CA Composite Acoustics 2008 line-up

[dandy505]

Here is the info for the CA 2008 lineup. extracted from powerpoint posted somewhere here..can't find the thread anymore.
p.s. I emailed CA guitars and received a response to when the website should be updated:
"As to our website, we will be launching it soon. It is designed and right now we are downloading all the information into it including pics and sound files for every instrument."


CA Guitars 2008 Line-up:
The Cargo is the travel sized guitar. The 5-8 series represent "quality/price" so-to-speak and not size. Within each series you can order 3 different sizes:
L size("large") = dreadnaught
M size ("medium") = Grand Auditorium cutaway
S size ("Small") = Tin Body Cutaway
XS size = extra small body
C = cutaway
E = electronics
*On the 8 series the dreadnaught can also be ordered in "Vintage" or "Bluegrass"


CARGO
Bracing: Integrated top bracing
Tuners: Gotoh 381
Finish: Solid RT Finish available in Red, Green, Wine, Charcoal and Natural
Inlay: Aluminum Side Dots
Electronics: optional Fishman Acoustic Matrix VT
Case: Gig Bag
Scale length: 22 3/4
Nut width: 1 3/4
body width: 13 1/2
frets: stainless medium
depth: 4
overall length: 35
saddle space: 2 1/4

XS-C or XS-CE


Series 5
Bracing: Standard X bracing
Tuners: Gotoh 381
Finish: RT Finish with Carbon rosette and binding available in Red, Wine, Charcoal and Natural
Inlay: Aluminum Side Dots, top dots 12 fret
Electronics: Fishman Acoustic Matrix VT
Case: Gig Bag
Scale length: 25 1/2
Nut width: 1 3/4
frets: stainless medium

5S-CE (X). 5M-CE (GX), 5L-E (dread)


Series 6
Bracing: Standard X bracing
Tuners: Gotoh 381
Finish: RT Finish with Tribal design available in Red, Wine, Charcoal
Inlay: Aluminum Side Dots, top dots 12 fret
Electronics: Fishman Acoustic Matrix VT
Case: Gig Bag
Scale length: 25 1/2
Nut width: 1 3/4
frets: stainless medium

6S-CE (X). 6M-CE (GX), 6L-E (dread)


Series 7
Bracing: Performance Tuned bracing
Tuners: Gotoh 381
Finish: Gloss finish with Carbon Burst
Inlay: Aluminum Side Dots, top dots 12 fret
Electronics: Fishman Ellipse VT
Case: hard case
Scale length: 25 1/2
Nut width: 1 3/4
frets: stainless medium

7S-CE (X). 7M-CE (GX), 7L-E (dread)


Series 8
Bracing: Performance Tuned bracing
Tuners: Gotoh 503
Finish: Gloss finish with Carbon Burst and Carbon Reveal Binding
Inlay: Aluminum Side Dots, shell top dots, shell soundhole ring
Electronics: LR Baggs Imix
Case: hard case
Scale length: 25 1/2
Nut width: 1 3/4
frets: stainless medium

8S-CE (X). 8M-CE (GX), 8L-E (dread)
also:
8LV-E (vintage) and 8LB (bluegrass)

[JohnnyMcG]

Thanks for that. I'm ready for them to update their website for sure - it has been out of date for some time now.

John

[sirflyguy2000]

Thanks much. While I LOVE all-wood guitars (and will be quite stuck to them until death), I am always a bit hesitant to take them out in the weather if it isn't very good. Also, I have just been contacted about possibly going to India on a missions trip, and taking a guitar that is fairly impervious to the elements and structurally tough as nails is quite attractive to me for traveling into the great unknown..... It seems that a CA might fill the bill for something like this. I haven't even played one yet, so I can't make a decision, but they are quite intriguing.

[leeasam]

I do see a couple of errors. the 7 and 8 series come with hard shell cases. that is from info on a powerpoint presentation straight from CA guitars.

[Compurocker]

sirflyguy2000, You are going to be shocked! I was. I too will always love wood but just knowing you have a Guitar that is basically impervious to the elements and sounds good is a beautiful thing.

[Compurocker]

They emailed me their 2008 lineup with soundbytes is their a way for me to attach it to a post here?

[dandy505]

Originally Posted by Compurocker

They emailed me their 2008 lineup with soundbytes is their a way for me to attach it to a post here?

for sure! email it to me at [email protected] and will post them to a site and create a link. thanks Compurocker.

[Voxboy]

Originally Posted by JohnnyMcG

Thanks for that. I'm ready for them to update their website for sure - it has been out of date for some time now.

John

Just purchsed a CA Player....love it. My purchase was based on info from this site and different sound clips on My Space including a My Space page dedicated to CA guitars. IMHO CA needs to improve their site by using high res pics, better layout and updating. Based only on their website alone..I would not have purchased their products.

[dandy505]

Originally Posted by Compurocker

They emailed me their 2008 lineup with soundbytes is their a way for me to attach it to a post here?

Thanks for the email Compurocker. I have posted a link to the sound clips on a new thread
http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...d.php?t=122325

Originally Posted by VoxBoy

Just purchsed a CA Player....love it. My purchase was based on info from this site and different sound clips on My Space including a My Space page dedicated to CA guitars. IMHO CA needs to improve their site by using high res pics, better layout and updating. Based only on their website alone..I would not have purchased their products.

VoxBoy, what sized player did you buy? X, GX, dread? or in new terms the S, M or L?

[leeasam]

I have a GX performer I bought end of December and LOVE it. I sold a Taylor 814CE to buy it and don`t regret it one bit!
Any way I got to play a 8LE which is basically the Legacy performer dread. WHOA that thing was a major canon!!! I thought my GX had some major punch.

Played many guitars at the store but the CAs were some of the nicest sounding IMO.

[syne7]

What's the real difference between a GX Performer, a GX Player etc... Is it merely electronics? I assume there can not be any real differences in tone from the materials used in construction?

[marl]

Just checked out their website. Wow. That GX has some sexy body/cutaway sculpting. I love the look and feel of carbon composite. My Parker has it on the neck/fingerboard and it is my favorite neck ever.

[Doubleneck]

Love their guitars. Still no 12 string, that is mind numbing!!
Steve

[leeasam]

Originally Posted by syne7

What's the real difference between a GX Performer, a GX Player etc... Is it merely electronics? I assume there can not be any real differences in tone from the materials used in construction?

they no longer classify the guitars buy Performer and players series etc. ( BTW there WAS a tone difference as they had different bracing patterns from the player to performer)

anyway the new models would go like this for the GX body

8MCE - top of the line- performer bracing premium elctronics- rosetteand fret dots. eye candy! hard shell case.



7MCE- Same bracing as the 8 series but NO eye candy. No rosette or fret dots. just black goss carbon burst. hard hsell case


6MCE- standard bracing -RT finish in tribal scemes- gig bag
5MCE- standard bracing - RT finish- gog bag

[mckejoel]

Thanks for the update Dandy.
I can't wait to see the new website.