Tapsearch Com EditorHow do I turn this thing on again?
August 15th 2007 22:28
From a Salon.com blog, about the Fretlight guitar, which lights up the places on the fretboard your hands are supposed to go to play a given chord:
Are you on crack? In the 10 years I've played guitar -- well, we just won't say how much I've spent on effects pedals, digital modeling amps, random toys, recording equipment and computer software. The guitar magazines are packed full of ads for cutting-edge gadgets.
My digital amps use computer programs to emulate various amp sounds, not to mention countless effects. My Boss Super Shifter harmonizer can tell what note I'm playing and add another depending on what key I put it in. My eBow uses a magnetic charge to make the strings vibrate like a violin's would. More and more guitarists are getting into recording as it becomes cheaper, as evidenced by products like Amplitube, which lets you plug your guitar directly into a computer and get a variety of amp-like sounds. Heck, the new Variax guitar actually simulates other kinds of guitars. so you can flip a switch to go from a Les Paul to a Strat sound.
Yeah, things sure haven't changed since the days of Jimi Hendrix! A guitar with frets that light up is a step in a whole new tech-savvy direction.
...the normally tech-averse guitar industry...
Are you on crack? In the 10 years I've played guitar -- well, we just won't say how much I've spent on effects pedals, digital modeling amps, random toys, recording equipment and computer software. The guitar magazines are packed full of ads for cutting-edge gadgets.
My digital amps use computer programs to emulate various amp sounds, not to mention countless effects. My Boss Super Shifter harmonizer can tell what note I'm playing and add another depending on what key I put it in. My eBow uses a magnetic charge to make the strings vibrate like a violin's would. More and more guitarists are getting into recording as it becomes cheaper, as evidenced by products like Amplitube, which lets you plug your guitar directly into a computer and get a variety of amp-like sounds. Heck, the new Variax guitar actually simulates other kinds of guitars. so you can flip a switch to go from a Les Paul to a Strat sound.
Yeah, things sure haven't changed since the days of Jimi Hendrix! A guitar with frets that light up is a step in a whole new tech-savvy direction.
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