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I remember that Yamaha - I think there was about as much glue as there was bamboo used in its construction.
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Bamboo being sort of the ultimate renewable resource, it is hardly surprising for folks to find additional uses for it. It does not have to be a nuisance. Let the fun begin.
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Big Bamboo
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Pretty sure that's a laminate though. It's probably just a veneer.
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Hahahaha, NICE!
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A (dicot) tree grows its stem and limbs by growing in three dimensions, essentially by becoming thicker. Monocots can't do that, they only grow in length. This is why you will never see a lily tree or use reeds for wood carving projects. And when you look at a cross section of a palm tree (which isn't a tree, but, like bamboo, more closely related to grasses), you'll notice that it doesn't have growth rings, but instead consists of one giant mass of thin fibers clustered together. This is how monocots achieve thickness when they grow. Same with bamboo -- you'll never find grain (= evidence of growth rings) in bamboo.
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It's pretty hard, actually. It is a common material from which to make flooring and cutting boards. My sister has bamboo floors: they haven't held up as well as advertised.
http://www.bamboo-flooring-facts.com..._hardness.html I'm not sure how well it bends and whether or not the bamboo guitar is bamboo or just bamboo-covered plywood. |
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There is at least one banjo maker that uses bamboo for banjo rims (among other options). Not sure of it's sonic properties though.
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Yea, the guitar was a novelty to be sure but lacked tone. The top looked like a bowling lane; it was made up of 2” strips of bamboo making it look like a cheap laminate floor.
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Does it matter? For a banjo? [emoji16]
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You better believe it does!!!
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When I was in college I played varsity tennis with a bamboo tennis racket. A Bancroft Super Winner. It was stiffer than any of the metal rackets at that time.
I don't see why a guitar neck couldn't be constructed of bamboo.
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Here you go. Kinda looks like a guitar.
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I think the word bamboozle was coined by the first purchaser of a bamboo guitar.
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