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IMO it has to do with material costs and manufacturing difficulty. A builder can buy the materials needed to build three Rosewood/Spruce Dreadnoughts for the cost of the materials needed to make one Rainsong. And while just about anyone can put together a guitar kit from Martin, the same can't be said for a carbon fiber guitar. |
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Personally, if I was going to drop a couple grand on an acoustic, I would like it to look like wood, even if carbon fiber sounded better. For me it's purely visual, I'll take carbon fiber over wood on my sports cars any day though.
Edit: Maybe you could trick me by putting a veneer on the cf... but I do think cf is a beautiful thing...
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Give them a few generations before wooden guitars become collectible relics.
Keep in mind that there are still a few old timers who use typewriters. And desktop computers ;-) |
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CF seems to evoke some of the same feelings as Ovations.
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This is my experience with the sound of CF vs Wood. I had a Santa Cruz OM/PW, the sound was not what I would call good. I bought a RS, my wife said that it sounded better than the SC. I agree. You know women don't lie. LOL
Of course my Martin 000 sounds better than the SC did too....my point is only that I don't see a big issue with the difference in sound of the CF. It's really a personal thing, same as 000 vs dread etc. My RS sounds fantastic. to me. I think that there has not been enough exposure of the CF guitars in the marketplace. For whatever reason.
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I think that's true, I grew up with Ovations still think they are underrated guitars. Guess I am always rooting for the underdog? I do think carbon carries the touch of Charles Kaman's innovative spirit. Ovation was one of the first to use CF.
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Personally, it's been a matter of cost and selection. For others it may be a matter of visibility and advertising, ie, much of the playing public is unaware of them. I'm sorely tempted by the CA Cargo because I need and want a durable second/student/travel/beater/beach guitar, but that's it.
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Probably the simple truth, there is a beauty to wood that is undeniable. Alistairs favorite guitars are his wood veneers. That probably alone says a lot. Ironically I find them not really to my liking cause I truly think in the bright light his reflective weave is as good as it gets on stage. And I do love peoples reaction to how a guitar sound comes out of something so different from what they are used to seeing.
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I have been playing acoustic guitars for 40 years, which include, Martin, Gibson, Grammer, Gurian, Ovation, Taylor, Takamine, Rainsong. I can say that the sound of my Rainsong H-DR1000N2 is much more versatile, adjustable, sustainable, than any of my Wood trophy's. I have yet to find any "old traditionalist" that isn't pleasantly surprised when they play my Rainsong. I wouldn't say the CA's are better than my Rosewood/spruce axes, just more sustain-ably versatile. If I played these days for the coins, I would play my Rainsong.
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