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?
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?
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.
Last edited by wokkaboy; 13-01-2017 at 09:14 AM.
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scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
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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.
Acoustics:
1995 Maton EM725C - Solid 'A' Spruce Top, QLD Walnut B&S, AP5 Pickup
2015 Ibanez AEL108MD-NT - Laminated Spruce top, Laminated Mahogany B&S, Fishman Sonicore Pickup
Electrics:
Pitbull LP-1S - http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=5745
Carsen Superstrat Rebuild - http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=6284
Builds in Progress:
Silent Guitar Semi-Scratch Build - http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=6809
Hey Zandit/Maddog, I know nothing about CF guitars but my concern would be the sound, do they sound as good as timber acoustics ?
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
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!
"If it's Blues music in a bar and it helps people swallow their drink of choice, or it's a dance song and people get up off their chairs and shuffle their feet, or it's a Jazz tune and the Chardonnay tastes so much better... then it's all good."
- Marcel
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 )
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.
Acoustics:
1995 Maton EM725C - Solid 'A' Spruce Top, QLD Walnut B&S, AP5 Pickup
2015 Ibanez AEL108MD-NT - Laminated Spruce top, Laminated Mahogany B&S, Fishman Sonicore Pickup
Electrics:
Pitbull LP-1S - http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=5745
Carsen Superstrat Rebuild - http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=6284
Builds in Progress:
Silent Guitar Semi-Scratch Build - http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=6809
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.