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a piece of my soul dies

It reminds me of the '80's Keytar

Concept? Will this ever be for sale, and for how much?

i did this a year ago.. http://www.yankodesign.com/2010/03/09/replicating...

where i can buy..?
how much..?

O design é demais!!

We already have something that works: A REAL guitar. Sure it's a nice concept, but what's the point in reproducing a technology we already have for a dozen of years and won't add anything knew.

As I understood this is only a DESIGN not a true Guitar…
Otherwise, where is the video of this stuff playing?

Pra paletar eu até acredito que funcione. Seria como tocar um instrumento fretless. Mas pra dedilhado precisaria de uma tecnica específica de tapping ou algo parecido. Emfim, teria realmen
te sua própria maneira de tocar.

I dunno, as a player of 20 years, I cant imagine it being much fun when you cant feel it.

this is lame… im sure it doesn't have anything a real guitar can do better you know like strings…

finally a guitar for all those who dont want to take lessons, learn actual music theory, or take the time to earn the blood sweat and tears from building calices and actually hitting a string,

I like it.

looks like a futuristic version of the 80's casio digital guitars

Rock on, pioneering designs and concepts have led to alot of musical breakthroughs. Sure the design may not be the average joe's axe, but I bet their is plenty of musicians who could benefit in their arena with it. Its better than being a dj, and it looks damn slick

This looks absolutely idiotic. For one, how will you do things like harmonics, pinch harmonics, pick slides, palm mutes and mutes?

This seems like a glorified synthesizer, if anything.

its a smart idea, and those of you who have been playing for a long time should just stay in the past. It would be an even greater design if it had an internal amp. it seems like it could be harder to play than a string guitar and it would be potentially limitless. great concept

and the priiice? it's sooo awesome ..love it xD

im glad someone else said this so its not just me: how does a touch screen pick up on playing styles? suppose you wanna slap a string or pinch, how will it know? poor design, sorry.

so all i have to do now is mount a bridge, nut and tuning pegs, put on strings, drill holes for pickups and bypass the computer chip, right?

lame….as…shit…… what next??? a machine that hooks up to your mouth and sings for you….or perhaps robot arms and legs that play the drums for you. ouch…my fingers hurt from playing the guitar…wah! if you can't put the work in and endure the mild pain of learning to play on real strings on a real guitar…pick a different fucking instrument.

I don't see why so many people are hating on this. It's an excellent idea.

It's really not a good idea, think about auto tune, what came out of hat? sucky live preformers, out of this, sucky live preformers, it will just allow people to cheat, and make it seem like they are awesome, when really hey don't know shit that a lot of people take years to fully understand and actually become good at. That people actually will still know music theroy. If this thing comes out, people will start to forget how to actually make music, this thing will probably just correct the note for you. same like auto tune, Perfect Pitch, why do i need to ever do that when i can have the machine correct me. I agree with a later post, it IS a glorified synthsizer and a peice of crap

“What could this strange device be? When I touch it… it gives forth the sound… It's got wires that vibrate and make music…. what can this thing be that I've found?” – Rush

For when you just want to practice…guitar hero.

its a guitar for whimps.

Hey all- if you can control the number and tuning of strings, couldn't this instrument be a 6-string, 12-string, banjo, mandolin, bass, ukulele, sitar …?

The end of buzzing frets, sticky nuts, worn tuners, wavy necks, busted strings, galled saddles, ……. wait, was there a downside??

So did any one say that the goal with this was to replace traditional guitars? Didn't think so. It might not ever become a standard but its a fun little toy. Quit being butthurt guitar purist and have fun with something new, i mean i thought music in general was supposed to be fun and exciting in the first place. When did it become a bunch of old men yelling at kids to get off their proverbial lawn.

Something that will come and go…

i love this its what the designers of the miso should have done

i love this its what the designers of the miso should have done

Free Hat!

This made me die a little inside.
I don't play guitar myself, but I wouldn't have any respect for a band whose guitarist played a guitar like this.

As a guitar player I hate it. As a guitar player who also records music with a midi controller modelled after a piano keyboard, I like the idea of using it as an alternative for that. But……as a guitar player I hate it.

have you never heard of programming

As a guitar player I hate it. As a guitar player who also records music with a midi controller modelled after a piano keyboard, I like the idea of using it as an alternative for that. But……as a guitar player I hate it.

