Sustainable Materials in Guitars Survey Question Title * 1. What is your age? 12 to 17 18 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 to 74 75 or older Question Title * 2. What is your gender? Female Male Question Title * 3. Are you a guitar player? Yes No Question Title * 4. Major guitar manufacturers have been concerned about the sustainability of the materials they use in their products for many years, and mass production has rendered many species of wood as endangered and therefore illegal for trading. Examples of this include Honduran Mahogany, Brazilian Rosewood, and Madagascan Ebony.In recent decades, manufacturers have been using substitutes that possess similar properties to those that have been endangered, such as African Mahogany and Indian Rosewood, but now even those materials are severely under threat from overexploitation from many different industries. Furniture manufacturers are by far the biggest threat on this issue, but the instrument manufacturing industry contributes to the problem. And market demand for traditional guitar manufacturing materials makes change very difficult.At any rate, given the current rate of demand, it is inevitable that more sustainable materials need to be introduced.Given these factors, where do you rank the importance of using more sustainable materials in musical instruments? 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-10 Question Title * 5. Do you think that instrument marketing raising awareness on the issue of material overexploitation from all of these industries, causing a great degree of damage to diminishing habitats, may encourage consumers to be more conscious of the ethics of those industries? Yes No Not sure Question Title * 6. Do you think that artists endorsing the use of instruments constructed from more sustainable materials would give those materials more appeal? Yes No Not sure Question Title * 7. If the use of more sustainable materials became more popular in guitar building, are natural or artificial materials more preferable to you? Or would a combination of both be preferable? Natural Artificial A combination of both Question Title * 8. Please give a justification for this preference. Try to include any materials you may like to see used. Question Title * 9. In terms of material properties, what do you value more overall in a musical instrument? (1 ranked highest) 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sound projection 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tone 1 2 3 4 5 6 Strength and resistance to warping 1 2 3 4 5 6 Weight 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearance 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cost Question Title * 10. Do you have any other comments, questions, or concerns? Done