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| Author: | Glen H [ Tue Feb 23, 2016 8:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Bare minimum |
I don't think I've seen this on the forum here. If it's old news, forgive me and delete it. A new take on electrics. I thought it was kind of interesting. http://laughingsquid.com/an-extremely-modern-electric-guitar-with-a-strikingly-minimal-design-and-an-ethereal-full-sound/ |
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| Author: | alan stassforth [ Tue Feb 23, 2016 9:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bare minimum |
Wow! If I was a rich player, I'd get me one! Thanks for posting! The guy playing is pretty good too. |
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| Author: | David Collins [ Tue Feb 23, 2016 10:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bare minimum |
Finally, a guitar suitable for post minimalist musicians. |
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| Author: | Durero [ Tue Feb 23, 2016 10:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bare minimum |
While it's certainly not new, it's a tribute to how ahead of his time Allan Gittler was when he developed this design in the 70's that it still looks new and modern today. My favourite feature is the multi-channel pickups - one output per string - which is an obsession of mine. The instrument's claim to fame is that it was featured in the Police video for their song Synchronicity II. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQeB51q4ubY (all the official video versions are gone.) Very cool design in my opinion and I'd love to try one out someday. It's been acquired by a number of big museums. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gittler_guitar |
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| Author: | Shaw [ Wed Feb 24, 2016 12:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bare minimum |
I remember the originals back in the 80's 90's? Sent from my HTC Desire 626s using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | rlrhett [ Thu Feb 25, 2016 1:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bare minimum |
Very interesting guitar, but I think this new company is missing the mark on pricing. If it was priced from the high $2k to the mid $3k, they would probably have quite a lot of demand. Perhaps they can't charge that little and still make a profit because of some aspect of the manufacturing. If that is the case then I don't think it is a commercially viable product, no matter how cool. At $6k they are competing in a rareified market where a gee whiz factor will only carry them so far. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | William Bustard [ Mon Mar 21, 2016 9:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bare minimum |
Bare Not bad but he missed one thing, you don't need frets either! |
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| Author: | Chris Pile [ Mon Mar 21, 2016 11:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bare minimum |
Oh, yeah - I remember THAT thing. Does that make me old? |
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| Author: | cphanna [ Sat Mar 26, 2016 8:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bare minimum |
Not my cuppa tea. Not by any means. Just my personal reaction, you understand. |
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