Is paper the next tonewood?

[PFDarkside]

A Strat made out of corrugated cardboard packing material, wild! It's amazing the forces that engineered material can withstand.


http://gizmodo.com/a-fender-stratocaster-made-from-cardboard-still-sounds-1745997514

 

[jmh151]

Re: Is paper the next tonewood?

I like the idea- from what I recall, some Mosrites and Reverend Guitars were made from a type of chambered or corrogated plastic that gave them a unique tone.

Also, it's not really Fender making it out of cardboard, they have a company supplying an industrial strength corrogated cardboard.

Cool, but I don't think youll see it mass produced

 

[PFDarkside]

Re: Is paper the next tonewood?

No it's not Fender, just an application of an engineered material. Pretty cool!

 

[greekdude]

Re: Is paper the next tonewood?

Admittedly the guitar sounds very straty.

 

[kramersteen]

Re: Is paper the next tonewood?

Its not really any different to a Masonite guitar. haha

 

[treyhaislip]

Re: Is paper the next tonewood?

Sounds very good! But that's not your everyday cardboard so don't expect the same tone out of your Christmas packages

 

[GuitarStv]

Re: Is paper the next tonewood?

Yeah, it's kinda cool . . . but didn't anyone tell them the demand for vintage instruments? They should have used NOS 60s cardboard from some hoarder's house. . .

 

[crusty philtrum]

Re: Is paper the next tonewood?

By now, somebody ought to have used a 3-D printer to produce a replica of the Steinberger L Series. Just add fret wire, hardware and electronic parts.

No need to add frets, just make a stepped fretboard like the Bond guitar from the 1980s (as played by Mick Jones in Big Audio Dynamite).

 

[Little Pigbacon]

Re: Is paper the next tonewood?

Ima make a Soloist out of the loo paper rolls!

 

[beaubrummels]

Re: Is paper the next tonewood?

"Sounds like a Strat!" ...so tone is in the...? ...so pickups are what percentage of the tone again? fretboard material affects the sound, how?

just ****ing with you all.

 

[kramersteen]

Re: Is paper the next tonewood?

Yeah, it's kinda cool . . . but didn't anyone tell them the demand for vintage instruments? They should have used NOS 60s cardboard from some hoarder's house. . .

Jerrymaniac could hook em up.

 

[Falloffthebonetone]

Re: Is paper the next tonewood?

It seems reflective, they might have still finished it with something to keep it stable. It LOOKS like it doesn't hold it's tuning very well either. Nonetheless incredibly cool.

 

[GoldenVulture]

Re: Is paper the next tonewood?

Paper Mache'

 

[kramersteen]

Re: Is paper the next tonewood?

A hemp body guitar would be cool.

 

[GoldenVulture]

Re: Is paper the next tonewood?

[h=1]Chicken Wire Home Made Guitar.[/h]

 

[AlexR]

Re: Is paper the next tonewood?

Well, its youtube, which is probably why it sound thin and horrible. Nothing there would make me even consider one. You'd need to have a recording done with a good setup and another wood guitar played next to it to tell anything.

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Is paper the next tonewood?

Sounds like.....well they can keep it honestly...fun idea though!
Wonder how it would react to water or moist enviroments?

 

[kramersteen]

Re: Is paper the next tonewood?

Sounds like.....well they can keep it honestly...fun idea though!
Wonder how it would react to water or moist enviroments?

Will it survive the dreaded beer spill?

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Is paper the next tonewood?

Or just smell like an old rag??

 

[crusty philtrum]

Re: Is paper the next tonewood?

Trees are made out of paper, so there's no reason why houses, cars, guitars etc. couldn't be.