Are carbon guitars a nono?

[bluemustard]

I've been offered this guitar for 2000 dollars.
It's a django model.
The carbon freaks me out..but I haven't played it yet.
I read it resonates like wood but i dunno.
And the combination with such an old model freaks me out.
Any experts here?

[bluemustard]

it's also hand built.Guy said it was special and the price goes up after years.

[bluemustard]

[chefcraig]

From what I've gathered, these things are created from pretty much the same material that some of my golf clubs are made from. Whether that's good or bad at this point is debatable, as it took nearly a decade for the manufacturers to figure out the properties of the material well enough to make them practical. Seriously, the first clubs I tried out in the eighties were like swinging at a ball with a garden hose.

Believe it or not, like just about everything these days, there is a website devoted to carbon guitars. Perhaps you can find some answers there:
Carbon Fiber Guitar Forum | Acoustic and Electric Composite Guitars - Index

[indeedido]

I have no hands on experience, but the Washburn AF-40 Ace Frehley model in the '80s had a carbon neck. From all accounts it sounds like shit and feels like plastic. Seems to me a body made of it would sound thin.

[Panamark]

I hope they use this material to make planes,
but for guitars (or any stringed instrument)
I cant imagine a material better than wood ??

Why fuck with perfection ?

[Nitro Express]

Carbon fiber construction is not cheap. Wood would probably be less expensive. At the end of the day, it it sounds and plays good you are half-way there. Looks are the other half and it would be a nice guitar if all that ugly carbon fiber wasn't on it.

[twonabomber]

is it just wrapped in carbon fiber?

[Panamark]

Carbon is overcooked !

[ZahZoo]

What's a primary element in wood... carbon.

[Diamondjimi]

ThreeGuitars neck resistance test.

Aluminium carbonfiber guitar Made in Italy Vs Hummer H3

[Diamondjimi]

Carbon fiber construction is not cheap. Wood would probably be less expensive. At the end of the day, it it sounds and plays good you are half-way there.

True, simply try one out and let your ears be the judge...

[BITEYOASS]

Carbon fiber guitars may suck to play, but they're probably excellent in getting hostile audience members off the stage.

[chefcraig]

Carbon fiber guitars may suck to play, but they're probably excellent in getting hostile audience members off the stage.

Yeah, but there really is nothing quite like the feel of a good, solid piece of wood made by Fender when the job needs to be done. Just ask Keef...

[Diamondjimi]

All the flack Dave got over the years for singin off key. Jagger is the king of not givin a shit...