No mojo here...
http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/112356/carbon-fiber-guitar-big-sound-little-body
No mojo here...
http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/112356/carbon-fiber-guitar-big-sound-little-body
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Keni Lee Burgess said:
Rainsong makes an acoustic/electric dreadnought version, with a $3,295.00 selling price...although its usually marked down.
I believe the company Rainsong has been making carbon fiber (graphite) guitars for years now. http://www.rainsong.com/
I've never played one. Although by my experience, I have found I cannot judge any guitar without actually playing it. If it really plays well and has superior tone, $1600 is not that outrageous. Enjoy.
Don Thompson said:
Yes it's a great little hi-tec guitar but it costs a lot of money for something to take on holiday. If I had that much spare money I'd book myself a nice holiday and take a $20 ukulele to while away a few hours under the palm trees.
So I was killing a bit of time the other day and stopped by my local GC when I realized I hadn't played a 6-string guitar in standard tuning in recent memory. While it was not this travel version (which I remember being reviewed along with other travel guitars in Acoustic Guitar), I did pick up one of the Rainsong Carbons. It lacked the rich overtones of a soft-top (like spruce) but had a similar sound to an all mahogany box (please note that I would still choose the mahogany). Not too bad all around and a great neck. I had a lot of fun there that day.
There are several clips on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5us27IhfHU
Personal choice I know but to me it sure looks ugly. Sounds good though. I guess in all these promotional clips they will all be excellent players who could make an elastic band sound good.
I discovered last year when I got to play a £2,500 guitar - I have the ability to make a £2,500 guitar sound as bad as a £20 cigar box guitar - personal favourite at present is an ebay specal at £4- a 3/4 size classical. I think I'll stick to that unless these carbon fibre ones turn up on ebay for £4 as well.
David
Colin, I agree with where you are coming from, carbon fiber will never "improve" in tone as a wood guitar would, but that's not it's selling point. It's designer was shooting for a loud small bodied travel guitar. Folks that can afford one most likely also have a nice organic wood guitar in their stable.
Don