NGD- Composite Acoustics

[Torren61]

New guitar day. Actually, it was Wednesday that this guitar arrived. I traded a 1994 PRS CE22 with Tom Holmes pups and a few other custom add-ons.

This is a CA guitar. CA stands for Composite Acoustics. Composite Acoustic guitars are made from carbon fiber. They were made in LaFayette, Louisiana. They ended up closing shop and Peavey recently bought them out.

This model is an Xi guitar. The neck and the body are a single unit. Better coupling. The fretboard, bridge, saddles and string pegs are carbon fiber. The fret wires are stainless steel and very thin as opposed to jumbo.


FEATURES + SPECS

Scale Length 25 ½”
Body Style Thin Body Cutaway
Body Width 15 ¼”
Body Length 20”
Body Depth 3 ¼”
Frets Medium Stainless
Nut Width 1 3/4"
Overall Length 41"
Electronics
L. R. Baggs Element
with volume control
Sound Hole Inlay None
Fret Board Inlay Silver Dots to 19th fret
Tuning Gears Gotoh
Bridge String Spacing 2 1/4"

I hated to let the PRS go. I am weird about how the guitar plays. I don't care if the guitar has dents or dings but I do NOT want it to buzz or have the intonation out of whack. The PRS was perfect BUT I didn't have an acoustic.

I went to Acoustic Guitar Forum and placed an ad trading my 1994 PRS CE22 for an acoustic. I got several offers but this guitar seemed the best fit for what I wanted to do.

I am still bonding with the guitar. It has a unique sound. Some have said that CA guitars "voiced" their guitars on Taylor and Martin guitars. I'm not arguing with that. This axe sounds really sweet. I'm actually surprised how it does sound. But, it's not made of wood and that takes some getting used to.

I'll update as required. Clips to follow.

 

[planks]

Never saw one of those before. Interesting features & specs! Congrats!

 

[Torren61]

Thanks, my friend. It's weird playing an axe that's not made of wood. Welcome to the future.

 

[Torren61]

Anybody else have one of these?

 

[G Man]

I've played one and was duly impressed. You gotta love that you could travel with it year round in the trunk of your car and it will stay in tune and have no cracks or other ill effects that humidity and temperature can cause wood bodied acoustics. They also sound surprisingly acoustic, even without any wood.

Congrats, these are getting harder to come by these days.

 

[Torren61]

Thanks. These are actually very rare now that they've shut their doors. I should say that they will become rare. I'm sure that Peavey will do justice to the line but it's not the same as what it was before.

The one flaw is heat. If the temp rises above 175 degrees Fahrenheit, the adhesives that bind the guitar will succumb. Of course, the same can be said for wooden instruments.

 

[G Man]

The one flaw is heat. If the temp rises above 175 degrees Fahrenheit, the adhesives that bind the guitar will succumb. Of course, te same can be said for wooden instruments.[/QUOTE

Indeed, and 175F is pretty friggin' hot.

 

[landonblevins1995]

very interesting guitar and nice avatar \m/\m/

 

[cynic79]

I've played a couple of the CA guitars, and they were absolutely wonderful. Congrats on picking one up.

 

[Torren61]

I'm trying to bond with her but I don't know...

 

[Torren61]

I like to make demos of equipment I have owned or had at my humble home studio. I cannot play guitar well and it is not a showcase of my guitar skills. Most of the tunes in the demos are my own small compositions although some are recognizable (I hope) as snippets of familiar tunes.

This is a demo of a Composite Acoustic Xi guitar recorded with GarageBand. Some reverb and some delay on some parts.

These guitars were made by Composite Acoustics in Louisiana. They are no longer in business but were bought by Peavey. The guitars were made from carbon fiber making them pretty much impervious to weather.

Here is the link to the demo. There are lots of demos of other equipment. The IR demos are impulse response demos. If you don't know what that means... Google it.


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