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guitarwannabee
Posted 2011-03-16 6:42 PM (#354693)
Subject: carbon fiber guitar gets big press release


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Location: Michigan		just saw on yahoo page .. GWB

http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/112356/carbon-fiber-gu...
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Paul Templeman
Posted 2011-03-16 6:51 PM (#354694 - in reply to #354693)
Subject: Re: carbon fiber guitar gets big press release


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Location: Scotland		These have been around for several years. A couple of years ago they introduced a non-travel size. Then at NAMM 2010 the brought out a carbon-fibre uke. I have never been impressed by the guitars, but the uke was spectacular
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stephent28
Posted 2011-03-16 10:12 PM (#354695 - in reply to #354693)
Subject: Re: carbon fiber guitar gets big press release



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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066		The guitars weren't all that great but besides the uke I did really like the nylon.
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Beal
Posted 2011-03-17 10:20 AM (#354696 - in reply to #354693)
Subject: Re: carbon fiber guitar gets big press release



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Location: 6 String Ranch		zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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stephent28
Posted 2011-03-17 12:11 PM (#354697 - in reply to #354693)
Subject: Re: carbon fiber guitar gets big press release



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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066		tired from last night's major gig, eh Beal!
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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2011-03-17 1:54 PM (#354698 - in reply to #354693)
Subject: Re: carbon fiber guitar gets big press release



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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR		Yeah... They are carbon-fiber.
But they are the Ugliest excuse for a guitar that I have seen.

And it is not that much smaller than I regular guitar, so what's the point?
There are Many nice travel guitars that cost a lot less than that, and look a lot better.
My Adamas cost less, Why would I get something that ugly for that kinda money?
And it don't even plug-in! :eek:
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Beal
Posted 2011-03-17 4:09 PM (#354699 - in reply to #354693)
Subject: Re: carbon fiber guitar gets big press release



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Location: 6 String Ranch		But they double as a paddle.
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Darkbar
Posted 2011-03-17 6:01 PM (#354700 - in reply to #354693)
Subject: Re: carbon fiber guitar gets big press release



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Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:


"And if I had a boat,
I'd go out on the ocean.
And if I had a Blackbird,
I'd play it on my boat.
And we could all together
go out on the ocean,
Me playing my ol' Blackbird on my boat."
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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2011-03-17 6:27 PM (#354701 - in reply to #354693)
Subject: Re: carbon fiber guitar gets big press release



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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR		Damn DB, you are a song-writing machine!

(Is that to the tune of "Blackbird"?)

BTW-- After looking at that things repeatedly, it don't look too Ugly.
I still ain't buying one, just saying...
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stephent28
Posted 2011-03-17 7:11 PM (#354702 - in reply to #354693)
Subject: Re: carbon fiber guitar gets big press release



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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066		OMA...do you KNOW how the tune "Blackbird" goes?


I just don't see ANY WAY that those words would fit the tune..........

but then again we are talkin Mr. T-Shirt (aka Darkbar).
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james37214
Posted 2011-03-17 7:21 PM (#354703 - in reply to #354693)
Subject: Re: carbon fiber guitar gets big press release


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Location: nashville		Darkbar gets 10 points for the Lyle Lovett/Beatles cross reference.
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AlanM
Posted 2011-03-18 1:15 PM (#354704 - in reply to #354693)
Subject: Re: carbon fiber guitar gets big press release


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Location: Newington, CT
Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
Yeah... They are carbon-fiber.
But they are the Ugliest excuse for a guitar that I have seen.

And it is not that much smaller than I regular guitar, so what's the point?
There are Many nice travel guitars that cost a lot less than that, and look a lot better.
My Adamas cost less, Why would I get something that ugly for that kinda money?
And it don't even plug-in! :eek:
I'll take the girl...

Come to think of it, I'd take the guitar too...I think the durability would be a selling point. Leave it in the trunk overnight? In heat, cold, rain or shine? That's a GOOD thing. Desipte their durability, I'd NEVER do that to ANY of my Adamases.

The YouTube demos seem to show that it has a surprisingly nice sound too.

Beal's right: you could use it as a paddle too!

Not sure all that adds up to $1,600 worth of selling points, but selling points they are, none the less.

Then, of course, there's the girl. It DOES come with the girl, right?

