jacksontrader
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Re: More Gibson news!
Obviously Lemurs don't taste good. LOL
Obviously Lemurs don't taste good. LOL
More Gibson news!
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Zerberus
Baron Von Shred
Re: More Gibson news!
But on a moire serious note, this is all part of my master plan to usurp all major guitar companies so that I can buy them all out for the 2.57 I gots in me pocket. Zat vay Zerbe-Guitars can rule ze Vorld :laugh2:
I´d say fretboard wood is about 10-20% of an electric guitar´s natural, unamplified tone, depending on actual design. Nowhere near as big a factor as Neck and body woods, but far from irrelevant and significantly greater than many thiings guitarists obsess over (ex. long tenon vs. Short tenon, Nitro vs poly, Flame vs plain maple, Nut material, Fret material, ...)
But on a moire serious note, this is all part of my master plan to usurp all major guitar companies so that I can buy them all out for the 2.57 I gots in me pocket. Zat vay Zerbe-Guitars can rule ze Vorld :laugh2:
I´d say fretboard wood is about 10-20% of an electric guitar´s natural, unamplified tone, depending on actual design. Nowhere near as big a factor as Neck and body woods, but far from irrelevant and significantly greater than many thiings guitarists obsess over (ex. long tenon vs. Short tenon, Nitro vs poly, Flame vs plain maple, Nut material, Fret material, ...)
I don´t see the connection between this and any specific model introduced by Gibson. Could you elaborate, please?
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Fender_Punk
BerriesAndCreamologist
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Glad to see a manufacturer punished for not implementing sustainable practises, not because it's Gibson, but because lemurs are cute and trees clean our air.
As for alternative choices for guitar materials I'd be interested to find out what a guitar made out of industrial hemp would sound/play like.
Glad to see a manufacturer punished for not implementing sustainable practises, not because it's Gibson, but because lemurs are cute and trees clean our air.
As for alternative choices for guitar materials I'd be interested to find out what a guitar made out of industrial hemp would sound/play like.
Empty Pockets
BadHairDayologist
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(what say you, Mr. Ambassador?)
...ahem...**** LEMURS
(what say you, Mr. Ambassador?)
...ahem...**** LEMURS
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Sadly, I dont think anyone carries the Switch guitars anymore.. They actually didnt play and sound bad.. The rainbow colored ones were ugly, but some werent bad. I wanted to get one to haul around with me as it gets so hot here in FLA and they say they were impervious to heat.. I just couldnt bring myself to plunk down the $$ for one.. In hindsight, I wish Id grabbed one for $150 they were blowing them out for
Save the trees! Let us make guitars out of materials like Switch Guitars do.
Sadly, I dont think anyone carries the Switch guitars anymore.. They actually didnt play and sound bad.. The rainbow colored ones were ugly, but some werent bad. I wanted to get one to haul around with me as it gets so hot here in FLA and they say they were impervious to heat.. I just couldnt bring myself to plunk down the $$ for one.. In hindsight, I wish Id grabbed one for $150 they were blowing them out for
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Prob see more guys imitating Hendrix and lighting the guitars on fire on stage... :eyecrazy:
Prob see more guys imitating Hendrix and lighting the guitars on fire on stage... :eyecrazy:
Empty Pockets
BadHairDayologist
Re: More Gibson news!
no way dude, industrial-grade? that's like 10% at best.
kinda stringy and fibrous isn't it? pretty soft right? i dunno where you'd get a plank of hemp wood big enough to cut / shape into a guitar...maybe use it for fretboards or something.
there's this guy tho:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcCrTahsLg0
Even has that twangy / out of tune tone you dig FP! :smokin:
no way dude, industrial-grade? that's like 10% at best.
kinda stringy and fibrous isn't it? pretty soft right? i dunno where you'd get a plank of hemp wood big enough to cut / shape into a guitar...maybe use it for fretboards or something.
there's this guy tho:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcCrTahsLg0
Even has that twangy / out of tune tone you dig FP! :smokin:
jimijames
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Re: More Gibson news!
Crap, another battle lost in the war on the environment.
When I hear about stuff like this, I ask: What has the environment done for us? We've been evolving for millions of years just because it pits us against each other and makes it insanely difficult to survive, where's the sympathy? We finally get to a point where we can get some revenge, and now environmentalists are telling us we're gonna destroy the planet. Good I say. **** Mother Nature.
