The Chrysalis Guitar shop.
The shop where the Chrysalis Guitar was made is less than the size of a standard garage shop.
The Chrysalis Guitar consists of 8 molded components - two body frames that join together to form the body, two frame inserts (grills, "Woodie" parts, etc.), bridge, neck, and headstock.
Rough parts were made using a "wet lay-up" process out of graphite fiber and slow-set marine epoxy in molds made of flexible silicone patterned on machined parts.
The precision required to have all the parts finished out, fit together cleanly and firmly required approximately 200 hours per guitar.
Fourteen Rev 1 Chrysalis Guitar prototypes were built from 2000 - 2002.
The degradation of the original silicone molds limited further production.
Also, hand-working of graphite fiber components required severe health requirements to prevent contact with the fine fiber - fans, filters, face masks, etc. No fun at all.
Precision molding technology could eliminate these problems, but the cost of such molds is tens of thousands of dollars.
The Chrysalis Guitar consists of 8 molded components - two body frames that join together to form the body, two frame inserts (grills, "Woodie" parts, etc.), bridge, neck, and headstock.
Rough parts were made using a "wet lay-up" process out of graphite fiber and slow-set marine epoxy in molds made of flexible silicone patterned on machined parts.
The precision required to have all the parts finished out, fit together cleanly and firmly required approximately 200 hours per guitar.
Fourteen Rev 1 Chrysalis Guitar prototypes were built from 2000 - 2002.
The degradation of the original silicone molds limited further production.
Also, hand-working of graphite fiber components required severe health requirements to prevent contact with the fine fiber - fans, filters, face masks, etc. No fun at all.
Precision molding technology could eliminate these problems, but the cost of such molds is tens of thousands of dollars.