And the canoe?
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Darkbar
Posted 2011-03-18 1:39 PM (#354705 - in reply to #354693)
Subject: Re: carbon fiber guitar gets big press release



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Location: Flahdaw		Even the headstock is ugly. You have futuristic looking guitar with a headstock that looks like it's from a 1910 Gibson
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twistedlim
Posted 2011-03-18 1:44 PM (#354706 - in reply to #354693)
Subject: Re: carbon fiber guitar gets big press release


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Location: Michigan		For $1600 I could trash 3 or 4 nice ovations by leaving them in the trunk, in the rain, or loaning them to somebody who lives in Florida and they would be a longer paddle...and they would make a nice salad bowl when all is said and done.
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AlanM
Posted 2011-03-18 2:14 PM (#354707 - in reply to #354693)
Subject: Re: carbon fiber guitar gets big press release


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Originally posted by twistedlim:
For $1600 I could trash 3 or 4 nice ovations by leaving them in the trunk, in the rain, or loaning them to somebody who lives in Florida and they would be a longer paddle...and they would make a nice salad bowl when all is said and done.
Lol! So true!

But, with this thing you could have all that and KEEP your 3 or 4 nice Ovations as well!

'Course, you'd have to buy a salad bowl...
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Mark in Boise
Posted 2011-03-18 5:08 PM (#354708 - in reply to #354693)
Subject: Re: carbon fiber guitar gets big press release


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Location: Boise, Idaho		They must have been advertising it's usefulness as a canoe paddle.
Otherwise, showing a girl in a canoe in a sweatshirt and pants is just lousy advertising. Must be made in Minnesota or Canada.
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Darkbar
Posted 2011-03-18 5:24 PM (#354709 - in reply to #354693)
Subject: Re: carbon fiber guitar gets big press release



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Location: Flahdaw		Well, I listened to the youtubes and I thought it sounded pretty thin.

Plus, I hate the headstock. Why does it look like the truss rod cover is missing?
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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2011-03-18 5:35 PM (#354710 - in reply to #354693)
Subject: Re: carbon fiber guitar gets big press release



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dark bar asks:
Why does it look like the truss rod cover is missing?
It doesn't have a TRC.
It also doesn't have an adjustable Truss Rod.
The neck is a Hollow Tube and that thing on the headstock is a Hole.
Supposedly it transfers sound up towards your ear.
(Or at least that is what Blackbird said in an ad from a year or two ago)
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stonebobbo
Posted 2011-03-18 5:48 PM (#354711 - in reply to #354693)
Subject: Re: carbon fiber guitar gets big press release



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Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
Must be made in Minnesota or Canada.
San Francisco. The paddles will be real handy if the big quake that is predicted for sometime the next week actually hits.
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AlanM
Posted 2011-03-19 1:52 PM (#354712 - in reply to #354693)
Subject: Re: carbon fiber guitar gets big press release


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Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
They must have been advertising it's usefulness as a canoe paddle.
Otherwise, showing a girl in a canoe in a sweatshirt and pants is just lousy advertising. Must be made in Minnesota or Canada.
Yes, but what a girl! Pretty, outdoorsy (the canoe), and plays guitar! Well on her way to being the whole package!
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MWoody
Posted 2011-03-19 3:07 PM (#354713 - in reply to #354693)
Subject: Re: carbon fiber guitar gets big press release



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Location: Upper Left USA		done there, been that...

Got the T-shirt.

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Mr. Ovation
Posted 2011-03-20 1:25 AM (#354714 - in reply to #354693)
Subject: Re: carbon fiber guitar gets big press release


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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest		The price is the only put off on this for me. I like the design. I think it's cool, and while nearly full size, a little easier to stow. But, for that price.. could get several travel guitars.
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Waskel
Posted 2011-03-20 10:18 AM (#354715 - in reply to #354693)
Subject: Re: carbon fiber guitar gets big press release



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Location: closely held secret		For that price, you could get a guitar that sounds a lot better. Like Paul and Stephen, I was impressed by the uke and the nylon. The other models had no character.
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Jeff W.
Posted 2011-03-20 2:06 PM (#354716 - in reply to #354693)
Subject: Re: carbon fiber guitar gets big press release


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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub		At half the price and only slightly larger the CA Cargo blows the BB out of the water, so to speak... no comparison. Cargo's tone and volume are nearly indistinguishable from a full size guitar.
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PEZ
Posted 2011-03-20 3:56 PM (#354717 - in reply to #354693)
Subject: Re: carbon fiber guitar gets big press release



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Location: Nashville TN.		LOL looooove the cartoon!
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