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Carbon fiber and conductivity
I understand carbon fiber is conductive to electricity so is it the binder/finish for the fiber that makes the surface of a guitar made of such non conductive? I will run a test on my Rainsong inside and out yet thought maybe someone here has some knowledge on the question.
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You mean I can plug into my CF guitar and power my amp? Where do I sign up?
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Maybe that would allow a person to jump start a car with two CF guitars instead of cables? CF guitars are already great for those situations when you are up a creek without a paddle.
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To make epoxy conductive you can use a metal filler. Silver filled epoxy is what we used for semiconductor die attachment when we wanted electrical connectivity (at least back before I retired). There are also metal coated versions of various fibers (not sure if carbon is offered that way) for conductive woven materials.
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Carbon fiber conductive but sealed the suface is not
Not knowing much, I figured what you say is true. I saw a demo of the components of a carbon fiber drone. The simple test found that upon the shiny finish of the carbon fiber body of the drone, no complete circuit yet at the cut, raw edged to the fiber yes..conduction. It made me me think about my Rain Song wondering how in the world do they make a guitar with electronics in it and the whole thing is conductive to electricity. Well..it is not..only raw, non sealed/bonded/no epoxy carbon fiber is conductive. Got it.thanks for the reply.
I mainly was wondering how the butt jack could operated if it is mounted upon conductive material. Well..the CF is sealed so the metal jack touches nothing that is conductive. |
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If the end pin jack does make an electrical connection to the CF weave, then to the extent that the entire guitar conducts electricity it acts as a shielding ground. Fender paints the insides of their guitars with conductive paint to get that feature. Possibly a RainSong, with an end pin jack, might be lower noise with a single coil magnetic pickup than a wooden guitar. Still for the rest of the electronics, they are shielded and insulated and are going to work fine regardless of whether the guitar conducts or not.
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Are RainSong pickups magnetic? I was thinking piezeo.
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Whether the UST is an LR Baggs Element or a Fishman Matrix, they're both piezo. RainSong seems to be now offering the option of ordering either brand's pickup/preamp system.
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No, they’re piezo. You might want to reread Jon’s post
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PV
Can they make the top photovoltaic so it charges the 9 volt when I play outside?
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