Body Material and "Tone"...

[Paul Cooke]

[url="http://www.madaguitars.com/"]http://www.madaguitars.com/[/url]

it's made with Hemp...

[url="http://www.madaguitars.com/concept.htm"]http://www.madaguitars.com/concept.htm[/url]

" The MADA caimes body is an organically shaped semi-acoustic electric guitar body made of hemp pulp and is not carved or milled like traditional guitars. Design has revolutionized the production technique. One form without any linings or bracings.
With its edge-less organic shape, MADA develops an unmistakable, wonderful sharp and organic sound."

Wonder what it could do for a Bass body???

[Kiwi]

[url="http://www.drumparam.at/hempstone.html"]http://www.drumparam.at/hempstone.html[/url]

The process just seems to be bash a load of hemp together and it will dry hard because of hydrogen bonding (whatever that means). I can only guess that the hardness is dictated by how fine the pulp is mashed perhaps?

[misrule]

Here comes the predictable reply ...

Smoke a chunk of it first, and it'll sound wonderful

Cheers

Mark

[Alpha-Dave]

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='56631' date='Sep 6 2007, 06:07 PM'][url="http://www.drumparam.at/hempstone.html"]http://www.drumparam.at/hempstone.html[/url]

The process just seems to be bash a load of hemp together and it will dry hard because of hydrogen bonding (whatever that means). I can only guess that the hardness is dictated by how fine the pulp is mashed perhaps?[/quote]



Hydrogen bonding is reversable by adding water. I really hope they're using something else too!

[Kiwi]

[quote name='Alpha-Dave' post='56637' date='Sep 6 2007, 06:18 PM']Hydrogen bonding is reversable by adding water. I really hope they're using something else too![/quote]
Me too, I'm not sure hemp is known for its acoustic properties. So whatever binder is used would need to be pretty rigid.

[EdwardHimself]

[quote name='Paul Cooke' post='56589' date='Sep 6 2007, 04:41 PM']it's made with Hemp... [/quote]

yeah just like rope!

[Lfalex v1.1]

Might be okay for an acoustic/electroacoustic. I'd be concerned about the possible lack of mass, allied to balance issues.

Are the guitars really 2,850 Euros or did I mis-read the order form?

If so, add [i]cost[/i] to my list of reservations

[Paul Cooke]

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='56823' date='Sep 7 2007, 08:41 AM']yeah just like rope![/quote]

yeah... all floppy... I've got a load of hemp rope on my classic MK1. Mirror dinghy...