I can't imagine that what's probably a single layer of carbon fiber on the headstock, bridge, and pickguard will have any effect on tone, and I doubt it has much effect on the weight either. And are tuners really that heavy? I can understand trying to save weight with 12 or more tuners, but there can't be that much difference when there's only 6. Maybe I'm wrong though.
I think carbon fiber is a great material for guitars, but so is wood, obviously. I'd consider buying an all carbon fiber Martin, and it's great that they're open to trying it out on a limited scale, but in this case I think they ruined a perfectly good wooden guitar with those expensive decorations.
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