3. Carbon Fiber Guitar Questions Archives

How Do I Even Out The Finish On My Matte Or Gloss Guitar?

robNovember 8, 2022

To even out the finish, firstly we recommend you take the guitar to a local luthier to do this. However, if you’re good with your hands, you can try a process similar to these Youtube videos to even out the matte finish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROkR8zql5bg or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjXYcUgvGgE. Alternatively, you can change the guitar to a glossy finish by a buffing and polishing…

Why does the inside of my Journey carbon fiber guitar have a rough finish?

robOctober 24, 2022

Our carbon guitars are produced by hand with layered pre-impregnated carbon fiber resin cloth so the internal layup is naturally rougher than other plastic injection molded guitars as well as traditional wood guitars. We’ve found that while we can achieve a more pristine internal finish, it comes at additional cost and reduction in roundness/warmness of tone – hence we keep…

Help! My Nut Fell Out! How Should I Secure It?

robJune 23, 2022

For a normal fixed-neck guitar, the nut may actually be unglued and you’d never know it until you removed your strings. It’s more common than you might think. However, if you’re frequently removing and attaching the neck of a guitar as you do with a collapsible guitar – it’s not uncommon for the nut to come loose due to the…

Why is my string spacing uneven on my collapsible guitar?

robJune 14, 2022

Our collapsible guitars use bridge pins to hold the strings in place. The strings need to exit the pin holes in a straight line over the saddle so that your string spacing is even. If you have a string (or multiple strings) exiting at an angle, then the spacing of your strings will be uneven. To resolve uneven string spacing,…

How do I resolve the buzzing sound coming from my guitar?

robNovember 21, 2021

From our experience there are a limited number of factors that cause buzzing on our carbon guitars. Here they are in order of occurrence. 1) A loose tuning machine. When the hex nut on the tuning machine loosens the washer underneath ends up rattling against the carbon. This is by far the most common occurrence. Simply check the tuning machine…

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