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Who owns Aristides guitars?
Aristides Instruments is a Dutch guitar company, founded by the luthier Aristides Poort. Aristides Poort started in 1995 with the development of a composite material that had to match the cell properties of wood. He did this in collaboration with the Delft University of Technology.
How much are Aristides?
Raw Series guitars are being offered at a base price of €2190, or roughly $2,454. For more information or to order, head over to Aristides Instruments.
Where are Aristides guitar made?
Netherlands
Netherlands-based Aristides Instruments has introduced its new 070 seven-string electric guitar made of “arium.” Arium is a new material designed by Poort Artistides and Delft University in the Netherlands. While we don’t know a lot about it, we know Aristides’ arium guitars are formed in a mold.
How much do Aristides guitars weigh?
At 8.4 lbs, it has a comfortable weight that won’t vary from one unit to the next, as you’d find with different slabs of wood. The c-shaped neck features a compound radius, ebony fretboard: 10” at the nut and 16” at the 22nd fret.
What does the name Aristides mean?
Greek Baby Names Meaning: In Greek Baby Names the meaning of the name Aristides is: The best.
Are Aristides good?
The Aristides 060 may quite possibly be the most unique instrument you ever play. The fit and finish are superb, as well as the fretwork. The instrument is superbly designed, built and sound absolutely crushing.
Why is Aristides expensive?
Unfortunately our molds take a lot of time to develop and construct, as well as being expensive. Basically we have to focus on building customer guitars and anything like neck shape, headstock, scale length, etc. would require a huge investment to develop… and potentially only sell to one customer.
Are Aristides guitars heavy?
The Aristides 060 is about as futuristic of a guitar as it gets, both in materials and design. At first glance, I wasn’t sure if I was looking at a stealth fighter or a guitar! The weight of this one was around 7.5 pounds, not bad at all.
When was Aristides of Athens born?
520s BCE
Early Life & Career. Aristides (also spelt Aristeides) was born sometime in the 520s BCE in the Athenian deme of Alopeke. His father was Lysimachus, and so he was born into the Athenian aristocracy, even if ancient sources somewhat exaggerated his early poverty.
Do Aristides guitars have truss rods?
Our instruments do still have truss rods, though, so you can change the setup whenever you wish.
What is arium material?
Arium is made out of different resins and solid additives to create a relatively light and liquid material that is injected into the exoskeleton. The end result is a mixture of resins and particles that creates millions of tiny sound chambers that can resonate freely in all three dimensions.
What kind of guitar does Aristides guitars make?
Aristides Guitars sought to build a revolutionary new guitar with a perfect tone and longer sustain – it would be electric, but would resonate like a fine violin. Solutions Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
How did Aristides come up with the material arium?
In the end, they created a new fiberless material they called Arium. “Arium has no constraining fibers and so it can resonate anywhere it wants to,” says Poort. The result is a material with sonic characteristics like those typically found in an 18th century Stradivarius.
Who is the new headless player for Aristides?
Aristides introduces the new Headless Series! Click here to learn more. The T/0 and T/0R have arrived! We are proud to announce that legendary Norwegian experimental black metal artist, IHSAHN, is an Aristides Arstist! Ihsahn’s sheer creativity and dedication to his craft make him the exact kind of player we like to support.