I’m for sure not the devil’s advocate… however, I think I could enjoy playing if all I had was a solid state amp and a fiberglass guitar. May not have as much respect for ‘the gear’, but I bet it could be fun?
Now bamboo, that’s scary. Imagine getting one of those splinters under your fingernail… that would be torture!Ok, dang, here I am again, not caring.
However, it also occurred to me that there is quite a bit of nano-sized plastic particles showing up in our bloodstreams. At the point that these particles combine with other artery clogging lifestyle choices and the cardiac arrest rate spikes, the insurance lobbyists are going to want to legislate use of plastics.
Makes wood look ok; bamboo, too. Etc.
I just remembered how revered bamboo fly rods used to be. Then fiberglass came along, but the purists (with adequate funding) stayed with bamboo. Carbon fiber rods have been around for over 40 years and are pretty much the standard now. When was the last time you saw a golf club with a wooden shaft? Spruce snow skis? Water skis? I guess my point is that if the performance improvement justifies the material change, it will happen. I think it's far more likely to occur with acoustic guitars than with electric.
What exactly is the hobby? Guitars are musical instruments. They are a means to an end. What they are made of seems circumstantial to what works and what can be affordably mass produced. Does ebony work better than ritchlite? I have some richlite fingerboard blanks that are waiting to go onto necks. Seems like a good material if you want a black (or blue or red!) fingerboard. Doesn’t seem “plasticky” to me.
Valid points, but then a fake Rolex can tell time as well. I don't want one.
Late to the thread, but are you saying if I buy/play a guitar that doesn’t meet your spec’s you’ll stop playing the guitars you own and love?
No....just wouldn't buy anything new
Wood in guitars will be gone when everyone’s driving electric cars.
