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jazzyvee
Senior Member
Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 1459
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Friday, May 15, 2009 - 12:43 am:   Edit Post

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.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
pas
Intermediate Member
Username: pas

Post Number: 180
Registered: 3-2003
Posted on Friday, May 15, 2009 - 6:47 am:   Edit Post

I don't care what anyone says...I'm not giving up Cocobolo... ;)
hydrargyrum
Senior Member
Username: hydrargyrum

Post Number: 550
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Friday, May 15, 2009 - 7:03 am:   Edit Post

These guys advertise products for sustainability as well:

http://www.flaxwood.com/home/
jalevinemd
Senior Member
Username: jalevinemd

Post Number: 751
Registered: 12-2003
Posted on Friday, May 15, 2009 - 7:07 am:   Edit Post

Kevin,

I was literally just about to type that one. Anybody ever play one of these?
cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member
Username: cozmik_cowboy

Post Number: 477
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Friday, May 15, 2009 - 7:17 am:   Edit Post

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

Peter
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 3809
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Friday, May 15, 2009 - 8:13 am:   Edit Post

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
flaxattack
Senior Member
Username: flaxattack

Post Number: 2272
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Friday, May 15, 2009 - 8:21 am:   Edit Post

someone call me?
dadabass2001
Senior Member
Username: dadabass2001

Post Number: 1116
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Friday, May 15, 2009 - 8:29 am:   Edit Post

Hi Jeff,
Did you ever wake up with hydragyrum's link?

Wow, this sounds like a new syndrome case for Dr. Levine...
:-)
Mike
funkyjazzjunky
Senior Member
Username: funkyjazzjunky

Post Number: 424
Registered: 5-2007
Posted on Friday, May 15, 2009 - 11:41 am:   Edit Post

Musical Instrument production accounts for less than 1% for deforestation according to statistics made up by me
lmiwa
Intermediate Member
Username: lmiwa

Post Number: 174
Registered: 2-2008
Posted on Friday, May 15, 2009 - 1:41 pm:   Edit Post

"Would the beginning of a note on a flaxwood guitar be the flaxattack?"

Might be a little "flaxcid" though...
hydrargyrum
Senior Member
Username: hydrargyrum

Post Number: 551
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Friday, May 15, 2009 - 2:39 pm:   Edit Post

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."
kenbass4
Advanced Member
Username: kenbass4

Post Number: 351
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Friday, May 15, 2009 - 2:54 pm:   Edit Post

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

Post Number: 553
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Friday, May 15, 2009 - 5:01 pm:   Edit Post

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.

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