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Ok that seems like a good 'value' for $400. Apparently he's going after the beginner market who wants flexibility at a low cost.

 

But I can get a squire strat and a epiphone les paul for $129 each. Or any number of lower price guitars. My squire strat is 25 years old and still works. Not sure a plastic guitar would last that long. And once the company goes away...good luck getting any replacement parts.

 

Nice bit of engineering, but it still doesn't make sense in the marketplace.

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That's very cool. Seems like it's not just a gimmick either. But it also reminds me a lot of my guitar hero controller.
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That's very cool. Seems like it's not just a gimmick either. But it also reminds me a lot of my guitar hero controller.

 

That's what I thought when it was revealed. Looks like some cheap plastic game controller guitar. Once you look on some more it has some neat features, that could be used on a "proper" wooden guitar. The bridge and the pick up replacement design are great.

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I think it's a case of watch this space...this particular take on the guitar is still only in it's infancy, but the concept and design are innovative indeed...once it has been refined somewhat and developed further I believe this will be a milestone event in the history of the instrument.
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Most guitars I've bought (or want to buy) are based on the sheer beauty of the instrument, so there's some work needed on that side. But as a teenager I'd have been happy enough with this.
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Hey, they can always go the Popeil's Pocket Fisherman route with cheesy late night ads. ;)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcmn4JgpZMU

 

Seriously though, they engineered the crap out of that thing! It's a little on the gimmicky side with the stand on the back and the pick holder but hey even if the guitar doesn't sell I think they have a winner with that bridge design.

 

Btw, I love Brad the Guitologist. He has one of the more entertaining channels for musicians on YouTube.

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Most guitars I've bought (or want to buy) are based on the sheer beauty of the instrument, so there's some work needed on that side. But as a teenager I'd have been happy enough with this.

 

If I want beauty I'll buy a sculpture or a painting.

 

As long as a guitar sounds good I don't care what it looks like....

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I think it's a case of watch this space...this particular take on the guitar is still only in it's infancy, but the concept and design are innovative indeed...once it has been refined somewhat and developed further I believe this will be a milestone event in the history of the instrument.

 

That's my take on this. Not sold on it in it's present state. But I think this type of technological development in particular, will increasingly become part of guitar history. To what extent :huh:

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Hey, they can always go the Popeil's Pocket Fisherman route with cheesy late night ads. ;)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcmn4JgpZMU

 

Seriously though, they engineered the crap out of that thing! It's a little on the gimmicky side with the stand on the back and the pick holder but hey even if the guitar doesn't sell I think they have a winner with that bridge design.

 

Btw, I love Brad the Guitologist. He has one of the more entertaining channels for musicians on YouTube.

 

Thought that.Too much hacked on. Stand, plectrum holder, and the speaker...really? Yeah Brad's great. His pawn shop visits are a hoot!

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Hey, they can always go the Popeil's Pocket Fisherman route with cheesy late night ads. ;)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcmn4JgpZMU

 

Seriously though, they engineered the crap out of that thing! It's a little on the gimmicky side with the stand on the back and the pick holder but hey even if the guitar doesn't sell I think they have a winner with that bridge design.

 

Btw, I love Brad the Guitologist. He has one of the more entertaining channels for musicians on YouTube.

 

Thought that.Too much hacked on. Stand, plectrum holder, and the speaker...really? Yeah Brad's great. His pawn shop visits are a hoot!

 

Yes and his dumpster diving in back of Guitar Center was a classic!

 

Yeah that speaker is especially egregious. There's no way that thing's sounding good. lol. If you're going to go that far, why not just stick it in the guitar case like Brad suggested?

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I really like the idea. Sure, plastic guitars. Why not?

 

Agree that the tone did sound a little, plasticy. But so what? I think it has a certain appeal. It doesn't sound overwhelmingly plastic - just sounds different.

 

Being a bassist rather than a guitar player, I could see myself buying this setup just to learn to play guitar... maybe even have a cheap platform to pair with a Roland synth pickup. Yeah I know, I can get a decent Squire for less than 300 bucks. Or, I can get something new to play with that has a unique sound. Choices.

