OnTheFidele |
12-27-2023 10:47 PM |
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Originally Posted by Earl49
(Post 7378114)
Ummm…. wood IS nature’s composite. Cellulose fibers in a lignin (resin) matrix. Man made composite is carbon fiber — or other fibers — in an epoxy or polyester matrix. Sorry to be “that guy”. A variety of fibers and binders will work, depending on the desired properties. Example: linen / flax fabric in polyester as done by Blackbird and called ekoa.
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The reason why people choose "non-nature's composite" guitars, like those made from carbon fiber, is not because they are "not wood" but because they are far more impervious to environmental factors than regular wood.
The thing is, these non-wood guitars use molds and vacuum forming, which we all here know can be time- and cost-prohibitive to experiment with. Not so with this technique, which might just involve bleaching and re-infusing the wood with an alternative resin.
This "transparent wood" looks to be a way in which the relatively well-understood principles of wood construction can be then "polymerized" (or whatever word you want to use) to create an instrument that is unaffected by environmental changes. And the R&D might be far cheaper than with, say, carbon fiber or eKoa.
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