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World's first all Bamboo guitar
Here's an interesting press release from Yamaha, the worlds first bamboo guitar. Considering that bamboo should sound quite different than most other wood types, this guitar should be quite interesting. Here's the press release:
LOS ANGELES–Yamaha Corporation of America, Pro Audio & Combo Division, is proud to announce a stunning achievement in musical instrument design: the world’s first all-Bamboo guitar. The top, back, sides, neck and braces of this attractive guitar are all crafted from easily replenishable Bamboo, resulting in a totally new sound that is remarkably bright and clear.
The FGB1 guitar will be introduced at Winter NAMM 2000 and has been in full-scale production since January. When Yamaha offered a preview of the new instrument at the Healdsburg Guitar Festival in California in August, the world’s top luthiers couldn’t keep their hands off it.
Bamboo has been used for centuries to make traditional Asian musical instruments. Generations have enjoyed its warm, crisp, resonant sound quality, while artisans have prized it for its stability and durability. It’s also very beautiful. Bamboo’s straight grain gives it powerful acoustic properties, and its warp resistance makes it a very stable building material. In addition, the fast-growing Bamboo plant has the ecological advantage of being easily reclaimable.
"I’m really excited by this guitar," said David Bergstrom, director of marketing, Combo Group. "Its sound is like nothing you’ve ever heard, and it makes a striking visual statement. We’ve developed a brand-new production method to make this guitar a reality, and I’m proud that Yamaha, a leader in traditional guitar making, is also leading the way in this new category." Yamaha has applied for patents for the exclusive process.
The guitar made its debut at the prestigious Healdsburg Guitar Festival, sponsored by Luthiers Mercantile International and Acoustic Guitar Magazine, in California’s wine country in August. Experts were taken aback by the prototype’s loud, resonant sound, its balanced tone with excellent sustain, and its rigid neck.
Rick David, Director of the Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans, saw the guitar at Healdsburg and said later, "This is totally different from what anyone else is trying to do. Yamaha obviously approached it in a very professional way, and they’ve created some great stuff."
The Yamaha process for this guitar uses three- to five-year-old Bamboo plants about 6 inches in diameter. The wood is sawn into strips, bonded longitudinally, and laminated in three layers, with the inner layer at 90 degrees to the outer ones for rigidity. This laminate is then crafted using traditional guitar making techniques. The only non-Bamboo parts of the finished guitar are the Rosewood fingerboard and the Mahogany bridge.
For more information, visit Yamaha at Winter NAMM 2000, visit Yamaha at Winter NAMM 2000, Los Angeles Convention Center, Petree Hall.
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