This may be the coolest guitar tech I’ve ever seen. First post hope I did it right. Like holy damn, magnets, this looks like future tech.

  • KiwiTB@lemmy.world
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    27 days ago

    And that’s the closest I’ve seen someone come to serious injury due to incompetence in a while

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    27 days ago

    Ok that’s fucking awesome! I can already see a black version with sound reactive LEDs that would look sick with a fog machine! 🤘

    Thanks for sharing!

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        27 days ago

        Oh shit, not only rgb, but lights that change with the frequency, tied into the magnetics to change colour’s as its played.

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          27 days ago

          Map the physical area to a scale. Map the scale to the rainbow. Make chords a 2D representation of sound space. Make palm mutes drain the color. Make squealies vibrate the array. GIVE ME THE MUSIC VISUALIZER IN MY HANDS (and a blunt)

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      27 days ago

      I was imagining that setup with any stringed instrument that traditionally uses catgut or nylon. “Loaded gun” doesn’t begin to describe that. 😄

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    27 days ago

    Interesting experiment. But same idea as a tremolo bridge, but instead of springs in tension, he uses a magnet. An improvement could be the same - instead od directly pulling, he could try the hinge/lever setup like in a tremolo. Could also use mechanical advantage to make use of smaller magnets. An additional benefit is improved safety. But you would just reinvent the tremolo, only make it more expensive. Already, this sounds more or less like a floating style tremolo, but with additional floating. And increased price. And safety concerns.

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      27 days ago

      I mean, what if you stabilized it even more by adding magnets on the side. The frontier is often the most dangerous. What if this is just the beginning of a new format?