carbon glass epoxi fingerboards

[bareknucklehead]

What´s going on!?

So I was wondering, for those of you who own a guitar or tried one with a carbon-glass-epoxy fingerboard, how good is it?

What I mean is, how does this material  affect the sound of the guitar overall? (What type of coloration adds to the sound and that stuff) For example, in a mahogany body.

It supposed to last a lot longer than rosewood or ebony fingerboards, is it true?

I have yet to try a guitar with this type of fingerboard, so I'm very curious about it. And if it is as good as it looks, I might put it in my future custom axe  :o

[Dr. Vic]

You are planning to buy a Parker Fly Mojo aren't you  ? :lol:

So if you are talking Parker Fly Mojo, then you can expect the fingerboard to sound, feel and touch awesome. I've got one and just love it !

You can compare it to an ebony fingerboard BUT with a softer touch. And the response of the neck is SO dynamic you won't believe it. And this is true in EVERY area of the fingerboard. So I can say this neck is worth being experienced for both it's sound and playability.  8)

I think the only one thing is more on the stainless steel frets, than the carbon : thoses frets give you little more brightness, but that is not necessary a bad thing.

I've heard so many people saying this composite material is all about being cold - uninspiring - dead sounding. That is very false.  The Parker Fly Mojo is actually a very expressive guitar.

 :good:

[jpfamps]

What´s going on!?

So I was wondering, for those of you who own a guitar or tried one with a carbon-glass-epoxy fingerboard, how good is it?

What I mean is, how does this material  affect the sound of the guitar overall? (What type of coloration adds to the sound and that stuff) For example, in a mahogany body.

It supposed to last a lot longer than rosewood or ebony fingerboards, is it true?

I have yet to try a guitar with this type of fingerboard, so I'm very curious about it. And if it is as good as it looks, I might put it in my future custom axe  :o

Kramer used an epoxy board, called "ebonal", on there ali guitars. Played nicely, although it was difficult to judge how this effected the tone of the guitar due to other unusual aspects of its construction.

[hunter]

Can you actually change frets on such a board, or are they forever married to each other?

[gwEm]

i have two steinbergers with moses graphite necks which have fingerboards like this.

they feel really nice, and have quite a sharp attack.

frets can be changed, and without too much trouble judging from jonathan and wez.

not sure of fretboard life at this stage.

[yellowv]

I also have a Parker Fly and the fretboard is fantastic. No need to change the frets as they are SS and will last forever.

[Dr. Vic]

Can you actually change frets on such a board, or are they forever married to each other?

If you were asking about the Parker Fly, then I think the answer is no.

In a "traditionnal guitar" your frets are fixed into the "slots" made on the wood of the fretboard. (don't know if it's the right word but you get the idea).

As for the Fly those "slots" do not exist : Parker doesn't cut the carbon glass epoxy to make the frets enter into it : They are directly glued on the fretboard, with a very particular process. Maybe some guitarmakers are able to remove them but the one I know would not try to experiment that.

Like Gwem said, it's quite difficult to predict on how these fretboards will handle years of heavy playing, these guitars are too young. Maybe we will know more about that in 20 years  :lol:

The only one thing I can say is that the hardness of these stainless steel frets is VERY impressive.  :bash:

[Lew]

I also have a Parker Fly and the fretboard is fantastic. No need to change the frets as they are SS and will last forever.

They'll last 4/5 x longer than nickel but they wont last forever I'm afraid 8)

[Bradock PI]

Hmmm CrMo frets would be even harder than SS

[nfe]

The flys WILL need refretting eventually, they have to go back to Parker for that though.

I have a Fly classic vibrato, until today I also had a Fly Mojo Flame. The best way to describe them both in feel and tone I think is "extra-ebony". All the traits of ebony taken to a further extreme. Lots of brightness and attack with an extremely smooth feel.

If it was possible to have the Parker fingerboard on every guitar I ever buy I would pay for it happily.

[Bradock PI]

Anyone tried the Fisher Space guitar ?

The strings are pressurised so they work in a weightless environment


Did you here about the development of the space pen. The Americans realised that without gravity their bic biro and fountain pens wouldn't work so they commisioned a company to design a pen that would work in zero gravity. After many months of research and hundreds of thousands of dollars the space pen was launched a gas pressurised ink canister mean't this pen would write in zero gravity or even upside down.

Meanwhile in the space race the Russians - used a pencil !!!!!

sorry for the hijack!

[headtheball]

Going to be an arse...

Pencils weren't used much, if at all. Graphite dust is bad in zero-g. Ordinary pens work fine, too.

Apologies.

[Lew]

 :lol: :lol: :lol:

[yellowv]

When I said forever I didn't mean it literally :) I should have just said a long damn time. I'm sure I will probably never wear them out. And yes as much as I love Ebony and Maple boards I would gladly take a Parker board over anything. Here is a pic b/c.... well I just like showing the damn thing off ;p

[Lew]

That looks really really good, I need to try one out!