Frets99 Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 And it's good for the ol ecosystem!! http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/33410 "Boston-based First Act, which built an environmentally friendly electric guitar for Guster's Adam Gardner, is rolling out its Bambusa line of electrics to instrument stores this year. The $399 guitar, currently available via firstact.com and at the company's retail store in Boston, is made of bamboo and covered with a water-based finish, rather than traditional polyurethane. Rather than a reaction to diminishing wood supply, First Act marketing VP Jeff Walker says that "this is more of a charge led by our head of product development for guitars, who was seeking alternative ways to come out with an exciting new product." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IBDBB Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 I wonder how it will sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ej Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 my dad wants to build a guitar out of bamboo. I wish he would, bamboo is pretty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members leopardstar Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 that makes for one skinny ass guitar, bamboo is what at most 1/8 inch thick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Will Chen Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 Wow! Couldn't find any info on their website. A quick google search returned a Yamaha acoustic from 2000. Bambo makes sense as it's such an regenerative (invasive) species. However, I don't think it grows big enough to make a 3 piece body versus other regenerative species wuch as Paulwnia. We'll see, bamboo has caught on in the flooring industry... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stormin1155 Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 Are they held together with thatching and mud? Punch a few holes here and there and it doubles as a flute? Folds out into a fishing pole? Comes with a set of Tiki glasses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members valentsgrif Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 Most likely put together like the bamboo baseball bats. Thousands of 1/4" by 1/4" strips glued together. I'm skeptitcal though. Bamboo has some interesting properties such as the ability to flex and return to shape without residual oscilation. They've been making primo fly fishing rods for years out of this stuff for this reason. I would suspect that this would be a tone killing quality, but I guess time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members leopardstar Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 Are they held together with thatching and mud? Punch a few holes here and there and it doubles as a flute? Folds out into a fishing pole? Comes with a set of Tiki glasses? :lol:rotflmao!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members d_dave_c Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 I'm thinking maybe a hollowbody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members adlo76 Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 can't wait to check one out in person. i know bicycle builders who've made awesome bamboo bikes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PR_Tom Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 Say it with me.. Bambusa! BAM BOO SA!!! Very cool idea, I love it. Hopefully they sound really nice so they can become mainstream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tinwhisker Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 It makes cool floors and cutting boards, dunno about guitars though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PR_Tom Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 You know, it's absolutely tragic that a company and website gets a mention in the NEWS, and you go to their site and there's not 1 single thing about it. The only article on green guitars is an old one that does not concern bamboo. What a massive missed opportunity for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stormin1155 Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 Most likely put together like the bamboo baseball bats. Thousands of 1/4" by 1/4" strips glued together.I'm skeptitcal though. Bamboo has some interesting properties such as the ability to flex and return to shape without residual oscilation. They've been making primo fly fishing rods for years out of this stuff for this reason. I would suspect that this would be a tone killing quality, but I guess time will tell. Perhaps the glue or resin is what gives it stiffness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lndianScout Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 I built a guitar out of hemp, but I smoked it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SmoothJK Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 Holy cow, I thought this thread was going to be a joke of some kind. I give props to whomever is going to buy this first and try it out for us! =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted April 7, 2008 Moderators Share Posted April 7, 2008 There were quite a few bamboo Strats n Tele's on the market 2-3 years ago, I almost hit one, as I was laying thousands of meters of bamboo flooring at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frets99 Posted April 7, 2008 Author Share Posted April 7, 2008 You know, it's absolutely tragic that a company and website gets a mention in the NEWS, and you go to their site and there's not 1 single thing about it. The only article on green guitars is an old one that does not concern bamboo. What a massive missed opportunity for them True! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrChitlins Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 You know, it's absolutely tragic that a company and website gets a mention in the NEWS, and you go to their site and there's not 1 single thing about it. The only article on green guitars is an old one that does not concern bamboo. What a massive missed opportunity for them Yep. I looked. Nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the_huge Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 that makes for one skinny ass guitar, bamboo is what at most 1/8 inch thick? You presumably haven't seen the bamboo that is used instead of iron scaffolding poles all over the east: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wavenger Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 I have bamboo socks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dimmypage Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 Some day those Agathis and plywood guitars will be worth some money:thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members panther_king Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 It's going to have to be plywood made from bamboo, and not solid blocks like we've all come to expect from our guitars. That said, would you like to buy a plywood guitar made from a less interesting wood? say in alder or maple? I think the intrigue is that it's made from bamboo, and environmentally concious. I mean, a thicket of bamboo can grow back in 3 months; my "old-growth, dredged from the bottom of a river, hand selected from rotten and imperfect pieces to optimize tonality and a pleasing grain" Swamp Ash guitar isn't exactly renewable, or quickly producable. With a plywood bamboo guitar, you chip it up, glue the pieces together, and paint it. Who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members derf Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.giles.com/yamaha1/pressreleases/Guitars/images/bamboo.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.giles.com/yamaha1/pressreleases/PAC/bamboo.htm&h=224&w=101&sz=4&hl=en&start=2&um=1&tbnid=6Scmj0glgsgERM:&tbnh=108&tbnw=49&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbamboo%2Bguitar%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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