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Re: mechanical guitar funkiness
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2021 6:39 am
by Phosphene Audio
MrNovember wrote:
I follow him on Instagram and brought him up in the hack thread awhile ago. I absolutely love his ridiculous creations. I’ve never seen that pdf though
He's having them printed to order, for something like $35, not sure of the quality.
Re: mechanical guitar funkiness
Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2021 12:06 pm
by niftyprose
From the Museum of Fine Arts and via our 'nothing new under the sun' department:
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/50285
It's worth mentioning that keyboard instruments like the harpsichord borrowed expressive techniques from plucked instruments, so Smith's Patent Box (Gizmotron ancestor?) could be regarded as 'paying back'.
Re: mechanical guitar funkiness
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 1:42 am
by K2000
Do New Complexity guitars fit in this thread? Pretty sure I learned about them here on ILF.
http://www.newcomplexity.com.au
(My old Mac Pro did not like that Christian Blandhoel PDF link... actually shut itself down...)
Re: mechanical guitar funkiness
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 9:49 am
by MrNovember
I would say that New Complexity definitely fits this thread. A bit more complex (haha) than the other things here of course, but they look like amazing instruments. My sister was living in Australia for awhile and I tried to convince her to bring one back for me; unfortunately, they were a bit outside my budget at the time
Re: mechanical guitar funkiness
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2022 12:58 pm
by MrNovember
So I 3D printed a Passerelle style bridge and it's really fun to play:

The model I found has a pretty good radius to it, so it's pretty nice for bowing too. Currently, I have it on my Gretsch, which is high-strung, but I think I might restring it back to normal to experiment more