maynard85 Posted May 13, 2007 Report Posted May 13, 2007 Has anyone made a guitar out of any kind of fake wood? How did it turn out? I was considering making one but I can't find anything on it. Quote
biliousfrog Posted May 13, 2007 Report Posted May 13, 2007 what do you mean by fake wood, plastic, metal, clay? Quote
Samba Pa Ti Posted May 13, 2007 Report Posted May 13, 2007 do you mean plywood/MDF (medium density fiber) mdf might be ok for a prototype if you used a big enough piece but plywood is crap (would be a lot of effort glueing it all together) Quote
maynard85 Posted May 13, 2007 Author Report Posted May 13, 2007 No I mean...synthetic wood. There are different kinds. For instance I work on a contruction site and they made a bunch of stuff out of "plastic wood" as they called it. I am told it is ebonite. Quote
soapbarstrat Posted May 13, 2007 Report Posted May 13, 2007 I guess that means you can get scrap pieces of it for free and experiment. I hope everyone who hasn't built a guitar with it, can just keep quiet about how they think it will sound. But then again, this place is notorious for opinions based on nothing. Yeah, and I know at least one version of the stuff is made from wood chips mixed with plastic grocery bags. Quote
Samba Pa Ti Posted May 13, 2007 Report Posted May 13, 2007 theres a guitar made of ebonite here (the fingerboard anyway, i presume they mean fretboard ?) http://www.switchmusic.com/guitar_view.aspx?pid=6 wikipedia says its a type of rubber :O Quote
Hunter Posted May 13, 2007 Report Posted May 13, 2007 I know Ibanez has a couple basses made out of some synthetic materials, and Gibson has a "Smartwood" series which is also some form of something that's not actually wooden. Quote
Bainzy Posted May 14, 2007 Report Posted May 14, 2007 A lot of people are fans of graphite guitars (eg. Steinberger), so it wouldn't be a surprise to me if someone made a guitar from synthetic wood and produced a different sounding but still good sounding instrument. Quote
Mattia Posted May 14, 2007 Report Posted May 14, 2007 Gibson's 'Smartwood' (the originals, anyway) were FSC-certified or otherwise sustainable timber guitars, an eco-friendly marketing gimmick, but very real wood nonetheless. Just not mahogany with maple. Quote
Jehle Posted May 14, 2007 Report Posted May 14, 2007 Has anyone made a guitar out of any kind of fake wood? How did it turn out? I was considering making one but I can't find anything on it. There's an article in the latest New Yorker about Parker and the Parker Fly. A lot of his models are epoxy resin over carbon fiber. There's a little wood in the center of the body, but by in large it's all "synthetic". It weighs half as much as a "normal" electric according to the interview. Too bad Parker seemed like a jerk in the interview. Quote
SwedishLuthier Posted May 15, 2007 Report Posted May 15, 2007 A lot of his models are epoxy resin over carbon fiber. There's a little wood in the center of the body, but by in large it's all "synthetic" I was under the impression that the synthetic part of the Parker was around the thickness of the finish. Pretty much like an exoskeleton around the wood. Quote
WAK Guitars Posted June 1, 2008 Report Posted June 1, 2008 Does anybody know where you can buy ebonite? Cause I think it might be cool to try for a fretboard. Does anybody know how it is on tools? Quote
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