Guitar without strings and string synthesizer
All guitars are different. It’s not a secret. But one thing unites them – presence of strings. Is it possible to create a guitar without strings?
Hyper Touch Guitar
Italian designer Max Battaglia believes that the presence of strings is an atavism. In support of this, he created the concept instrument Hyper Touch Guitar – a cross between a synthesizer and a conventional guitar.
It cannot be said that this device belongs to the category of completely new inventions, since the first similar gadgets appeared on sale back in 2011.
The electric guitar is made in a lightweight but very durable carbon fiber body. The neck of the guitar is an elongated touch display that runs through the entire neck and ends in the middle of the body. The number of strings and frets of the gadget is configured by the software, and all the necessary effects are built into the electronic filling of the gadget. It is even possible to switch from a 6-string to a 12-string guitar, as well as select the appropriate tuning. There is even a bridge lever to match the sensory guitar as closely as possible.
Some controls – tone switches, volume switches, standard guitar jack and tremolo – are retained.
The guitar also supports wireless technology that can communicate with equipment such as amplifiers and computer systems and allows the player complete freedom of movement.
It’s hard to say how popular this gadget is, but neither Fender, nor Gibson, nor Ibanez, as far as is known, are interested in this invention.
Judge for yourself, can the Hyper Touch Guitar be considered a guitar? Battaglia himself believes that while moving the guitar into the digital age does seem like a natural evolutionary progression, he did not create the Hyper Touch guitar to replace a traditional favorite. First there was a pencil, then a typewriter, and then a computer… but the pencil is still in demand. “This musical instrument is completely new, with new expressive possibilities.”
Fusion Guitar
At first sight Fusion Guitar looks like a normal guitar with original shape. And, unlike Hyper Touch, frets and strings are present in it.
Some time ago, Dave is the creator of Fusion Guitar, having been introduced to music creation applications such as guitar multi-effects for iPad and iPhone. Jamup ProAmpliTube, Garageband, and others, thought of developing a version of the guitar that would have iPhone/iPod integration.
Therefore, the following principles were laid at the heart of the Fusion Guitar development strategy:
– mobility;
– Possibility of integration with iPhone/iPod.
No cords, no bulky amps, just a simple, streamlined guitar that will give you all the sounds you need right out of the box. your smartphone.
General characteristics:
– scale length – 648 mm
– number of frets – 22
– neck material – rosewood or Canadian maple
– fretboard – Canadian maple
fusion guitar other. The iPhone can be used to select various effects and guitar effects modeling features.
Fusion Guitar comes with 7 easy-to-swap docks that cover all current iPhones up to iPhone 11 and all iPods with lightning connectors.
We all know keyboard synthesizers from Yamaha, Casio, etc. I would call Fusion Guitar a string synthesizer. Judge for yourself (video Christian Martinez With The Fusion Guitar – YouTube)!
Obviously electric guitars are evolving! But are we on the right path, comrades? Your opinion?
Briefly about the author.
Shvyrkin Igor Nikolaevich, born in 1955, Colonel of the Reserve, two higher educations (Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces named after F.E. Dzerzhinsky, Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov), Candidate of Technical Sciences.
