Carbon fibre acoustics???

[Maddogm]

A friend of mine keeps breaking his acoustics and is considering if it's worth saving up for a carbon fibre one

http://www.compositeacoustics.com/index.cfm/advantage

does anyone have any comments?

[wokkaboy]

Maddog how does he keep breaking acoustic guitars ?

surely your friend isn't this guy (the angriest guitar player) ? haha




on a serious note I haven't heard anything about carbon fibre acoustics.

[Zandit75]

Get your mate to check out this site - http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...splay.php?f=48
They have a whole section just for CF acoustic guitars.
From what little I have looked into, they don't react to temperature/humidity changes like normal guitars, and depending on how much you pay for them, would be the perfect guitar for beach parties/camping etc.

[wokkaboy]

Hey Zandit/Maddog, I know nothing about CF guitars but my concern would be the sound, do they sound as good as timber acoustics ?

[corsair]

They'd possibly sound a little like the Ovations that had the rounded Lyracord bowl on the back and a wood soundboard?

Everyone at the time thought that because Lyracord was made by Kaman Aerospace that it was some sort of space age material, but I'm pretty sure it is just fibreglass, eh!!! I sold a perfectly good Maton of some stripe for that all new, singing and dancing Ovation.... regretted it immediately!

[dave.king1]

Yep, I know a guy on the IOM who makes them and a certain ex Dire Straits guy has a couple of them.

You will need an very understanding other half and an equally friendly bank manager, last time we spoke they started at about A$10K

Looks like his website has been pulled down, he and his son's operate at the top end of motorsport and bluewater sailing making composite stuff ( one of them works for an F1 team that may or may not be a front runner that's named after an energy drink )

[Zandit75]

I haven't played one, but I have watched a number of sound comparison videos on YouTube.
As with normal Acoustics, there is a wide range of different tones from the CF ones, and most sound good to my ear.

[DrNomis_44]

Ned Steinberger, the guy who invented the Headless Bass and Headless Guitar, used Carbon Fibre as a material to build his guitars and basses, this made the instruments very rigid and immune from the effects of varying weather, the tone of the guitars and basses were said to be bell-like because the rigidity helped the strings to sustain.