Summer NAMM '08 - Composite Acoustics

[UncleTito72]

Way too much money for a guitar that takes only a day to make. I mean how long does it take to lay 8 layers of carbon fiber cloth into a mold, add some resin, bag it, put it in the oven.... I think these guitars should not be more than $1000.

[ericalto]

@UncleTito72 carbon fibre is becoming more and more difficult to obtain, meaning that it now costs ~$10 per square foot. Multiply that by 8 layers as you say and you end up at $80/sq. ft. Lets say an acoustic would use roughly 6-8 sq.ft of material - now its at least $600 just for the carbon fiber material. Add price for epoxy, hardware, labor. As well, it takes more than a day for the epoxies and resins alone to cure

[daikuone]

I am very sad that this company is going away. I have been thinking about getting one of these in the next couple years, but now, I guess I am relegated to the used market. I sure wish they could make it work somehow with additional financing

[Dp010184]

Goodbye CA. Man, i loved this company.

[LittleBrotherBlues]

thin little pick, light strings and very average player. The tone is mostly in the players control anyway but I can say these sound great in person acoustically or plugged in but just a little less warm than a wood body guitar. These are also very thin and small so the sound is not bad. Sounds better than a lot of 2K Martins with undersaddle pickups...

[SJD87]

funny how he plays norwegian wood on a carbon fiber piece of crap lol

[everysinglenamesgone]

Gee, sounds pretty fantastic for a "carbon fiber piece of crap," despite the irony.

Tree killer.

[artistfood]

For this guitar review, yes, it sounds like crap but I have played there guitar and it sounds nothing like this. It actually sound really good like a wood acoustic. Im not sure why this review sounds like crap.

[insight36]

$500 more for a gloss finish?! Jeez, it better perform sexual favors for that price!

[jaikwillis]

eek, sounds like plastic and piezo quack, not a good combo

[everysinglenamesgone]

So do wood guitars when plugged in...

[jaikwillis]

um, not mine. Get a better pickup or a better axe if your guitar sounds like that. This is a demo of the guitar and it sounds awful.

[everysinglenamesgone]

I own two of their guitars, and they're some of the best I've ever played and go toe-to-toe with the high-end wooden guitars I've owned.

You can't hear anything at a NAMM. They probably have the pickup plugged right into the camera. That's not going to sound good.

[jaikwillis]

right on. I haven't heard a carbon fire guitar with a good open high end , they often have solid lows and mushy stiff highs like a laminate wood. yeh, they shouldn't have posted the sound if its gonna sound bad, that doesn't encourage people. bring a soundbooth if ya need quiet to hear it at all, but don't plug a crappy undersaddle into the camera, makes it seem terrible. if you work for them, let em know for next year...

[everysinglenamesgone]

Haha, I don't work for them. :) They weren't the ones who posted it either.

You should really try out some of their guitars. I've got one of their Legacy dreadnoughts, and the highs are incredible.

[3fitzgrld]

SWEET!

[TheBlackCrayon77]

I love Rebecca Dirks