** Upate** Carbon Fiber "Klos" acoustic electric?

[tlarson58]

Last night, after promising to do so for months, our old beater Fender acoustic electric finally bit the dust at band practice. Through a municipal website my wife gets wicked deals on many products - one of which is Klos guitars. They are carbon fiber. I can get a $1,200 for $850 (the regular guitar, not the travel model).

Do I need an $850 guitar? No. We need another beater but the Klos deal is intriguing and has been brought up as a Christmas present. I wouldn't play it much except at the practice space. My brain is telling me "no," but the red guy on my shoulder says "grab it."

Input appreciated.

[mickey]

Never heard of Klos guitars before but I've met several different brands of carbon fiber guitars and they all share a few traits:

To my ear, they are more shrill sounding than I like.
You could use them in a barfight without damage to the guitar
Need a boat paddle, it would work
GREAT campfire guitars for camping trips.
Carry it around in the trunk of your car in all weathers without a case WITHOUT WORRY.

In other words, it will probably outlast you! You can't hurt them, tho I guess they would guess they would burn?
But I do not like how they sound.
YMMV

[BatUtilityBelt]

A friend of mine has a Fender acoustic he hates, but he can't admit that because his wife gave it to him. I think he'd wish he was in your shoes right now. I'm not saying anything against all Fender acoustics, maybe some are great, I dunno, your story just rang a familiar bell.

When I'm on the fence about buying a guitar, I tend to wait it out. Reason might prevail that way, or I might find a more interesting deal during the wait. But if it sounds good to you, Christmas is a good time to jump.

[t100d]

Washburn has some nice low-price acoustic/electrics, or you could take that money and get a Takamine with Cool Tube pre-amp—really good sound …

[tlarson58]

'Bought a Epiphone Hummingbird instead. I couldn't justify the expense for the planned use.

[tonebender]

Congrats on the new acoustic. I have an Epiphone Masterbilt acoustic and it is one fine guitar. I have looked really hard at a few carbon fiber guitars over the last few years but just never got the inch to pull the trigger.

[BatUtilityBelt]

The Hummingbird sounds like a good move to me. I love the idea of a carbon fiber guitar, but I have yet to hear one that sounds as warm as one of my more traditionally made acoustics.

[tonebender]

You made a good choice Tommy.

[Rollin Hand]

Hard to go wrong there. HNAGD.