The bridge is attached at four hard points on the grills, two per side, where string tension holds the bridge in place. Unlike other acoustic-electric guitars, the Chrysalis bridge does not make contact with the central body frame as it arches from one grill to the other. The Chrysalis guitar's grills are the instrument's most distinctive feature. Combining a grill with a zero-mass membrane to produce sound provides a whole new universe of visual artistry and tonal exploration. Grills can be made of virtually any material, including aluminum, injection molded composite, graphite composite, nickel-plated epoxy and glass.
Grills are time-consuming and expensive to make individually.
There is no engineering program that is capable of predicting their acoustical performance, so that new designs must be guided by the same kind of intuition and experience that has guided instrument design since its beginning. In the future, with sufficient production volume, compression and die-cast molding technology will allow any grill design to be reproduced easily and cheaply. Inc. All Rights Reserved.