Hello
This thread is about my new build, a hybrid between my failed crowdfunding campaign model called the Loosetop. It is now to expensive to continue that, so i have to adapt.
That model was about a soundboard where the edges are not attached to the sides of the guitar, but that is not used on this model and thread.
that can be found here :
http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...45#post4162845
I will use only one componant of the Loosetop, called the unibody, it is a back, sides and a neck and head all in 1 carbon fiber componant. This carbon fiber componatn is made under vacuum, in a mold with the anti shape of the guitar part, this way the visible side will be smooth becasue it is being sucked against the mold. This componant is then cured in an oven.
On this unibody , i will build a "regular" guitar, with a cedar soundboard and an ebony fingerboard.
With this idea i hope to get the clarity and stability of carbon fiber and the warm sound of wood.
I am now using an old prototype mold and when i get the desired sound and playability i will make a new mold for production.
failed campaign:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/t...x/7621930#home
materials for the new hybrid:
-new drawing
-stainless steel fretwire
-harwood bindings and W/B/W purflings
-blocked binding
-ebony fingerboard,bridge and headplate
-cedar soundboard
-rosette
Making the mold stronger since i already had a mold warping under the heat. so i dumped a bunch of cement in there which is drying now
Front :
backside :
New workshop with sockets in the face :
