According to Harvey Leach, who invented the Voyage-Air, it was Thom Bresh that discovered that one did not have to loosen the strings to fold the guitar. He was demonstrating one of the proto-types a few years ago and began to unscrew the bolt in the back. Harvey does not panic, but did say to Thom, "Er..um..you DO KNOW that you need to loosen the strings?" And Thom said, "Really? I never loosen the strings."

And he proceeded to unfold the guitar while everyone watching prepared for the guitar to explode. The guitar stayed intact and Thom said, "See it's okay. And it's still in tune."

Harvey said it blew everyone away.

Deb Cowan