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Well... It's basically a particle-board product, so... for guitars, for me, no, thanks.

 

Probably a very cool material for a lot of things, though.

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They've been doing this with Bamboo for a while. Many of the same benefits in terms of toughness & sustainability.

 

It's entirely possible that someone could make a decent-sounding Acoustic Guitar out of this stuff, and no reason that someone couldn't make a functional solid-body out of it. Still, I don't think I'd be drawn to it.

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They've been doing this with Bamboo for a while. Many of the same benefits in terms of toughness & sustainability.

 

Yep!

 

https://www.liceaguitars.com/

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Particle Board guitars -

 

Gibson did this in the 60s with their cheap Kalamazoo brand of student model guitars. Bodies were basically made of glue and sawdust. They didn't sound bad but should anything strip out or break you can't repair that stuff. They are neat. Quite a few have come through my tech's shop. He is a bit of a collector of these Kalamazoos.

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Particle Board guitars -

 

Gibson did this in the 60s with their cheap Kalamazoo brand of student model guitars. Bodies were basically made of glue and sawdust. They didn't sound bad but should anything strip out or break you can't repair that stuff. They are neat. Quite a few have come through my tech's shop. He is a bit of a collector of these Kalamazoos.

 

Some modern companies are doing something similar, like:

http://www.flaxwood.com/home/

 

And of course, 3D printed guitars like:

https://www.oddguitars.com/index.html

 

I wonder if fabricated materials like that have gotten any easier to work with. I mean, I"d hate to purchase something pricier and exotic and then not be reasonably fixable,..

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I would think any new materials would be better. The Kalamazoo stuff just turns to powder or chunks out but ..... Those things are over 50 years old now. It was literally made from sawdust. Some guys are doing some neat stuff with carbon fiber, which is a totally different thing. My road bike is a carbon fiber frame and it supports my fat a**. That has to be some strong stuff.

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And the Danelectros were masonite I believe.

 

The original, "vintage" Danos had solid wood 'frames' with Masonite tops and backs; the underlying core-frames were solid pine, I believe. The modern 'reissues' have similar construction with laminate, 'plywood', frames.

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My 1st electric guitar circa 1963 or so, was a Silvertone shaped like a Tele with a single lipstick tube pickup. It was purple and I didn't care for the color so I decided to sand it down to the wood and stain it. That didn't work out to well as it was not wood. I'm guessing it was Masonite? (as they were made for Sears by Danelectro). Whatever it was, it would never take a stain! So I got some copper spray paint and had myself a poor boys copper top. It came out pretty cool for a 13 year old with a can of paint LOL! I painted my bike the same color! :cool:
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