elliot helped judge and pick the winner for Guitar Player Magazine's Guitar Player of the Year award. Competition was intense, and the evening brought some amazing talent to stage before a host of hyper-critical judges. Having a SuperStar rock-veteran like Elliot Easton onboard for the judging was a must for competition at this level.

But you know what? Because the event was sponsored by Voyage-Air Guitar, Elliot had more than a bit of exposure to the breakthrough folding travel guitars. And by the end of the event, Elliot had to have one: he was on the phone to Michael Ferrucci, VP of Sales and Marketing at Voyage-Air. The problem? Elliot plays left-handed!

"Left-handed instruments are in the future for sure," said Ferrucci. "We want all guitar players to have a Voyage-Air guitar that's exactly right for their needs. In this case, we happened to have an experimental, early-production model that was professionally converted to a left-hand guitar. And YES - we're shipping that guitar to Elliot ASAP."

Cool! Stay tuned for pics and comments from Elliot and his new guitar!