GTar: The First Guitar That Anybody Can Play
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GTar: The First Guitar That Anybody Can Play
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#2As cool as this looks - and don't get me wrong, it looks like great fun - what happens when the iPhone 5 is too big to fit in the guitar dock?
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#3I feel like this could be a great thing but the way it's presented doesn't convince me that it is. Is the gtar an instrument for making music or is it something to help you learn to play a real guitar. If it's the latter then how does it compare with other learning methods, what are the advantages etc. If it's the former then it would be nice to hear how it sounds and what it can do. Other than the last few seconds of the video I have no idea about what the thing sounds like.
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#4This seems like an interesting concept and the LEDs should make it easier to see which strings need to be played. I'm curious how it compares to the Rocksmith video game which is played with a real guitar (which I haven't tried).
There is considerably more risk with this project than many other Kickstarter projects as the lowest tier is $350 -- if the project fails and the GTar is never made that's quite a bit more money to lose than a ~$20 video game.
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#5I'm 50% excited by the idea of an assistive guitar.
And I'm 50% excited by having LEDs all over my guitar neck.
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#6I'm 50% excited by the idea of an assistive guitar. And I'm 50% excited by having LEDs all over my guitar neck.
I'm sure it could be done in a regular guitar, though you'd destroy the tone.
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#7As a guitarist, I don't think this is a useless tool for people learning how to play, but "the first guitar that anybody can play" is a ridiculous title.
Anyone with two working hands and no cognitive disabilities can learn how to play a guitar already. It takes effort, but if you keep at it, learning how to play is inevitable. What they are promising with the title is that this device will take all the effort out of learning, so that even those who don't want to put any effort in can learn how to play.
But it will still take effort to learn. Lots. It's not just having to learn where to put your fingers. It's learning how to make your fingers move the way they should. It's learning to keep going even though your fingers just refuse to do what you tell them to do when you first start out. It's also learning rhythm, and musicality, and a whole host of things.
I'm sure this tool would make it somewhat easier to learn how to play. But you'd still have to actually learn how to play before you could play.
Re: GTar: The First Guitar That Anybody Can Play
#8As cool as this looks - and don't get me wrong, it looks like great fun - what happens when the iPhone 5 is too big to fit in the guitar dock?
Announcing GTar S with support for the iPhone 5Re: GTar: The First Guitar That Anybody Can Play
#9As cool as this looks - and don't get me wrong, it looks like great fun - what happens when the iPhone 5 is too big to fit in the guitar dock?
Looking at the 2nd pic on the kickstarter page, it looks like the iPhone dock is modular.
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#10A few issues:
First, if you don't tune it (the write up strongly suggests that tuning is optional), the strings will still make a sound, and that sound will be awful. I think the optional-tuning should be kept on the down-low, since taking advantage of it is sort of a bad idea.
Second, I don't think muting wrong notes is actually helpful, since you lose auditory feedback. Knowing whether the note you just hit was too high or too low is a valuable thing for a guitarist to be able to hear instantly.
Lastly, does it do string bends? Video isn't working for me and it's not mentioned in the write up. If not, somewhat serious limitation.