All of us have heard of programming but the main and the most important point is – Musicians will lose their job as “guitar players”. As a guitar player myself, I don’t think guitarists would love to buy this thing. It’s a great technology FOR SURE but again it’s programmed and not the actual guitar sound/feel. The more natural sound you have, the better the whole track sounds…This is my belief!

I think because of this advancement of technology, everything in this world becomes easier to work on then becomes more complex, but then music has to be feel-based with the true sound of an instrument rather than a digital one.

All of us have heard of programming but the main and the most important point is – Musicians will lose their job as “guitar players”. As a guitar player myself, I don’t think guitarists would love to buy this thing. It’s a great technology FOR SURE but again it’s programmed and not the actual guitar sound/feel. The more natural sound you have, the better the whole track sounds…This is my belief!
I think because of this advancement of technology, everything in this world becomes easier to work on then becomes more complex, but then music has to be feel-based with the true sound of an instrument rather than a digital one.

All of us have heard of programming but the main and the most important point is – Musicians will lose their job as “guitar players”. As a guitar player myself, I don’t think guitarists would love to buy this thing. It’s a great technology FOR SURE but again it’s programmed and not the actual guitar sound/feel. The more natural sound you have, the better the whole track sounds…This is my belief!
I think because of this advancement of technology, everything in this world becomes easier to work on then becomes more complex, but then music has to be feel-based with the true sound of an instrument rather than a digital one.

All of us have heard of programming but the main and the most important point is – Musicians will lose their job as “guitar players”. As a guitar player myself, I don’t think guitarists would love to buy this thing. It’s a great technology FOR SURE but again it’s programmed and not the actual guitar sound/feel. The more natural sound you have, the better the whole track sounds…This is my belief!
I think because of this advancement of technology, everything in this world becomes easier to work on then becomes more complex, but then music has to be feel-based with the true sound of an instrument rather than a digital one.

We have electric pianos (keyboards) and violins, and drumsets. Those are perfectly acceptable, so what's wrong with this?

We have electric pianos (keyboards) and violins, and drumsets. Those are perfectly acceptable, so what's wrong with this?

Sold, That guitar now owns a part of my soul

Sold, That guitar now owns a part of my soul

Because we also have electric guitars that are on the same scale as the electric violin. the guitar still has strings it has that feel of playing a guitar. I’ve been playing for 14 years now and I love they way my guitar feels. I dont want to join a band and use a guitar hero guitar.

Because we also have electric guitars that are on the same scale as the electric violin. the guitar still has strings it has that feel of playing a guitar. I’ve been playing for 14 years now and I love they way my guitar feels. I dont want to join a band and use a guitar hero guitar.

I don't like this for the fact that strumming individual strings would be incredibly difficult.

I don't like this for the fact that strumming individual strings would be incredibly difficult.

Idiots, this is more a synth for people who's guitar's their main instrument. It's not meant to replace the guitar in any way. I could see this as in invaluable tool in the studio or even live. Cool stuff guys.

Idiots, this is more a synth for people who's guitar's their main instrument. It's not meant to replace the guitar in any way. I could see this as in invaluable tool in the studio or even live. Cool stuff guys.

Well…can we spell "GUITAR HERO"? After this initial thought wears off, this is a cool idea in the hands of a studio player or someone who likes to see where the guitar can go (think Les Paul) this is probably where it's at for them. Beginner guitar players need not apply. Robert Moog (father of the synthsizer) once said upon its unveiling, "Right now, musicians aren't sure what to do with this new sound. It will take them a few years to integrate this into mainstream music". It is possible this could be the next generation guitar players' dream come true. Remains to be seen.

Well…can we spell “GUITAR HERO”? After this initial thought wears off, this is a cool idea in the hands of a studio player or someone who likes to see where the guitar can go (think Les Paul) this is probably where it's at for them. Beginner guitar players need not apply. Robert Moog (father of the synthsizer) once said upon its unveiling, “Right now, musicians aren't sure what to do with this new sound. It will take them a few years to integrate this into mainstream music”. It is possible this could be the next generation guitar players' dream come true. Remains to be seen.

