bigshot Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Check out this article... http://gizmodo.com/5994116/how-inventor-paul-vo-created-a-little-black-box-that-could-change-guitars-forever An inventor has come up with a guitar synthesizer for acoustic guitars. No amplifier. No speaker. It uses magnetics on the fly to modify the vibration of the strings. Very weird! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 . Interesting tech. I'll have to watch that one. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigshot Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 Here is the sample video And another one... complete with the obligatory Blackbird and Stairway to Heaven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Cool!!!!! Though it looks a bit like the baby Alien that sticks to your face in the movie, but I imagine the undersaddle pickups started the same way - perhaps one day it will be shrunk to u/s pickup size/addition? Current look, it isn't going on my Gibsons, but my beater Gibsung Humsung Hummingbird copy would be a willing donor organ....... BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Sounds like something Orville might have come up with if he'd been born 100 years later. Think of the great guitars we would have missed out on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RusRob Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 It is pretty cool. It seems like a spin off of the Ebow but for each string. http://www.ebow.com/soundclips.php I always wanted to get one to play around with but that is probably all I would ever do with it. I guess I prefer the sound of a well broke in acoustic more. If I want to make those kinds of sounds I will plug my Fender Strat into my Art 2000 Express and start piling on effects. Still it is a pretty cool invention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR GIBS Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Aaaaahhh! G A S!!! I want one immediately!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParlourMan Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Quite spooky, sounds like a mix of a hammond and the organ sound the fella from the Inspiral Carpets used. They do seem to demo only one sound though, so could get tired quite quickly... cool idea, needs refining to make it look better though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Geez, more toys out there these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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