Acrylic guitars

[Steelpriest]

D'oh! I´ve seen the B.C.Rich Acrylic Series guitars in a catalogue... It says body and headstock made of acrylic and neck made of maple, first time I read about these guitar series, anyone of you played such a B.C.Rich? I could imagine they should sound quite brilliant but maybe thin as well?... Any ideas? Would someone of you buy such a guitar? Well, when I played bass for a couple of years I had one Ibanez Ergodyne bass guitar and it´s body consisted of so called "Resoncast", a composite of fiberglass, carbon and sawdust... it sounded quite good, ...but acrylic, hmmm, it seems quite weird.

[sandman]

back in the seventies , had a friend that had an acrylic fretless bass. can't remember the brand. he loved his.
i've seen acrylic guitars..but have never played one

Tracy

[sandman]

cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33035&item=3737817645&rd=1

here's an ebay item on bc rich acrylic.

[Smooth]

I've played this one, didn't really care for it.

www.musicyo.com/product_specs.asp?pf_id=350

[Gregzy]

Back in the late 60's/early 70's Dan Armstrong had a series of acrylic guitars and basses (most famous user-Keith Richard of that upstart Rolling Stones group). Some had component pick ups that could be exchanged or their position moved on a rail. They were slightly thinner than a then(Kalamazoo)-Epiphone Crestwood (which I had at the time) and weighed slightly more. There were even copies of them made and sold under the Ampeg and Ibanez name plates. They're still around and go for about $1-1.5K on E Bay.

Greg

[ZacAttack]

Oh yea I remember those. The guitarist for the Georgia Satelites played one. Not sure who made it. I picked up one in a music store back in the middle ages (80s). It was kind of cool but not my thing. Sounded ok and played nice.