 

I agree that the built in speaker module is kind of cheesy. May as well paint a mickey mouse on that module and put it up for sale in Toys R Us ...Walmart.

 

Yeah, I'd love to try a bass version. Could imagine it sounding something like a Steinberger.

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Most guitars I've bought (or want to buy) are based on the sheer beauty of the instrument, so there's some work needed on that side. But as a teenager I'd have been happy enough with this.

 

There's been a divide in the guitar buying community for a number of years between those who collect and those who play. There's never been much overlap.

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Most guitars I've bought (or want to buy) are based on the sheer beauty of the instrument, so there's some work needed on that side. But as a teenager I'd have been happy enough with this.

 

There's been a divide in the guitar buying community for a number of years between those who collect and those who play. There's never been much overlap.

I guess the fact I've never really made the progress I wanted on the playing side means I go for beauty. May as well get some positives out of these big purchases :eyeroll:
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Most guitars I've bought (or want to buy) are based on the sheer beauty of the instrument, so there's some work needed on that side. But as a teenager I'd have been happy enough with this.

 

There's been a divide in the guitar buying community for a number of years between those who collect and those who play. There's never been much overlap.

I guess the fact I've never really made the progress I wanted on the playing side means I go for beauty. May as well get some positives out of these big purchases :eyeroll:

 

Being in the same boat regarding playing ability, I used that as an opportunity to buy something adequate and focus my time/money elsewhere. ;)

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Most guitars I've bought (or want to buy) are based on the sheer beauty of the instrument, so there's some work needed on that side. But as a teenager I'd have been happy enough with this.

 

There's been a divide in the guitar buying community for a number of years between those who collect and those who play. There's never been much overlap.

I guess the fact I've never really made the progress I wanted on the playing side means I go for beauty. May as well get some positives out of these big purchases :eyeroll:

 

Being in the same boat regarding playing ability, I used that as an opportunity to buy something adequate and focus my time/money elsewhere. ;)

 

That said, I have seen short run guitars (customs) that were like works of art. I've seen guitars properly displayed in a home. They can be art work. So I'm not doubting that, or denying anyone of their fun, but I suppose I don't see it as something I can relate to personally. They're a tool for me. I wouldn't have a collection of industrial wrenches hanging from the wall in my den, or a lathe where my coffee table is.

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Most guitars I've bought (or want to buy) are based on the sheer beauty of the instrument, so there's some work needed on that side. But as a teenager I'd have been happy enough with this.

 

There's been a divide in the guitar buying community for a number of years between those who collect and those who play. There's never been much overlap.

I guess the fact I've never really made the progress I wanted on the playing side means I go for beauty. May as well get some positives out of these big purchases :eyeroll:

 

Being in the same boat regarding playing ability, I used that as an opportunity to buy something adequate and focus my time/money elsewhere. ;)

 

That said, I have seen short run guitars (customs) that were like works of art. I've seen guitars properly displayed in a home. They can be art work. So I'm not doubting that, or denying anyone of their fun, but I suppose I don't see it as something I can relate to personally. They're a tool for me. I wouldn't have a collection of industrial wrenches hanging from the wall in my den, or a lathe where my coffee table is.

I think guitars are exceptions, as beautiful tools. I have paintings and art stuff on one side of my den and guitars are opposite, kind of the two hemispheres but definitely more Dionysus than Apollo...
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Most guitars I've bought (or want to buy) are based on the sheer beauty of the instrument, so there's some work needed on that side. But as a teenager I'd have been happy enough with this.

 

There's been a divide in the guitar buying community for a number of years between those who collect and those who play. There's never been much overlap.

