Those who stem from pair of rock-and-roll is hot all one's life love and the appreciation to classical guitar, jim Normandy is pursueing his dream. Teenager period, he is dreaming to resemble Jimmy Hendrix or Jimmy Page appearances in that way show. But recently, his dreamy change pledges to produce an aluminium knight guitar () of guitar of arc face plate, this may be more actual. Normandy is a philharmonic, love plot, spray paint and sculpture. He begins to turn to the musical instrument that make from the music that make 15 years ago. Besides shellfish is played to manage in rock-and-roll team and a piece of special has given in acting 1980 metaphase, normandy establishs university study in Portland city, obtain industrial psychology master's degree. Below the help of friend of a solderer, he refined 15 sample, find out appearance of optimal of aluminous qualitative guitar thereby, and can give out the most perfect sound. Because have a variety of different acoustic quality and different aluminous material type, consequently need spends time to find the rightest tone and voice. Adopt a design, arc face plate can make sound more smooth inside musical instrument antrum. "Sound wave resembles water, " Normandy explains, "If inside point of view is keen, become 90 degrees of part each other, sound wave rebounds back and forth, sound is random. Have arc, make more ' circle ' moire more glibly passes through broad wall, spread everywhere to phonic bridge, make sound more fruity thereby. In addition, according to aesthetic viewpoint, arc makes the appearance of musical instrument and tactility more integration. " the top of guitar of traditional arc face plate or face plate (it is normally from the back) be wood or hot pressing thin plate are carved and become by one chunk fact. Topmost vaulted with fiddle similar, these guitar are made according to fiddle at first. "Our target is to want extraordinary from beginning to end, but cannot too barpque or too cross halfback, " Normandy explanation says, "Offer for guitar world a few is having classic audio new-style guitar: Not quite costly but top however high end classic. " this Normandy guitar by 5052 aluminium board make, the company states this kind of aluminium board can assure product quality better, better than guitar of traditional wood embryo much. "Of individual and spiccato note pure and tonal can perform a pure sound that is without foreign matter, advanced really much. " Normandy expresses, "This to most guitar hand, especially those are held the position of advocate for the person of achieve guitar hand, very important. " its company is producing Normandy auspicious the support that respect of this kind of guitar acquired Zephyr engineering company. Zephyr engineering company is manufacturer of a contract, this company uses the treatment unit that forms by 3 laser (power arrives for 3 kilowatt 4 kilowatt, can cut goes out 0. 750 inches thin plate) , it is OK to say according to this company well cut mild steel / stainless steel and aluminous material. This laser is deployed assemble and unassemble automatically system, can have production 24 hours. Zephyr company uses power to be the TRUMPF 3030 laser of 3 kilowatt, can from each 4 × 8 feet the cut in aluminium board gives 12 guitar carcass. Although Zephyr company uses a lot of other machines, include drill, shape, mix automatically non-automati solder, milling of computer numerical control and turning, but laser ought to be the best way that makes compound curve. Design engineer Doug Jones admits to need ability of a punching machine to finish the cut of these curves, "But still include more retouch work, include milling, this extremely take time, still need additional working clamping apparatus. " when guitar is assembled use TIG solders, zephyr thinks this is more time-consuming in producing a course. Its company place explains auspicious of Normandy of no less than in that way, inchoate metallic guitar manufacturer tries to make a product with sincere base aluminium, this kind of product must be custom-built, and often sale of set limit to, the price is high. And the treatment condition of Normandy guitar makes its more constant, consumer can buy this kind of guitar easily. Normandy expresses: "The time that we produce guitar principal part wants greatly little at other manufacturer. Accordingly our price wants than other guitar low much, and the guitar that buys other should be cost 2000 to 3000 dollars. " Normandy guitar has 9 kinds of color, and cover with paint of 3 kinds of different faces is optional: Cover with paint of chromic alloy, pulverous spray and malic red sheet metal. Chromic alloy cover with paint eletroplates through three-layer, guitar principal part is first in hot zinc acid the polish in saline solution charges, immerge copper is subsequently medium, the nickel on plating, the flashy chromic alloy on final plating. CNC Milling
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