CA 12 Spotted from 9 1/2 feet away ..And Other CA Stuff
 

First one McNichol sold back in the day..Lee Benson... as seen from a camera phone ,,,BIG back patio area .


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Yessir! That could be a collector's item now.

Tony

I wonder where that thumper is now?

Wherever, it's probably still in tune.

That sound hole doesn't look right to me. It slipped off to the side. That happened on several of my guitars too.

Kids these days...can't they even make a guitar the right way anymore? :)

Talk about labels falling off, what about the sound hole?!?!?!

Tony

Is that a recent photo Kramster? How did it sound? Cool looker.

This very AM it twas and sounds right fine... he started on his first CA..a 5i and I played his Taylor 900 something (Yikes what a wood guitar guitar it is!!) Then he brought out the 12er and played awhile ... in the background out of photo and to the right there was like 15 guys finishing up the outside of his new 3300 sq ft music building so it will match his house... nice!!

Never mind. I see it’s a current photo.

Nice looking guitar - I’d love to hear it!

It is a real shame that CA Guitars didn't survive. I think they had a very good idea that further development would have made them a real market force. The carbon fiber products from various makers are developing very nicely, but if CA Guitars had still been among the pack, that would have only positive influence on the good already happening.

Tony

I owned one exactly like that one about 5 years ago only it was Red. It was rare even back then. It was a nice guitar but the nut width was pretty small and crowded for a 12 string. I'm sure some with small hands might like that better but my Emerald 12 string is a much better sounding & playing guitar.

Collectable indeed.....I have only ever seen two of these in the wild. Once at Kramster's house and once at the 2010 NAMM show, shortly before CA shut down. In my desire to convert over fully to CF and get out of the humidifying game, I then chose an Emerald X20-12 - the only thing currently on the market. The Emeralds have worked out fabulously well.

I've only ever seen one CA 12, and that was about 10 years ago when Arlo Guthrie stopped by the Twin Cities for a concert. Sure looked out of place (with its blue finish) on stage next to Arlo's other beautiful wood guitars, but it sounded great. He even commented on how "powerful" he thought it was.

Sad news for CA
 

Instead of starting a new thread I will post this here. There's been some discussion about the current status of CA guitars and what the future might hold. I reached out to a 3rd party company a few weeks ago who used to carry CA guitars and they contacted Peavey on my behalf and here's the unfortunate reply:

"I have finally received an update from Peavey and unfortunately they are no longer offering CA composite acoustic models."

It's a brief reply with not much detail but it looks like the chance of them returning are pretty slim.

Well, then, I am definitely hanging onto my three pre-Peavey Cargos! I am sure glad that I was able to get replacement GOTOH 510 mini tuner sets (which CA Guitars used on all my Cargos - the Hipshots came later), bridge pins, nuts, and saddles. I just had a feeling back then that this was too good to last.

Tony

Be nice to see someone buy CA from Peavey, but I imagine the chances are slim to none. Sorry to read that bit of news.