musical instruments founded hein vaara finland 2005 founder heikki koivurova headquarters hein vaara finland area served europe north and south america asia australia key people jukka pekka karppinen ceo heikki koivurova veijo rautia antti vilenius rick nelson ed klein harry orlove products electric guitars and instrument parts divisions flaxwood usa inc. website flaxwood.com flaxwood is a finnish manufacturer of guitars and instrument parts based in hein vaara north karelia . 1 the company produces the instruments from a natural fibre reinforced thermoplastic through a patented injection moulding process . 2 flaxwood was founded in 2005 following a research project on natural fibre reinforced thermoplastic composites led by heikki koivurova . 3 4 a prototype was developed initially in 2003 with the design input of luthier veijo rautia and two years later flaxwood introduced their first line of guitars . in 2011 they released a line of hybrid guitars . 5 contents 1 design 1.1 material 1.2 manufacturing 2 products 2.1 guitars 2.1.1 flaxwood series 2.1.2 hybrid series 2.2 instrument components 3 notable players 4 references 5 external links design edit material edit the body neck and backplate of a flaxwood guitar are made of a fibre reinforced thermoplastic composite called flax . the composite material also known as kareline flx was developed through a collaboration between heikki koivurova an industrial designer from joensuu kareline a finnish manufacturer of composite materials and the then university of joensuu . 6 7 8 9 it consists of small wood fibres in this case from recycled northern spruce mixed with a thermoplastic bonding agent . 10 the semi liquid mixture is injection moulded into shape with the fibres set in a predetermined direction . this results in a uniform material with a density of 1 2 kg cm 74906 lb ft and that can be recycled . it is also impervious to humidity and temperature variations . 2 11 manufacturing edit flaxwood produces and assembles their instruments and parts in hein vaara . 12 the raw material is provided by kareline and the moulding operations are carried out at all plast s facility . 13 14 15 the parts that come out of the mould are shaped with the cavities pockets joints and practically all the holes . they are then assembled and finished by hand with tools that are commonly used in traditional guitar workshops . 16 products edit guitars edit flaxwood currently produces two lines of guitars ; a regular and a hybrid line . flaxwood series edit the guitar models of the regular line come with approximately similar features and various pick up configurations . the bodies are semi hollow with a backplate and come with either a gotoh 510ub hardtail bridge a gotoh ge 103b tune o matic bridge or a schaller lp tremolo bridge . the glued in necks feature 22 medium jumbo frets a 25.5 scale length and a 1 11 16 tune x tuning system nut . 17 almost each flaxwood guitar bears a finnish name representing its main personality and characteristics . hybrid series edit the hybrid series feature a flaxwood bolt on neck with a european alder body . the models are available in two pickup configurations either three seymour duncan ssl 2 single coil pickups or two seymour duncan humbuckers a sh 14n and a sh 2n . instrument components edit since 2011 flaxwood has launched a line of components for music instruments such as bolt on guitar necks guitar blanks and fingerboard blanks for bowed string instruments . 18 19 some of the components are used by other companies like the german violin manufacturer mezzo forte . 20 21 notable players edit les dudek bugs henderson phil palmer dean parks axel ritt waddy wachtel dave young references edit soitinvalmistuksesta iso bisnes pohjois karjalaan . kansan uutiset oy . 2010 11 03 . a b method for manufacturing musical instrument and a musical instrument patent patent 7 214 866 . justia.com . justia . 2005 . j skel inen jarmo 2011 . tonic 2nd annual seminar summary heikki koivurova tonic . youtube.com . soitinvalmistajien huiput kokoontuivat joensuuhun . karjalainen . sanomalehti karjalainen oy . tonalinnovationcenter 2011 . flaxwood technology patented injection molding jukka pekka karppinen . slideshare inc. kareline natural composites references . kareline.fi . kareline . gy k sz l egy kompozit git r . aktivgitar.hu . 2013 . grace robert 2007 . kareline seeks global markets for bioblends . plasticsnews.com . crain communications inc. kareline natural composites touch and feel pdf . rauma.fi . kareline oy ltd. p. 11 . m ssig edited by j rg 2010 . industrial application of natural fibres structure properties and technical applications . chichester west sussex u.k. wiley . isbn 978 047069508 1 . grosek mike 2011 . new materials for an age of scarcity . slideshare inc. ekologistakitarasoundia . karjalainen . sanomalehti karjalainen oy . pohjoiskarjalainen innovaatio saa huomiota maailmalla . karjalainen . sanomalehti karjalainen oy . 2014 03 14 . all plast oy . allplastoy . youtube.com . 2011 . luonnonkuitukomposiitti soi nyt my s viulussa . ajankohtaista . oy all plast ab . 2011 . music trades mobile editions july 2011 . onlinedigeditions.com . music trades magazine . 2011 . burrluck dave 2011 . flaxwood cc h cc custom . reviews . future publishing limited . alexander lars dallmann 2012 . kleiner exkurs zu vintage hype und gitarreninnovationen . oma yritys suomalainen flaxwood t ht 6 4 miljardin euron soitinrakennusmarkkinoille . kauppalehti in finnish . 2011 . ridden paul 2011 . flaxwood s new hybrid guitar launched at winter namm . gizmag . parish matt 2013 . perfecting the sustainable guitar . http mmrmagazine.com . timeless communications . external link in website help external links edit flaxwood guitars flaxwood guitars on twitter flaxwood guitars on facebook guitar portal companies portal finland portal business and economics portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title flaxwood guitars & oldid 742388213 categories guitar manufacturing companiesmanufacturing companies of finlandcompanies established in 2005companies of finlandhidden categories cs1 finnish language sources fi cs1 errors external links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa olfran aisnederlands edit links this page was last modified on 3 october 2016 at 11 45 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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