{"id":14547,"date":"2019-09-09T11:17:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T10:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.compositestoday.com\/?p=14547"},"modified":"2019-09-09T11:27:43","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T10:27:43","slug":"lightweight-carbon-fibre-guitar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.compositestoday.com\/2019\/09\/lightweight-carbon-fibre-guitar\/","title":{"rendered":"Rubato take centre stage with their new carbon fibre guitar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The company, founded by Father and son engineering team Roger and Oliver Lambson have created the Rubato Lassie a sleek carbon fibre guitar that weighs in at just 2.5kgs<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Introducing the Rubato Lassie | Rubato Guitars\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/thRDtJuqSn8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Introducing the Rubato Lassie | Rubato Guitars\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/thRDtJuqSn8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>The body and neck of the guitar are integrated into a single monocoque, made from high-performance carbon fibre, and the impressive strength and rigidity of the material mean the guitar needs no truss rod, traditionally used to stabilise the forward curvature of the neck. 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