I guess the fact I've never really made the progress I wanted on the playing side means I go for beauty. May as well get some positives out of these big purchases :eyeroll:

 

Being in the same boat regarding playing ability, I used that as an opportunity to buy something adequate and focus my time/money elsewhere. ;)

 

That said, I have seen short run guitars (customs) that were like works of art. I've seen guitars properly displayed in a home. They can be art work. So I'm not doubting that, or denying anyone of their fun, but I suppose I don't see it as something I can relate to personally. They're a tool for me. I wouldn't have a collection of industrial wrenches hanging from the wall in my den, or a lathe where my coffee table is.

I think guitars are exceptions, as beautiful tools. I have paintings and art stuff on one side of my den and guitars are opposite, kind of the two hemispheres but definitely more Dionysus than Apollo...

 

The difference is perhaps what they're a tool for. Music is personal and we (humans) make some interesting connections to it, the people who make it, and of of course the instruments used in making it.

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The guitar(s) of the future were built in 1951 and 1954, when Leo Fender designed the Telecaster and Stratocaster.

The original concept hasn't changed. And the farther one moves away from that original concept the less the guitar sounds like a guitar.

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The guitar(s) of the future were built in 1951 and 1954, when Leo Fender designed the Telecaster and Stratocaster.

The original concept hasn't changed. And the farther one moves away from that original concept the less the guitar sounds like a guitar.

 

Bingo. This is one of the reasons why Gibson got themselves into so much financial trouble in recent years. They kept spending money and R&D trying to re-invent the guitar with all these modern contrivances and ugly paint jobs and body shapes (the Reverse Flying V???) that nobody wanted. The new CEO is trying to go back to making actual guitars again, so that's a start.

 

If you want your guitar to make funky sounds, there are pedals and processors for that.

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The Stradivari Sabionari guitar was made 350yrs ago. It's design was the guitar of the future for many centuries. If anyone would have presented a Strat design alone, to folk of this time, I'd wager they'd have point blank rejected it, maybe more. Heresy etc.

 

Progress and acceptance can sometimes take centuries in culture and is not in itself quantified by a failed overnight market campaign by Gibson.

Recent histories can make it hard to appreciate or accept that civilisation at times is marked by slow change - but always progresses.

 

Does the emergence of popular culture and modern guitars devalue the Stradivari Sabionari?..no. The Stradivari Sabionari (along with other guitars of that time) is worth millions and valued more than ever to those who appreciate it.

 

The Stradivari Sabionari still did not prevent the emergence of new guitars even with its 300 year reign. Change and progress can't be stopped.

 

 

Still, I prefer my wooden guitars. : )

 

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The Stradivari Sabionari guitar was made 350yrs ago. It's design was the guitar of the future for many centuries. If anyone would have presented a Strat design alone, to folk of this time, I'd wager they'd have point blank rejected it, maybe more. Heresy etc.

 

Progress and acceptance can sometimes take centuries in culture and is not in itself quantified by a failed overnight market campaign by Gibson.

Recent histories can make it hard to appreciate or accept that civilisation at times is marked by slow change - but always progresses.

 

Does the emergence of popular culture and modern guitars devalue the Stradivari Sabionari?..no. The Stradivari Sabionari (along with other guitars of that time) is worth millions and valued more than ever to those who appreciate it.

 

The Stradivari Sabionari still did not prevent the emergence of new guitars even with its 300 year reign. Change and progress can't be stopped.

 

 

Still, I prefer my wooden guitars. : )

 

 

Umm...Good luck selling a guitar that required electricity to be heard correctly.

 

I love wooden guitars, but give me a Strat with a Mesa Boogie Lone Star Special anytime!

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The Stradivari Sabionari guitar was made 350yrs ago. It's design was the guitar of the future for many centuries. If anyone would have presented a Strat design alone, to folk of this time

 

The Stradivari Sabionari still did not prevent the emergence of new guitars even with its 300 year reign. Change and progress can't be stopped.

 

 

Still, I prefer my wooden guitars. : )

 

 

Umm...Good luck selling a guitar that required electricity to be heard correctly.

 

I love wooden guitars, but give me a Strat with a Mesa Boogie Lone Star Special anytime!

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