Jan 12th, 2019: Guitar Body Build

[lumberjim]

A bit. Not as important as a solid construction with an electric, but the esoteric artisan will naturally prefer expensive sounding materials and espouse the superior quality of sound that they generate. In my opinion, light hard wood assembled precisely is the key.

Acoustics are a different story.

I saw a carbon fiber acoustic.

[aradralami]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

A bit. Not as important as a solid construction with an electric, but the esoteric artisan will naturally prefer expensive sounding materials and espouse the superior quality of sound that they generate. In my opinion, light hard wood assembled precisely is the key.

Acoustics are a different story.

I saw a carbon fiber acoustic.

I have really been looking for a comfortable acoustic. I like the bolt through the neck making life much easier. Things I hate about my acoustic is worries about drying. I like it.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Thanks Aradralami, that was interesting. A bonus is that the carbon fiber look is very popular in a lot of fields, probably because it's associated with light, strong, high-performance, expensive toys.

[lumberjim]

Originally Posted by aradralami

I have really been looking for a comfortable acoustic. I like the bolt through the neck making life much easier. Things I hate about my acoustic is worries about drying. I like it.

The one thing I hear repeatedly when I hang out at the luthiers shop is admonishions regarding keeping the guitar humidified. 40-50% humidity is what you want. I've looked a bit for guitar cases with built in humidity control, but haven't found an affordable option. There are a ton of little jars and inserts that do it, but they typically get inserted into the body between strings, which is a pain and you risk scratching or dinging the guitar each time you put it in.