Mark Edgington of ME Guitars:

"The guitar skins are moulded using high grade carbon fibre and cured in an autoclave oven which applies high heat, pressure and vacuum.   The end result is a Carbon component that is consolidated to 1.3mm thick with virtually no resin content and has extraordinary acoustic properties.    This is also the same method of production thats used in Formula One and Aerospace industry.

I have changed the construction so that it's made in two components as opposed to four with an internal structure that maintains the strength from the bridge to the headstock producing maximum sustain.

Down the length of the neck there are two channels moulded into the carbon fibre underneath the fretboard which creates a strong stucture without the need for a truss rod. The neck is so strong that it will not be distorted at all by string tension and is also temperature resistant.

I have redesigned the neck to body join so that there is maximum access to the 24th fret.

The composite core material used inside the body (still under intellectual property scrutiny) is designed to reduce the feedback you would normally get in hollow body guitars but is also lightweight and adds to the compressional strength of the guitar body.

The overall performance of the FM1 is a lightweight versatile guitar with a rich range of highs and lows with semiacoustic overtones, from a clean crisp response to the power of the EMGs to deliver for the serious rocker - a quality guitar for the serious player." 

 

 

Extract from an interview with Guitarnoize.com in 2008

Carbon Fibre guitars are not a new idea and many have commented on how the tone from Carbon Fibre can rival a quality tone wood and ME Guitars certainly agree, they say that the Carbon Fibre construction has unique tonal responce and acoustic qualities while making the guitar lightweight and strong. ME Guitars have been making guitars in the UK since summer 2007 so they are a very new company but one that already has a stunning product and if you are worried about ME Guitars’ Carbon Fibre moulding techniques you need not worry:

For the past 17 years was in Formula One as a patternmaker designing and producing tooling to produce Carbon Fibre components. The the past 4 years I have been running my own modelmaking company producing models and tooling for predominently Formula 1. Through the years I have been doing guitar repairs and have made a few wooden electric guitars, an ongoing passion since my teens. Working with high grade Carbon Fibre components i realised that the material had extraordinary acoustic properties. I would often pick up a carbon front wing from a racing car or radiator scoop and just flick it with my fingers to hear almost a bell like tone with endless sustain, this intrigued me so much that I decided some years ago to attempt to make a Carbon Fibre electric guitar. In early 2007 I made my first prototype. This construction was a seperate neck that was bonded into the body with a box section reaching the bridge. This was to ensure the transfer of sound from bridge to machine heads in one piece of carbon fibre, this also produces excellent sustain.The two body skins were then bonded top and bottom with high strengh epoxy adhesive. After showing the prototype to various shops and players I decided to make some modifications this meant producing a whole new set of tooling which is very expensive but I didn’t want to compromise quality for cost.

And if you’re still not convinced here is some technical info:

The FM1 guitar skins are moulded using high grade carbon fibre and cured in an autoclave oven which applies high heat , pressure and vacuum. The end result is a Carbon component that is consolidated to 1.3mm thick with virtually no resin content and has extraordinary acoustic properties. This is also the same method of production thats used in Formula One and Aerospace industry. I have changed the construction so that its made in two components as opposed to four with an internal structure that maintains the strength from the bridge to the headstock producing maximum sustain. Down the length of the neck there are two channels moulded into the carbon fibre underneath the fretboard ,this creates a strong stucture without the need for a truss rod . The neck is so strong that it will not be distorted at all by string tension and is also temperature resistant. I have redesigned the neck to body join so that there is maximum access to the 24th fret. The composite core material used inside the body (still under intellectual property scrutiny) is designed to reduce the feedback you would normally get in hollow body guitars but is also lightweight and adds to the compressional strength of the guitar body. The overall performance of the FM1 is a lightweight versatile guitar with a rich range of highs and lows with semiacoustic overtones, from a clean, crisp response to the power of the EMGs to deliver for the serious rocker - a quality guitar for the serious player.