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DM60
Well-known member
I thought there might be a few people interested in this video. Little long, but worth the watch.
PorterhouseMusic
Well-known member
Lots of seemingly clever innovation there to chew on. As is the case with me and a lot of tech - it feels like too much. It's a little intimidating to the not-forward-thinking, old fashioned, conservative in me.
(looks over at my Strats an LP's thinking "if it ain't broke, don't fix it)
I'm the guy that doesn't want my pickup truck loaded down with silly computers and bells and whistles. My needs are simple.
But I've always been like that. Slow to warm up to "new and different".
(looks over at my Strats an LP's thinking "if it ain't broke, don't fix it)
I'm the guy that doesn't want my pickup truck loaded down with silly computers and bells and whistles. My needs are simple.
But I've always been like that. Slow to warm up to "new and different".
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DM60
Well-known member
Yea, I agree, too much for me as well. But it is an interesting approach. Maybe good for hard touring guitar player.
Papanate
Well-known member
I agree too - way too many features.
rob aylestone
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If they work in real use, I'm for this kind of thing, but I usually wonder with 'new' products. What will it do for me? Then I think about what it will cost. For instance - if I had a guitar with a totally stable removable neck. How many times would it actually be removed? Like my mics with swappable capsules. In the box there are omni and hypercardioid capsules that have never ever been fitted. I used to have video cameras with back ends that could be removed and replaced with different ones. I never did. Arri brought out a 1st generation LED studio light where you could removed the LED engine and replace it when a better one became available. I wonder how many people ever did?
Taking the neck off, after removing all the strings in one is amazing technology - but would I actually ever do this? My guitars hang on the walls, or lean up in corners. My 12 string has got the 1980 strings still on it?
Taking the neck off, after removing all the strings in one is amazing technology - but would I actually ever do this? My guitars hang on the walls, or lean up in corners. My 12 string has got the 1980 strings still on it?
PorterhouseMusic
Well-known member
Yikes.
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DM60
Well-known member
Price on these look to be $3500-5000 USD. Might be cheaper in Europe since they are made in Turkey. Did you notice you can insert stomp boxes in them. Two slots for effects.
If they play well and sound well, I can see professionals buying these. The bridge and fret adjustments alone would make many guitar players want it. I think the ability to quickly break it down and put it back together in tune is another selling point.
I would need to see it in the wild before I would even think about it. But they are priced about where a good quality guitar is priced.
If they play well and sound well, I can see professionals buying these. The bridge and fret adjustments alone would make many guitar players want it. I think the ability to quickly break it down and put it back together in tune is another selling point.
I would need to see it in the wild before I would even think about it. But they are priced about where a good quality guitar is priced.
Eric V
Member at-large
Is the interviewer Dweezil Zappa? If not, he sure looks like him.
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DM60
Well-known member
Yes.
TalismanRich
Well-known member
It might have value for some people, but I don't really see something that would interest me. I don't use trems, don't change pickups and don't care to experiment with changing necks.
A removable pickup isn't a new idea. The Ampeg Lucite clear guitar had pickups that could slide in and out.
A removable pickup isn't a new idea. The Ampeg Lucite clear guitar had pickups that could slide in and out.
