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Can you have CLEAR c.f. ?
The question's really for Emerald I guess.
I was looking at the custom paint jobs and thinking of fun 3D effects that would camouflage the guitar and make it almost disappear, or look like something other than a musical instrument. Then I wondered if was possible to make a crystal clear one ? That'd be cool I think. |
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Air guitar??
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Haha, maybe not THAT clear, anyway, I've already got a bunch of them, haven't been played in years....
There's a guy who plays bars and stuff locally (Hi Tom!) whose trusty old guitar has gone about 3 stages further than Trigger , the top is completely strummed away just below the bridge area and some bracing ribs are exposed, even they are starting to get scalloped from the top down ! I was thinking of something like that as a paint effect, then I thought "why not actually see thru ?" |
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Clearly not... just sayin'.
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Doubtful. The carbon fibers that I've seen raw are black, as was every CF fabric I have seen. Plus the epoxy resin may not be completely clear. Injection molded plastic, liked used in the Waterman ukuleles, can be clear - I have one. But there is no way that molded polystyrene is the same strength as carbon fiber composite. https://kalabrand.com/collections/the-waterman
Corollary question: what brand of strings sound best on an air guitar? How often do they need to be changed for optimum tone? |
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No.
While the resins are more or less clear, the carbon fiber itself is more or less a cloth. One can make instruments out of clear materials, but they would not have the strength and resiliancy of carbon fiber. I have a polycarbonate uke for example. polycarb is not as stiff as CF though, and thus the sound is not as percussive as CF.
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After extensive testing on lots of options (changing the strings was a breeze) I have come to the conclusion that it doesn't matter at all. YMMV.
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Carbon fiber implies some "fiber" in there. The epoxy can be reasonably clear, but I've never seen clear fiber (having worked with fiberglass, kevlar, and CF on boat bits).
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So what you are saying Captain is that there is some fibre in there, is that anything like fibre in your diet?
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I haven't tried munching on that kind of fiber. If you do, don't wash it down with epoxy!
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I have a couple of clear electric Dan Armstrong lucite guitars, (one six string & one bass), but carbon fiber??? Hmmm...
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Carbon is black, unless it's compressed into diamonds. The difference between the UV resistant wire ties and the non-UV resistant ones (for example) is the UV resistant ones are black, due to the carbon (graphene) mixed in the plastic.
I would say the answer is no; you couldn't have a clear carbon fiber guitar, unless it was made of diamond. https://www.chemicool.com/elements/carbon.html You could have a lexan guitar that's clear.
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