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3D Rendering

Here are a couple of 3D renderings of the CAD model. Solid modeling is fun as soon as you get the hang of it. It

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Specifications

Neck Thru-Neck construction (No body and neck joints) Material: Bamboo-epoxy laminate thru-neck core 3 Layer carbon fiber skin neck bottom 4 Layer carbon fiber head

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My First Guitar

Flashback Yeah, that’s me, more than 20 years ago. That’s the first guitar that I built when I was in high school almost 30 years

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Design

As always, it all starts with a good design. I can be a hacker. Sometimes I am. But for projects I love most, the perfectionist

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Restart

I’ve been working on this project on and off. Now, a few months have passed. The last blog entry was written in November. It’s not

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Black Steel

Lightweight but stronger than steel, carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) or carbon fiber in short, was once considered a very expensive space age material used

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The Mystical Plant

The Land Breeze and the Sea Breeze were married and had a child: a giant bamboo plant. The first man, Malakas (Strong), and the first

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Alpha

Cycfi Alpha will be the first Cycfi guitar. It’s been two years since I started contemplating, designing, researching on the ideas behind this guitar and

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Birth of Cycfi

Today, October 16, 2009, is the official birthday of Cycfi. What is Cycfi? Read about it here. Welcome to Cycfi!

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