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I too own a Farallon by Blackbird, used to own their carbon fiber model, and also own a Klos carbon fiber tenor uke.
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Thread restored... and edited to comply with the rules.
Best of luck, Simon! |
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I've actually seen a Klos guitar in person (played by someone else). It had a lovely tone, and their pricing seems to be very attractive all things considered! Thanks Kerbs!
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Simon very cool. You mention two layers of carbon no gel coat.
Does UV become a relevant issue then? Or are you looking to finish with a top coat that provides enough protection? |
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My surface finish whilst being good, isn't perfect so that's something I'm working on next. I wanted to experimenting with airbrushing fades, and then applied a clear coat over that. On the last few instruments I tried keeping the clearcoat as thin as possible, however next I want to focus on achieving a higher quality finish with a thicker coat; and then compare how this impacts the sound. It would also be fun to finish an instrument with no coating at all, however the moulding process would have to be perfect as any surface imperfections would then have nowhere to hide! :P Worth noting, the material I have used only came onto the market inside the last 2 years, so many manufactures haven't tried it yet. I'm a mechanical engineer by trade, and have pulled some good connections to get some "trial" quantities. :P
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Simon, my main instrument is actually 8-string 17"-scale-length mandola. My ears perked up when you mentioned steel-string tenor guitar, as the original tenor is tuned CGDA like mandola. If you wind up in that territory, I'm in....
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Sounds interesting. The lines between instruments really do blur when you begin looking at them! :P
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That is what I tell people all the time. Once you have some ability developed on one fretted instrument, it becomes fairly easy to add to that and learn a second. Ukulele is a subset of guitar (four treble strings just tuned higher), as is the bass (four bass strings). Mandolin, banjo, mandola, tenor banjo, etc mostly just require tuning to different intervals and learning different chord shapes. Of course, each is played in slightly different ways too. If you listen to me play the banjo it is pretty clear that I approach it as a variant of guitar.
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