Carbon Fibre Guitar

[Neil Ogilvie]

Is there anyone here who owns or has played a Carbon Fibre guitar?

My brother is in the process of building one at the moment - I come from a very composite-minded family .

I was just wondering what peoples experiences are of playing them and what benefit the carbon gives over wood.

Cheers, Neil

 

[Light]

They sound horrible acoustically. However, they sound about the same as any other guitar with a pickup, and so they are great for touring musicians as they are impervious to climate changes, which is not the case with wood guitars. I know a couple of well know guitar players who have been using Rainsong guitars for touring for just this reason.


Light

"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi

 

[grinder]

I had a guitar with some type of composite neck.It was alright, a little sterile sounding.As Light said, it didn't require as much truss rod tweaking because of changes in weather, which is nice.

 

[Dani Pace]

I've got a 1986 Kramer Farrington which is made of some sort of composit materal, it plays great (feels more like an electric than acoustic) but it has a shallow sound, partly due to the thin body, and sounds kinda plunky, almost like a banjo.
can't say this is the case with all composites but it sure is of the one I have.