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NEW MATERIALS FOR AN AGE OF
SCARCITY
Music Trades July 2011
Mike Grosek
FLAXWOOD?? Manmade Tonewood Natural Fiber Composite
Composed of polymer infused with spruce fiber Finland has enough Spruce trees to supply 1,000 years Hardens to a material with no grain or structure Conducts sound uninterrupted Virtually impervious to fluctuations in temperature and
humidity
Density comparable to Ebony
U.S. LACEY ACT AND FLAXWOOD International restrictions make it increasingly
problematic to trade in protected wood species.
Flaxwood is not affected by the Lacey Act.
Environmentalists support Flaxwood for obvious reasons.
CREATING THE GUITARS
Necks, Bodies, and backplates – Injection-molded Hand-assembled, hand-finished, and fitted with premium
electronics
Unique “3-D” neck joint gives a neck-through appearance
If you lined up 100 of them, they’d all be identical Parts, Dimensions, and specific gravity are uniform
DRAWBACKS
Production Costs Investments in injection-molding machines drive retail
price up
Each instrument between $2,000 and $4,000
Bolt-on Neck design lowers price Neck made of composite joined with body of European Alder These hybrid guitars have suggested retail of $1,299 and
MAP of $999
At winter NAMM 2011 Hybrid designs compared similar to All-Composite line guitars
MARKET FOR FLAXWOOD
Manufactured in North Keralia, Finland.
Distributed in 19 countries
Sales in U.S. less driven by environmental concerns than in Europe Tougher to sell in U.S.
OTHER USES FOR FLAXWOOD
Prototyped fingerboards and tailpieces for outside instrument makers
Shells for snare drums Stone dust composite
Electric Bass Models
Furniture, Automobile, and Home Construction Industries
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