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Should I start to work on a carbon fiber electric guitar? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world to c/diy@lemmy.world
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My main issues are:

  • sourcing the hardware, likely will do a headless one if at all,
  • creating the mold,
  • work with the epoxy,
  • I'm not even playing that much on the guitar anymore.
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[–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

It doesn't sound like you want to be talked into it.

Working with the epoxy is messy and they can be hazardous but the finishing work is the really nasty part. Doing any grinding or sanding on composites is MISERABLE. The powder created gets everywhere, is itchy, and will give you cancer if you breathe it.

Are you planning an electric or acoustic?

Integrated neck, bolt on, or set neck? Wooden or carbon fiber? What fretboard material?

Have you built a guitar before?

Have you worked with epoxy/composites?