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Blackbird Carbon Fiber Guitar
The Blackbird Rider features an all-hollow uni-body shell setting it apart from any guitar in the world. That is the body, neck, and head are cast in one-piece with the sound board, fretboard, single-coil pickups, tuners, etc. added to that main component. Forming the main component in one-piece eliminates the weak and sound-absorbing joints associated with standard guitars. This patent-pending construction relies on the incredibly strong and stiff properties of carbon fiber as well as plenty of unique design features to create the strongest, most resonant small-bodied guitar available anywhere.
The first model was the Rider steel-string, a truly satisfying and nearly indestructible travel companion which set the benchmark for the category. Blackbird’s singular blend of F1/aerospace design technology and traditional craft gives form to a new highly resilient and responsive guitar annually and including the first carbon fiber ukulele. Each Blackbird is individually made by small team of luthiers in San Francisco.
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March 9th, 2011 at 4:52 AM
Sweet, I have never heard of them. I surfed their site also and the reason is probably because they have only been around 5 or 6 years. I am sitting here wondering if any of my musician buddies here in Austin have heard about them. Really like the way they look. Wish I had one in my hands right now. I am going to go back and read more about them here in a bit. As of now I own 8 guitars and two keyboards i never peck on anymore. Maybe a hew guitar will get me back in the groove.
July 22nd, 2011 at 10:32 PM
What is the cost?
October 20th, 2011 at 10:47 PM
Wow! what a nice guitar it is! It is amazing. The artist will really like. Thanks for producing such a nice guitar.
October 3rd, 2012 at 7:42 PM
Dailyicon is really amazing! ;) How many things that I would like to have :)
May 7th, 2016 at 11:16 PM
Yes, although it probably wouldn't be solid carbon fiber. That would be an expensive guitar! It would probably be a foam core with a carbon fiber skin, kind of like a surfboard has a foam core and a fiberglass skin.