I'm sure you would still have to take lessons and learn theory. It doesn't play the music for you, it's just a new concept so you don't have to buy an entirely new guitar just to get a couple of extra strings or frets, and buy new equipment to get different sounds. You still have to know what you're playing.

Yeah, everything you just said.

Am I the only one who thinks this isn't a horrible idea ??? Custom sound effects would be badass, and changing tunings and number of strings saves money and time in a matter of seconds. I think people are being a little too closed minded about this. Whether or not it actually catches on is how natural it sounds and feels but it definitely has potential.

Am I the only one who thinks this isn't a horrible idea ??? Custom sound effects would be badass, and changing tunings and number of strings saves money and time in a matter of seconds. I think people are being a little too closed minded about this. Whether or not it actually catches on is how natural it sounds and feels but it definitely has potential.

It might be fun, I don't know. You could probably get some pretty cool new sounds of it. I doubt it'll replace a Telecaster into a Twin Reverb, or a Les Paul into a Marshall stack, but that's not what it's made for anyway. It can surely do lots of crazy atmospheric and synth effects no traditional guitar could ever do. I play keyboards and the difference between this and a normal guitar looks to me like the difference between a Roland Jupiter and a harpsichord. If it's not priced out of the market it could work wonders.

It might be fun, I don't know. You could probably get some pretty cool new sounds of it. I doubt it'll replace a Telecaster into a Twin Reverb, or a Les Paul into a Marshall stack, but that's not what it's made for anyway. It can surely do lots of crazy atmospheric and synth effects no traditional guitar could ever do. I play keyboards and the difference between this and a normal guitar looks to me like the difference between a Roland Jupiter and a harpsichord. If it's not priced out of the market it could work wonders.

this is cool and all.. but why in the world would anyone play this over a real guitar?

this is cool and all.. but why in the world would anyone play this over a real guitar?

I see both sides. But, you realize a huge flaw when you try to STRUM IT FOR THE FIRST TIME. Are you supposed to glide your finger over the touch screen? How often does anyone want to change # of frets or strings? And there is already real guitars that blend digital options. Gibson has a self tuning guitar, Other brands have built in sound effects, there is already wireless… If you ask me, I would never replace a wooden neck for an injection molded plastic one. Other people here have mentioned guitar hero and that is what this would be like. I am all for customizing guitars and conceptualizing, but you need wood, and strings. Thats about it. This has neither. Its plastic. Which means it doesnt hold up over time unlike a wooden guitar which gets BETTER over time. How about a real guitar with a touch sensitive wooden fretboard with thin touch membrane overlay? You need to push the envelope with material while improving the experience. This takes away the experience, and EVERYTHING is TOUCH nowadays, its played out… I like synth ideas for guitars but this one is a miss.

there is nothing better that the feeling of real strings vibrating over magnetic pickups amplifying the true sound of a guitar. Just listen to zepplin, santana, pink floyd. I wonder why no one makes real classics anymore, maybe has something to do with all technology brought into the game. We lose sight of making REAL music.

A idéia é legal, mas este produto não pode ser considerado um instrumento musical, pois não tem componente físico que emita vibrações sonoras, tipo cordas, membranas, palhetas, tubos, etc.
A partir do momento que se tira este corpo vibratório perde-se a essência da música que é propriamente dita a SENSIBILIDADE utilizada na execução de peças musicais.
Ao desenvolver um projeto deste deve-se tomar cuidado ao tipo de público/usuário que se quer atingir!

The idea is cool, but this product can not be considered a musical instrument because it has no physical component that sends sound vibrations, like strings, membranes, straws, pipes, etc..
From the moment you take this vibrating body loses the essence of music that is itself used in implementing the SENSITIVITY of musical pieces.
When developing a project that should be taken care of the type of public / user you want to achieve!

I see both sides. But, you realize a huge flaw when you try to STRUM IT FOR THE FIRST TIME. Are you supposed to glide your finger over the touch screen? How often does anyone want to change # of frets or strings? And there is already real guitars that blend digital options. Gibson has a self tuning guitar, Other brands have built in sound effects, there is already wireless… If you ask me, I would never replace a wooden neck for an injection molded plastic one. Other people here have mentioned guitar hero and that is what this would be like. I am all for customizing guitars and conceptualizing, but you need wood, and strings. Thats about it. This has neither. Its plastic. Which means it doesnt hold up over time unlike a wooden guitar which gets BETTER over time. How about a real guitar with a touch sensitive wooden fretboard with thin touch membrane overlay? You need to push the envelope with material while improving the experience. This takes away the experience, and EVERYTHING is TOUCH nowadays, its played out… I like synth ideas for guitars but this one is a miss.

there is nothing better that the feeling of real strings vibrating over magnetic pickups amplifying the true sound of a guitar. Just listen to zepplin, santana, pink floyd. I wonder why no one makes real classics anymore, maybe has something to do with all technology brought into the game. We lose sight of making REAL music.

truthfully its a cool idea, but the strings have a big play in how a guitar is played, i mean yeah it looks great sitting in your living room but can you shred on that? no, theres no strings to individually pick its just a big rounded bump. you cant pick an individual string or even know what string you're playing because its all one chunk and not 6 individual strings. i think this is a great idea for another type of instrument, if it has some type of unique sound than its definitely worth having around as a model of guitars, if it doesnt do anything that a guitar or synth wouldn't do then its sadly just a nice house decoration

The touch pad technology can allow for a new technique of music, because it can do things a stringed guitar can't. New music and new styles can be produced. Also, it may turn out to be easier than guitar, allowing for more people to experience music. Embrace new instruments. It's a chance for music to grow!

truthfully its a cool idea, but the strings have a big play in how a guitar is played, i mean yeah it looks great sitting in your living room but can you shred on that? no, theres no strings to individually pick its just a big rounded bump. you cant pick an individual string or even know what string you're playing because its all one chunk and not 6 individual strings. i think this is a great idea for another type of instrument, if it has some type of unique sound than its definitely worth having around as a model of guitars, if it doesnt do anything that a guitar or synth wouldn't do then its sadly just a nice house decoration

"Sound of Muzak" from Porcupine Tree. I'm depressed as shit now, cause it's coming true.

“Sound of Muzak” from Porcupine Tree. I'm depressed as shit now, cause it's coming true.

It's silly and bizarrely paranoid to fear this gadget replacing the guitar. Do acoustic pianos no longer exist because of the electronic keyboard? Did V-drums kill the conventional shells and skins? I'm looking forward to a functional version of this thing!

One side of the comments insist that, once it actually exists, this thing would be difficult to play. Others say it would be easy and eclipse the need to put the hard work in and learn an instrument.

Does anyone have a compelling case for why digital instruments and conventional instruments are an either/or concept?

I think I would like to see someone play it or actually play it myself before I castigated it.I’ve played for 53 years and I have seen many innovations,inventions and improvements in that time.Some have made it some have not…..let time be the judge not you.

Finally, an air guitar people can see !

I don’t know. If it were actaully made it would probably be the same cost as two or three mid range guitars so i’m not buyin

this is not a guitar this is like some rock band game crap

As a learning giutar player, this is horrible. I’m 14 & I would rather play my guitar with strings & a pick. But when this may “replace” guitars, I’ll be one of the lucky ones that still has a real one.

But i feel like playing Rockband now that i look at this horrendous contraption.

I’d just like to respond since making music is an altogether creative and freeform process, by “Expediating” the process, you are naturally diminishing the overall creativity and time spent around music. When you turn a leisure activity into something that needs to be time efficient, you are actually taking the “soul” out of it. So ya, this product is stupid. PS. EXPENSIVE really now? and these newer “Guitars” are gonna be less expensive? thats either stupidity or a bullshit marketing ploy.

This thing is stupid! Like one person commented “GUITAR HERO” and this thing is just a over glorified guitar from Guitar Hero! Whoever buys this should get a real F*****G TALENT!

This thing is for dorks. If you want REAL innovation, try a moog guitar.

Looks cool but that’s just about it, I would never play this! Ruins the true feel of a real guitar.

that’s awesome, give me a more traditional body shape and i’ll start setting aside my pennies.

they already do, its called auto-tune

The Day The Music Died.

…I really really disapprove… I’ve tried fake playing without strings when I was replacing my strings last time and it was hella weird… No strings at all sounds like a really bad idea… Forever.

I’m sure Matt Bellamy already has one by now…

So most of the arguement for this guitar is the fact that your lazy. If you would go so far to spend more money on a guitar because you cant tune it yourself or replace the strings because your lazy? You do realize you can change the stings in a matter of minutes, and retuning a guitar takes seconds? Even if you want to go to dadgad its easy as pie. As for recording, you can just do the same thing with fruity loops, IF you know theory, so its pretty much a redundant product made to glorify the modern age. It seems more like another gimmick for whoever is selling it to make a quick buck on people who will let it sit in the corner of their house and somehow learn to get it to play Jimmy Buffet on its own.

Hmm. Well, I can see plenty of arguments for and against, but as with most instruments that are more electronic the obvious concern is the amount of expression. I’m a keyboardist and guitarist, and even with some of the wonderful keyboards out there these days, this is why I always gravitate towards guitar–it’s just such an expressive instrument.

I don’t see how they could accurately model things like harmonics without an actual string component, even if it’s not on the neck.

Seems like this would just be a much better version of your run of the mill MIDI guitar, hopefully with better synthesis. With that in mind, it’s a nice tool but not the “future of guitar.”

Whilst Electric devices have some good points (extended range, greater flexibility more sounds) some others have some natural flaws.(electric pianos and electric drums share the same flaw, lack of overtones) Instruments like electric guitar and violin and such(things that still have strings but are electric) can be improved cause they’re electric (a natural violin can only have four strings, otherwise it might break, electric violins have as many as six now) Now Electric drums and pianos are “empty” in a way, you can’t do some of the natural things that natural instrument can (technology can’t YET reproduce the millions of overtones a piano produces when played) Am I trashing this guitar? No! I think it has it’s purposes but it’ll never successfully reproduce a guitar. But this instrument expands the capabilities of what we can do with one instrument, with such technology,(from a teacher’s stand point) tweaked a little bit, we can let a child figure out what instrument is best for them before purchasing a billion instruments. Also would be a good MIDI controller. And the multiply options would allow any good musician to really explore all their options and really voice what’s in their head, something I been hindered by before myself. I definitely want this instrument!

whats the Point of even learning the guitar anymore then? this takes away of the idea that practice makes perfect ! With this lame what ever you want to call it keypad, then anyone can be a so called musicican and music no longer comes from the heart and soul anymore! This takes away from any musician that has real technique from years of practicing, gone down the tubes!, when you screw up on the guitar you can hear it , if you screw up on this thing no matter, it will fix the notes in real time so no one know`s how lousy you`re at playing a real instrument!!!

I believe it’s more impressive to teach yourself how to play. Some of the greatest players in history never took any lessons or learned music theory. Plus that stuff costs money. Don’t bash people who don’t take lessons.

… from 2112 Except that guitar lifeson played was real

This isn’t as all that good.

Music may grow but given the fac t that it’s easier we’ll get more crappy music faster. Even more so than we do today with that easy “click some buttons and make music fit for a rapper” stuff. Sure it’ll be cool but it again is taking out another part that makes music music, and that’s talent

This is just a keyboard!

Times change, if this guitar well thats the form
Of it, people if this guitar brings more people out thats what it’s about. Don’t kid yourself i’d
Never give up my stringed guitars and i’v played guitar for 24 years!!!!!!!

Don’t call it a guitar.
It isn’t.
A guitar is something that requires skill and soul.
Don’t e v e n insult those of us who actually took the time to learn how to play guitar.

Ide imagine because it takes the beauty of playing and learning about a guitar and turns it into a simple selection of sound and placement of fingers. I hope they do come out with it. Just so in the hopes that the Dj’s that don’t know how to play guitar will try it. and a more diverse playing “style” may emerge.

Seriously people. Calm your selves. I don’t think this guitar is meant to kill guitars. its actually really awesome. Coming from someone who is in a band, and plays many instruments, its not some “rock band piece of crap” its not colored buttons, it works the same as a guitar, just no strings. You all know, if you walked into guitar center and saw one, you would pick it up and play with it. Then you would go “this thing is totally cool.”it has an awesome looking design, and is the top of the line electronics as it appears. So while you wont see it replacing guitarists real guitars, you have to give it respect for the amazing, intuitive design.