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Title: Guitars made from Sustainable sources
Post by: jazzyvee on May 15, 2009, 12:43:30 AM

Here is something i found today which is quite interesting.
Guitars made from recycled materials and wood from sustainable sources.
http://www.simonleeguitars.com/guitars/ (http://www.simonleeguitars.com/guitars/)
 
http://www.viddler.com/explore/talktomeguy/videos/61/
 
Sounds pretty good to me.
I wonder if Alembic would ever go down that route?
Considering for neck through Alembics, the sound is primarily in the neck, this should work quite well. Well at least technically, not sure about the aesthetics though.
 
 
What do you think?
 
Jazzyvee

Title: Guitars made from Sustainable sources
Post by: pas on May 15, 2009, 06:47:33 AM

I don't care what anyone says...I'm not giving up Cocobolo... ;)

Title: Guitars made from Sustainable sources
Post by: hydrargyrum on May 15, 2009, 07:03:07 AM

These guys advertise products for sustainability as well:
 
http://www.flaxwood.com/home/ (http://www.flaxwood.com/home/)

Title: Guitars made from Sustainable sources
Post by: jalevinemd on May 15, 2009, 07:07:24 AM

Kevin,  
 
I was literally just about to type that one. Anybody ever play one of these?

Title: Guitars made from Sustainable sources
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on May 15, 2009, 07:17:32 AM

Wouild the beginning of a note on a flaxwood guitar be the flaxattack?  
 
Peter

Title: Guitars made from Sustainable sources
Post by: lbpesq on May 15, 2009, 08:13:26 AM

You guys might want to check out Switch guitars.  They are made of a synthetic composite called Vibracell.  The company is out of business, but if you run a search on ebay, you'll find a couple of sellers who have a bunch in stock and sell them on the bay.  I have a tele-style that I bought for less than $200 that is actually a very nice guitar.  An incredible deal for the money.
 
Bill, tgo

Title: Guitars made from Sustainable sources
Post by: flaxattack on May 15, 2009, 08:21:01 AM

someone call me?

Title: Guitars made from Sustainable sources
Post by: dadabass2001 on May 15, 2009, 08:29:22 AM

Hi Jeff,  
Did you ever wake up with hydragyrum's link?
 
Wow, this sounds like a new syndrome case for Dr. Levine...
 
Mike

Title: Guitars made from Sustainable sources
Post by: funkyjazzjunky on May 15, 2009, 11:41:29 AM

Musical Instrument production accounts for less than 1% for deforestation according to statistics made up by me

Title: Guitars made from Sustainable sources
Post by: LMiwa on May 15, 2009, 01:41:41 PM

Would the beginning of a note on a flaxwood guitar be the flaxattack?
 
Might be a little flaxcid though...

Title: Guitars made from Sustainable sources
Post by: hydrargyrum on May 15, 2009, 02:39:35 PM

Well, 75% percent of people know that you can make up statistics to support anything.
 
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

Title: Guitars made from Sustainable sources
Post by: kenbass4 on May 15, 2009, 02:54:05 PM

...and 78.4 percent of people surveyed believe that adding a decimal to your numbers makes it even more believable...

Title: Guitars made from Sustainable sources
Post by: hydrargyrum on May 15, 2009, 05:01:10 PM

Okay, getting way off topic, but studies have shown that people actually do tend to see prices as being lower when the figure is more complicated (I don't know if believability has anything to do with it).  Which is why stores in the US always sell things with 99 cent figures, for some reason $2.99 feels much cheaper than $3.00 when people's gut reactions are compared, even though they're pretty much the same.  I found this out when  deciding what to price sell our home at.
 
Sorry for the ramble.