Crap, another battle lost in the war on the environment.
When I hear about stuff like this, I ask: What has the environment done for us? We've been evolving for millions of years just because it pits us against each other and makes it insanely difficult to survive, where's the sympathy? We finally get to a point where we can get some revenge, and now environmentalists are telling us we're gonna destroy the planet. Good I say. **** Mother Nature.
Boogie Bill
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ROFLMAO!!
Not that I totally agree, but that's funny!
I know Martin has been using Madagascar Rosewood too; so I wonder if they will be affected.
Interesting story.
Bill
ROFLMAO!!
Not that I totally agree, but that's funny!
I know Martin has been using Madagascar Rosewood too; so I wonder if they will be affected.
Interesting story.
Bill
Pontiac Jack
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astrozombie
KatyPerryologist
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this was going to be my response.
save the lemurs and only buy guitars with maple boards!
this was going to be my response.
save the lemurs and only buy guitars with maple boards!
Wattage
High Voltologist
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An FBI raid really for illegal wood importing? They will definitely have to go after a lot of companies in the biz large and small and what about companies importing guitars in to the US, will they be banned from bringing them in to the country?
Going to be tough I imagine. Shame on Gibson but they wouldn't do it if the demand wasn't there.
An FBI raid really for illegal wood importing? They will definitely have to go after a lot of companies in the biz large and small and what about companies importing guitars in to the US, will they be banned from bringing them in to the country?
Going to be tough I imagine. Shame on Gibson but they wouldn't do it if the demand wasn't there.
Zerberus
Baron Von Shred
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One COULD impregnate the hemp with something like epoxy resin, but you´d need so much epoxy that you may as well leave the hemp out and just make guitars out of Bondo
It wouldn´t play at all, hemp has a high tensile strength but effecteively zero compression resistance. put bluntly it´s like building a guitar out of rope.
One COULD impregnate the hemp with something like epoxy resin, but you´d need so much epoxy that you may as well leave the hemp out and just make guitars out of Bondo
blueman335
Mojo's Minions
blueman335
Mojo's Minions
Re: More Gibson news!
This is about destroying endangered forests, not any physical danger to consumer. We can chop all the world's trees down, but then what? Do we pave the world in concrete? Nice to have some intelligent resource management before things are gone for good.
This is about destroying endangered forests, not any physical danger to consumer. We can chop all the world's trees down, but then what? Do we pave the world in concrete? Nice to have some intelligent resource management before things are gone for good.
J Moose
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Re: More Gibson news!
Paramus NJ is already concrete except for a couple parks & the golf course. Drop "Garden State Plaza Paramus NJ" into google maps satellite view... Looks like Manhatten. All concrete. Shopping mall after shopping mall with 4 and 6 lane highways.
If that's "progress" then as humans I'm sure we don't really need any of it.
To bring it full circle, there's two Guitar Centers within 4 miles of each other, a Sam Ash between them and two more GC's within 10-15 miles of that. I hate driving up that way & try to avoid it as much as possible anymore.
Paramus NJ is already concrete except for a couple parks & the golf course. Drop "Garden State Plaza Paramus NJ" into google maps satellite view... Looks like Manhatten. All concrete. Shopping mall after shopping mall with 4 and 6 lane highways.
If that's "progress" then as humans I'm sure we don't really need any of it.
To bring it full circle, there's two Guitar Centers within 4 miles of each other, a Sam Ash between them and two more GC's within 10-15 miles of that. I hate driving up that way & try to avoid it as much as possible anymore.
Zerberus
Baron Von Shred
Re: More Gibson news!
Importing and selling Madagascar RW and Ebony in general is not illegal.
Importing and selling Madagascar RW and Ebony from pirate logging camps destroying the forests at an alarming rate without permission or any form of government control is illegal, ecologically and environmentally irresponsible, and a true sign of humanity´s greed driven parasitic nature
Madagascar Rosewood is illegal?
Many luthier supply houses carry it.
Importing and selling Madagascar RW and Ebony in general is not illegal.
Importing and selling Madagascar RW and Ebony from pirate logging camps destroying the forests at an alarming rate without permission or any form of government control is illegal, ecologically and environmentally irresponsible, and a true sign of humanity´s greed driven parasitic nature
