The shape of things to come??

costafonix

I cant make up my mind about this new technology,,, it seems to take away a lot from the traditional guitar.
(not sure if this has already been posted on GFSA so apologies if it has)..

wadda you think??

http://www.odd.org.nz/instock.html

peterleroux

I played a Cort Curbiw for years, and it has a moulded resin body. Pretty good 'woody' tone, but no sustain. I imagine these would be similar. But, 3d printing and CNC milling is just a really cool set of technologies. Most production guitars we buy nowadays are CNCed anyway, it's just a matter of how intricate the work is

costafonix

peterleroux wrote: I played a Cort Curbiw for years, and it has a moulded resin body. Pretty good 'woody' tone, but no sustain. I imagine these would be similar. But, 3d printing and CNC milling is just a really cool set of technologies. Most production guitars we buy nowadays are CNCed anyway, it's just a matter of how intricate the work is

I like the CNC technology, but not crazy about this design, it is a bit intricate and too hollow, I can't imagine them having a great tone,,
but you never know,,might be the next big thing in guitars..
however, from my part I'll stick to the traditional old fashioned solid wood (at least there's some sort of protection from any random beer bottles that may head in my direction) ?

DDR4LYF

CostaFonix wrote: (at least there's some sort of protection from any random beer bottles that may head in my direction) ?

Hahaha!

Warren

They're pretty interesting, but don't appeal to me very much personally. I like wood (har har). Like Guthrie Govan says, "I like to here some tree when I play."

Psean

CostaFonix wrote:
peterleroux wrote: I played a Cort Curbiw for years, and it has a moulded resin body. Pretty good 'woody' tone, but no sustain. I imagine these would be similar. But, 3d printing and CNC milling is just a really cool set of technologies. Most production guitars we buy nowadays are CNCed anyway, it's just a matter of how intricate the work is
I like the CNC technology, but not crazy about this design, it is a bit intricate and too hollow, I can't imagine them having a great tone,,
but you never know,,might be the next big thing in guitars..
however, from my part I'll stick to the traditional old fashioned solid wood (at least there's some sort of protection from any random beer bottles that may head in my direction) ?

Those CNC'd things look like you'd be able to open the beer bottles on the holes in them though ?

peterleroux

The thing about new technologies like 3d printing, is that it takes us a while to figure out what to do with them. We'll see all sorts of things being tried, and some of them will work, some of them not. Something I like about 3d printing is that it is easy to make one-offs without needing moulds, and it's possible to print shapes that couldn't be made by milling, casting or any other methods.

costafonix

Psean wrote:
CostaFonix wrote:
peterleroux wrote: I played a Cort Curbiw for years, and it has a moulded resin body. Pretty good 'woody' tone, but no sustain. I imagine these would be similar. But, 3d printing and CNC milling is just a really cool set of technologies. Most production guitars we buy nowadays are CNCed anyway, it's just a matter of how intricate the work is
I like the CNC technology, but not crazy about this design, it is a bit intricate and too hollow, I can't imagine them having a great tone,,
but you never know,,might be the next big thing in guitars..
however, from my part I'll stick to the traditional old fashioned solid wood (at least there's some sort of protection from any random beer bottles that may head in my direction) ?
Those CNC'd things look like you'd be able to open the beer bottles on the holes in them though ?

:roflmao:

peterleroux wrote: The thing about new technologies like 3d printing, is that it takes us a while to figure out what to do with them. We'll see all sorts of things being tried, and some of them will work, some of them not. Something I like about 3d printing is that it is easy to make one-offs without needing moulds, and it's possible to print shapes that couldn't be made by milling, casting or any other methods.

true, I think its a brilliant invention

Malkav

These things are WAY to expensive given what they are and the headstocks are ugly, and you know what's worse? Every single one of I've seen is missing one or two strings ?

Bob-Dubery

Keith Richards was using a perspex bodied guitar in 1969 - he played a Dan Armstrong see-through guitar on "Sympathy For The Devil" and used that guitar through to Exile On Main Street (it was stolen during the sessions for that album). Ovation released guitars with a lyrcachord bowl rather than the traditional back and sides as early as 1966. Glenn Campbell, first a top session player then a star in his own right used Ovations. By the late 70s Ovation had their Adamas model on sale - that had a composite wood/carbon fiber top and a pattern of small sound holes on the upper bouts rather than the traditional single sound hold. Steinberger in the late 70s released their famous L series guitars and basses that had a composite graphite and carbon fiber body. National, Dobro, Rainsong, Flaxwood.... there's been a long string of companies making viable instruments with something other than wood.

It's interesting that wood has held out so long, but there's nothing new about making extensive use of machines nor using something other than wood or a combination of wood and other materials.

The traditional woods are coming under pressure through overuse. A lot of makers are using "non standard" woods (from boutique builders such as Mervyn Davis to big names like Martin) and quite a few are already using materials other than wood. The motives vary, and more than one may be present in each case - concerns about sustainability, the search for improvements, keeping costs down in the face of rising wood prices.

I think we're going to see more of this, not less.

RJN

No thanks, not for me. I like a good piece of wood :roflmao: