My latest acoustic, Emerald Opus X30

[Carlström]

New guy looking around for threads that i can contribute in...and well don't find that many right now . So i figured i'd share some info about my latest acoustic seeing as it's from a brand not that usual and might be of some interest to others to see and hear about.

Emerald Opus X30

Body Construction: One piece carbon (graphite) body and neck.

Fingerboard: Carbon-fibre with stainless steel frets

Detailing: Graphtech nut, saddle and bridge pins. Sound holes on the side. Solid silver emblem on the head.

Tuners: Sperzel locking

Electronics:LR-Baggs preamp and LB-6 transducer. LR Baggs Deluxe Acoustic Equaliser

Story behind it:
Well i found out about this company 3 or 4 years ago, back then they didn't have prices on the homepage so i emailed and asked. Turned out to be abit more than i was willing to pay for a guitar i never had tried or heard.

But the owner who i was in contact with still sent me a package with full information about the guitars and a cd by one of the endorsers. The past year they been sending out newsletters and even personal emails from the owner with info about new custom guitars etc.

the latest email i got included a note that a distributor of theirs hadn't been doing his job properly and was now out of the loop. All the guitar he had were back at the factory and was going to be sold out at discount.

Eager to strike a deal i emailed Alistair, the owner, within a hour telling that I'll buy that red Opus X30. Can't believe i did that really. it goes against everything i stand by when it comes to picking out a acoustic guitar, the main pillar of my way of picking out a acoustic is play the actuall guitar first. i've never even played one of this brand before. But i did get a 35% discount and THAT goes along with everything i stand for when it comes to making business so i'm ok.

Oh how the guitar is?

I love it!
Very well balanced sound, very full. Certainly sounds abit different from wood guitars but different doesn't equal bad, this is a great guitar that i feel at home with. This guitar is really me, it's just perfect for me.

cheers

 

[f1point7]

nice lookin guitar. so what are the benefits of the carbon fibre? is it for better sustain?

 

[t_ross33]

nice lookin guitar. so what are the benefits of the carbon fibre? is it for better sustain?

That is a sweet looking guitar! Carbon fibre and composite bodies are supposed to be less affected by temperature and humidity. Plus they "supposedly" transfer more consistant energy to the soundboard. It's also stonger than wood and requires less bracing, so the soundboard has a larger surface area to resonate.

Or so I've heard

I've seen/heard Rainsong carbon fibre guitars and they do have a unique "brightness" to their tone. Not bad, just different. Would work well in a live gig I think.

Trev

 

[Carlström]

Yep what Trev said, it's very durable. And it has a different tone, which could be viewed as either a benifit or a drawback depending on what you like.

 

[Leonidas]

Wow, very cool/different acoustic carlstrom. I've never heard of carbon being used as a body material. I would bet it has a very different sound, which is always cool. And of course it would be much more resilient to temp/humidity changes. Sweet!

 

[t_ross33]

Wow, very cool/different acoustic carlstrom. I've never heard of carbon being used as a body material. I would bet it has a very different sound, which is always cool. And of course it would be much more resilient to temp/humidity changes. Sweet!

Check THIS out. Rainsong is the big dog in carbon body guitars on this side of the big pond. They certainly do sound different, in the same way that an ovation sounds different from an all wood guitar - but not the same as an ovation either.

 

[Leonidas]

Pretty impressive. I've heard of rainsongs before, just thought they were some kind of regular acoustics. Guess I was wrong