Originally Posted by
fredlord
I would not like to carry a guitar by hand in a heavy case for a mile, especially if I was expected to play it afterwards.
Full-size guitar felt too awkward for bike backpack, so I bought a very nice 3/4 steel-string which feels good in a soft case on my back when riding.
I take a weekly guitar lesson in Tokyo, the teacher lives in Akasaka. So every Wednesday I carry my guitar to the class on foot. I have a D28, which was expensive, so I carry it in its original hard case. My uncle was a folk musician who traveled America with a guitar (you may have heard of him, his guitar had a sticker on it which said “This Machine Kills Fascists”). He bummed rides on highways, hopped freight trains, and walked a lot of miles with his guitar.