carbon fibre guitar dimensions

[jdrnd]

Originally Posted by Goodallboy

My X30 is perhaps the largest made, yet feels as small as my Grand Auditorium. Sounds like an orchestra.

I hope your right. When Alex Ryan did his video comparing the Taylor, Martin and X20. I thought the Taylor sounded the best. The X30 I ordered is arriving next week.

[casualmusic]

Ovation Guitars - sold through dealers

ovationguitars.com/adamas

History:
- Ovation has a 50+ year history of guitars targeted for stage amplified performance. Guitars were favourite with many big name performers recognizable in videos by the decorative headstock extension.
- Key features are a durable tuned "lyracord" one piece bowl back/sides, wood necks, wood sound boards, and excellent pickups.
- The "Adamas" series uses a carbon fibre sound board.
- The Ovation division of the Kamann company was sold several times over the decades. New owners have revived Ovation Guitars and are expanding the number of dealers.


Ovation Adamas series
- carbon fibre sound board, lyracord body, walnut neck


Adamas 12 fret - non cutaway mid-depth, nut 1 3/4, 25,25" scale
- U481T-SPM black


Adamas MD-80 - cutaway mid-depth, nut 1 11/16, 25.25" scale
- MD80-NWT black


Adamas 1 GT - non cutaway deep body, nut 1 11/16, 25.25" scale
- 1687GT-2 red
- 1687GT-5 black
- 1687GT-7 grey reverse burst
- 1687GT-8 blue reverse burst


Adamas 1 GT - cutaway deep body, nut 1 11/16, 25.25" scale
- 2087GT-2 red
- 2087GT-5 black
- 2058GT-7 grey reverse burst
- 2058GT-8 blue reverse burst


PS. Website has no info about weight or body width.

[gwandsh]

I'm finding this valuable as I search for a short(er) scale CF guitar. Now I need to find sound bytes or opinions on how the smaller body guitars fare. Most interested in fingerstyle, unamplified, and mostly for myself and not a crowd. FWIW, I'm a fan of Taylor style necks.

Particularly interested in comparisons between McPherson Touring and Emerald X7 (current version). Who's played them both?

[casualmusic]

Enya:

enya-music.com

(frequent discount sales)

(also sold and more details on Amazon)


Nova Go Mini Guitar (2023) - advertised as 1/4 size guitar $99
- 32 x 10.25 x 3 arched back x ?; 14 fret @20.1 @1 7/10 @3 lbs
- soundboard+back+sides polycarbonate with 40% short carbon fibres
- variety of colours, gig bag
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81jk7sZo0lL.pdf

Nova Go Guitar (2022) - advertised as 1/2 size guitar ) $230, $280
- 35.5 x 11.75 x 3 arched back x 15; 14 fret @23.1 @1 5/8 @3.6 lbs
- soundboard+back+sides polycarbonate with 40% short carbon fibres
- optional Acoustic Plus SP1 effects: single multi press button and smartphone app, USB charger
- variety of colours, gig bag
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91-i9t0OK2L.pdf



X3 (2019)
- discontinued
- carbon fibre soundboard
- HPL soundbox


X3 Pro Mini with SP1 electronics (2023) $400
- 36 x 14.25 x ?? x ??; 12 fret @24 @1 5/8 @4.75 lbs
- soundboard: centre sound hole, 100% carbon fibre cloth plain weave, back+sides polycarbonate with 40% short carbon fibres (appears to be same as X4 Pro Mini except centre sound hole and plain carbon fibre weave)
- SP1 electronics: single multi-press button + smartphone app: tuner, reverb, delay, volume, digital sound profiles, blue tooth; USB charger, gig bag

X3 Pro (2023)
- 41 x 15.75 x 4.75 x 20; 14 fret @25.75 @1 11/16 @6.3 lbs $500
- soundboard 100% carbon fibre plain weave soundboard; back+sides polycarbonate with 40% short carbon fibres
- SP1 electronics: single multi-press button + smartphone app: tuner, reverb, delay, volume, digital sound profiles, blue tooth; USB charger
- gig bag



X4 Pro Mini/EQ (2022) $800
- 36 x 14.25 x ?? x ??; 12 fret @24 @1 5/8 @4.95 lbs
- soundboard: offset sound hole, 100% carbon fibre cloth snakeskin pattern soundboard, back+sides polycarbonate with 40% short carbon fibres
- Acoustic Plus analog electronics: tuner, reverb, delay, mic, volume, USB charger, molded hard case

X4 Pro (2021, 2022) $900
- 41 x 15.75 x 4.75 x 20; 14 fret @25.75 @1 11/16 @6.3 lbs
- soundboard 100% carbon fibre cloth; back+sides polycarbonate with 40% short carbon fibres
- 2021 Acoustic Plus: reverb, delay, mic, volume, USB charger, molded hard case
- 2022 Acoustic Plus: tuner, reverb, delay, mic, volume, USB charger, snakeskin pattern carbon fibre sound board
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81im4rw39BL.pdf


NEXG Smart Guitar (2022) and NEXG-2 Smart Guitar (2023+) $500 $700
- 38 @24 @1 11/16, detachable top bout
- soundboard+back+sides polycarbonate with 40% short carbon fibres
- minimal soundbox with 50 watt Bluetooth speaker
- Acoustic Plus SP1 programmable effects via smartphone app, USB charger
- variety of colours, case, optional Bluetooth mic
- NEXG: 6.4 lbs, 50 watts, cloth speaker cover
- NEXG-2: 6.6 lbs, 80 watts, solid speaker cover, significant more electronics features (drumbeats, looping, tone modelling, etc)


Nova U Pro tenor ukulele
- 26.5 x 9 x 2 arched x 11; metal round end frets @17.1 @1 1/2 @1.45 lbs
- soundboard+back+sides polycarbonate with 40% short carbon fibres
- optional Acoustic Plus SP1: effects via smartphone app, USB charger
- variety of colours

Nova U concert ukulele
- 23 x ?? x 2 arched x ??; molded frets @16 @1 3/8 @1.25 lbs
- soundboard+back+sides polycarbonate with 30% short carbon fibres
- optional Acoustic Plus: reverb, delay, mic, volume, USB charger,
- variety of colours

Nova Mini soprano ukulele
- 21 x ?? x 1.5 arched x ??; molded frets @13 @1 3/8 @0.95 lbs
- soundboard+back+sides polycarbonate with 30% short carbon fibres


Other:
- wide range of wood guitars
- wide range of wood ukuleles

[David Eastwood]

Interesting that the offshore manufacturers seem to think that guitar length is something that matters.

I’ve no idea how long any of my guitars are, nor do I care - it’s not a metric that has anything to do with playability or sound.

[KevinH]

Originally Posted by David Eastwood

Interesting that the offshore manufacturers seem to think that guitar length is something that matters.

I’ve no idea how long any of my guitars are, nor do I care - it’s not a metric that has anything to do with playability or sound.

Agreed, though if interested in traveling with a guitar I suppose total length is good to know.

[Captain Jim]

"Cool new guitar! How does it sound? How does it play?"

"It's 34 inches long... what's not to like?"

[Frettingflyer]

Maybe I am the only one that actually has looked at overall length? I do travel with my CF guitars and one of my wooden ones. When I was in a smaller cockpit it mattered more to me but the overall length does matter sometimes. I don’t take the Sable if I want it to “look” shorter.
That said, it is not usually the deciding factor but it can matter.