How about an aluminum guitar?

Today I have decided to step a bit in the land ruled by Jon (GuitarNoize.com), the land of strange and beautiful guitars. I decided to present here a very interesting guitar manufacturer and a very interesting line of guitars, made of, well, aluminum and not of any kind, but the one used to make planes!

As they say, “The Normandy guitar is manufactured and hand-riveted in Salem, Oregon: a product conceived, designed and produced in the U.S.A. The guitar is now available in nine colors and three different and unique finishes: chrome, powder coat and candy apple metal flake finish.”

The company doesn’t have a long history behind it, since it was started in 2007, but Jim Normandy, the owner, has a longer history as bass player in the 90’s.

I watched the videos on their site and I can tell you 2 things I have observed right from the start: the guitar is pretty loud when not plugged and has a good sustain, both thanks to the aluminum being used. By the way, if you expect a metallic sound, well, you’re wrong, the sound is beautiful.

A Normandy guitar costs somewhere between $2000 and $3000, pretty affordable, they say, more than I can spend for a guitar at this moment, I would say, but hey, I might not be part of the target group. However, I would like to try one, seems to be lighter than a Gibson, nice looking, I guess quite hard to break or burn on stage!

For more informations, check their website at www.normandyguitars.com and let me know what you think!

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