btoth76 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 I wonder, how could we do without one for so long... :D http://www.chordelia.com/products.html Bence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hall Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Sings well also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 At first I thought it was an April Fool trick but, clearly, I was mistaken... I loved this bit; "But 'Chordelia' doesn't just have two chords; oh no. This model has five chords! And you can play HUNDREDS of songs with five chords!!!..." All laughter aside; I suppose there are folks for whom this is actually quite useful. A bit like a press-one-key-and-get-a-whole-chord electronic keyboard. Also if someone who loves to play develops a really bad case of arthritis it will possibly offer some means to get back to playing? Perhaps? Ah well. Good luck to the guy. It does no-one any harm and it might even bring musical pleasure to others. I wish they hadn't murdered Beet's 9th, though...... [scared] [scared] .........that's the stuff of nightmares. Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 . . . . . . . . :unsure: . . . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 I saw an infomercial late one night with Jeff Beck using one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drog Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Made for all the bass players out there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 I saw an infomercial late one night with Jeff Beck using one. Yeah you did! Too bad you were all tied up and couldn't air guitar along to Freeway Jam. rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 I wonder, how could we do without one for so long... :D Bence. I agree. Lots of players feel their guitars lack neck-heaviness, but Chordelia may help with curing that, too! I wish they hadn't murdered Beet's 9th, though...... [scared] [scared] .........that's the stuff of nightmares. Pip. Perhaps Beethoven would be all right with that. He is quoted to have said the following: "Playing a wrong note is insignificant; playing without passion is inexcusable!" :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Perhaps Beethoven would be all right with that. He is quoted to have said the following: "Playing a wrong note is insignificant; playing without passion is inexcusable!" :) Why is that old dead guy ALWAYS right??? Absolutely Spot-On as usual. Good ol' King Lud. And thank you, Cap, for bringing the performance into true perspective. I formally withdraw the notice of my irritation. "To err is human, Pippy. That's why you are being replaced by a machine." was always an annoying observation.... Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevDavidLee Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 "And if they don't like it just play it louder until they do" That's what all of us lead guitarists believe too You know in the time it took him to design & build that thing I believe he could have easily learned those pesky chords. :blink: That was frickin hilarious!!!! Thank you for posting that!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 He's only done half a job there. Where's the contraption to pick the damned thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Scales Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 No, Jim DeCola! Just....no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 No, Jim DeCola! Just....no. That's Funny! Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 He's only done half a job there. Where's the contraption to pick the damned thing? Godley and Creme already did that for us back in the late-'70s but, then again, you might be too young to remember the Gizmotron? https://en.wikipedia.../wiki/The_Gizmo Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 That thing is huge!! I do hope he has fire insurance on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Godley and Creme already did that for us back in the late-'70s but, then again, you might be too young to remember the Gizmotron? https://en.wikipedia.../wiki/The_Gizmo Pip. I'm certainly old enough. I couldn't have been paying attention. Ok, so far I need a gizmatron & a chordelia. Now if I can just get it to play ‘Taurus’ and publish it, they can prosecute the guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 I'm certainly old enough. I couldn't have been paying attention. Ok, so far I need a gizmatron & a chordelia. Now if I can just get it to play 'Taurus' and publish it, they can prosecute the guitar. Actually I don't remember much about the Gizmotron myself except for two things... Firstly it was tested by one of the guitar mags at the time - probably International Musician as that was my regular buy - and it was absolutely slated as being almost unusable for various reasons. Poor design and very poor quality control were two I can remember being singled out. They couldn't get their sample to play in tune at all for some reason. Secondly one of the music press end-of-year 'Top Ten' listings put the Gizmotron at #1 in their 'Worst Thing' section for being the root cause behind the breakup of 10CC. I can't remember the specific reason but I think Godley and Creme were so single-minded in their desire to get the thing to work that they left the band to explore the new sounds made available by the unit. I'm pretty sure they used it an awful lot on their immediate post-10CC output. Edit : I've just had a quick google and came across this which I think can be classified as being "Quite Interesting"!; http://www.samash.co...hTerm=gizmotron Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 You could get plastic press-button devices in the 60s which went on the neck and held down chords. Think my sister got one with her classical guitar..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Actually I don't remember much about the Gizmotron myself except for two things... Firstly it was tested by one of the guitar mags at the time - probably International Musician as that was my regular buy - and it was absolutely slated as being almost unusable for various reasons. Poor design and very poor quality control were two I can remember being singled out. They couldn't get their sample to play in tune at all for some reason. Secondly one of the music press end-of-year 'Top Ten' listings put the Gizmotron at #1 in their 'Worst Thing' section for being the root cause behind the breakup of 10CC. I can't remember the specific reason but I think Godley and Creme were so single-minded in their desire to get the thing to work that they left the band to explore the new sounds made available by the unit. I'm pretty sure they used it an awful lot on their immediate post-10CC output. Edit : I've just had a quick google and came across this which I think can be classified as being "Quite Interesting"!; http://www.samash.co...hTerm=gizmotron Pip. As far as I remember, International Musician has been the source I first read about the Gizmo, too. Anyway, I don't think I heard any use except for some notes towards the song ends of "Iceberg" and "Don't Hang Up" from 10cc's "How Dare You!" album. Probably I wouldn't have noticed at all if it had not been credited on the album's insert. I also have to admit that I never cared much about further research of Gizmo tones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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