I have a very nice classic and an extremely valuable flamenco guitar. Both of them stay in their hard-shell cases when I'm not actually playing them. My travel guitar (A "Go guitar" made by Sam Radding of San Diego) resides and travels in a very well-padded gig bag. It's a Stradivarius among travel guitars, but despite that, it's not so expensive that it can't be replaced.

Don Firth