Gallery: $3,000 Guitar Made of 'Solid Linen' Looks and Plays Like Wood
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Blackbird Guitar's El Capitan is make from Ekoa, a material that combined flax linen and bio-resin.
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The guitar is shaped in a unibody mold, and the soundboard is adhered to it.
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The neck of the guitar is hollow in order to create a larger sound chamber.
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Because Ekoa is less vulnerable to environmental conditions, it's less likely to warp and distort sound.
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The guitar is made in the company's San Francisco factory from a single mold.
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100 pieces of Ekoa are positioned in the mold and then cured.
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The resulting guitar pops out as a single piece.
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