New guitar day!
Rainsong BI-JM1000N2. Full carbon body and neck. Looks funky, but the real reason I bought it is because the humidity in my house has been at 3-5% for a solid week- at these low levels I can't really leave any of my guitars out of the cases.
Nice guitar. I got it used. It is pretty big and pretty loud- it has an acoustic pickup too...
Cool--I've played some of them--and they sound better than most people seem to think.
Enjoy!
I've been a pilgrim on this earth, since the day of my birth, I'm a long way from my home.
Wow, interesting guitar. HNG Day! Not what I would have imagined you having, but I understand the concern about the humidity issue. I assume that's a result of your heating system? Do you use any case hydrometers?
"I know just enough to be dangerous....."
No kidding!Originally Posted by spellcaster
I bought a relic'd guitar because I liked the way it sounded. Then I refinished it because I didn't like the way it looked.
You are 100% right- it is not the kind of guitar I would normally buy but the 0% humidity issue is a crisis- all my guitars will start cracking if exposed to these conditions. I tried a room humidifier last year and they are not really designed for raising the humidity of a room from 3% to 40%. Having a whole house humidifier installed would be very expensive- I looked into that last year. So rather than fight it, I figured that going all carbon will not only give me a guitar I won't freak out about on the stand in extreme dry conditions, it will give me a guitar that is robust for outdoor gigs. Kind of looks edgy too with the crazy carbon patterns on the body, although that is not a selling point for me.
Our house has steam heat- is the heating system the cause? When it gets cold in NJ, the humidity drops pretty drastically. Although weirdly it is supposedly 63% humidity outside right now , yet it is 3% in the house. I have no idea but every time you touch a doorknob you get shocked- my hands are so dry they are cracking all over.
I do use case humidifiers.
Okay--mental note--watch climate if I ever move to NJ...
Hope the Carbon fibre guitar helps
I've been a pilgrim on this earth, since the day of my birth, I'm a long way from my home.
dB, whenever ZT posts a freaky looking guitar, you often say "I can't take that guitar to a jazz gig". And then you go and buy this dreadnaught from Mars.
I for one am shocked! Shocked, I tell you!
I remember being in houses or hotels that were steam heated, and them being more dry than usual.
I bought a relic'd guitar because I liked the way it sounded. Then I refinished it because I didn't like the way it looked.
Ha ha, that is true. Although this guitar would never go out to our regular gigs. The band had thought about trying to do a free concert in Central Park where amplifiers are not allowed without a permit but I never really had an acoustic that I could take to such a gig. The Martin would not be suitable for something like that. Something like this would be. Mainly this will be a stand guitar for home practice.dB, whenever ZT posts a freaky looking guitar, you often say "I can't take that guitar to a jazz gig". And then you go and buy this dreadnaught from Mars.
I for one am shocked! Shocked, I tell you!
The house is much drier than in past years. Normally I don't have to worry about such low humidity until well into January- I just hope the nosebleeds don't start soon.
Just love the tone I read into this...dB, whenever ZT posts a freaky looking guitar, you often say "I can't take that guitar to a jazz gig". And then you go and buy this dreadnaught from Mars.
I for one am shocked! Shocked, I tell you!
I've been a pilgrim on this earth, since the day of my birth, I'm a long way from my home.
Pretty nifty guitar however...
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