I have had one of these machines for many years, although mine is a slightly more advanced model (it can play inversions etc.). I affectionally call it my 'left hand'. I'm looking for investors if anyone's interested.
jeez...all that time,effort,engineering and thought processes...to make something so bloody ridiculous...
Thing is,he seems serious about his creation....I could'nt see a tongue in his cheek anywhere !! ....
It's the perfect gadget for all the emo teenagers in high school who like to play forlorn, soulful chord progressions while sitting in the hallway at lunch time, peering at their Converse sneakers through one eye (because the other is covered with a downward sweep of dyed black hair), singing about the shattered pieces of their broken teenage hearts...
I agree that it might be a nice solution for a disabled person who wishes to play guitar but other than that...ugh, where does one start?
Fair f#@ks to the man. Some people can never get the hang of
chording especially the strength aspect of it, It means that someone who'll never be able to play can in fact enjoy producing a few chords on the guitar and have a singalong with friends etc. I reckon a few older people who've "always wanted to" would be a potential market. Theres also an option
to do a bit of Tony Rice stuff up the neck when you tire of the levers. Pretty clever contraption really.
Years ago there was a chap who I saw busking on Grafton Street in Dublin who had a machine with keys that enabled him to pluck the strings (I think he may of had arthritis) and made a really great sound. The fact the strings were plucked this way meant he could play in quite a unique style.
"the problem with this , is that he hasnt taken into consideration inversions of chords,
neither has he any understanding of modal dyads/power chords,
nor does it make allowances for added chords , such as sixths ninths or flatted fifths,or diminshed chords,or altered tunings"
This is just the prototype. No reason why it couldn't be expanded to include open modal chords, closed Jazz shapes, whatever you fancy. And no reason why you couldn't set it up for other tunings - perhaps with a bit of micro-mechanics, you could even make it switchable, to accommodate multiple tunings.
I met a Nyckelharpa player once - who said it was a means of making something simple really complicated. While I love the sound of the Nyckelharpa, I see his point. Seeing as someone above mentioned it, it would be a bit of a blast to see a duet between those two beasties.
As to inversions, I haven't met that many guitar players who would know what one was. Maybe I've just been moving in the wrong circles!
By the way, not a hijack (much!) but I did a video of Anne Reynfors and her partner Erik playing nyckelharpa and harp at a festival last year - and nyckelharpa is a lovely thing to watch being played.
Patrick - You're missing the point entirely. Don't you see? This device offers us all the opportunity to play guitar in a session without having to suffer the indignity of being a guitarist.
Where do you put the capo on a bodhran ?
It's actually quicker to learn the guitar than take the trouble to work out all this electronics.
Still, warfarin put the ratcatchers out of business, and now there is a rat only twelve feet away from you. Makes you worry about modern technology's effectiveness, doesn't it ?
Help for struggling guitarists!
Help for struggling guitarists!
Having difficulty remembering how to finger all those chords? Look no further : )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVlucTG1YO8
# Posted on January 15th 2009 by cathycook
Re: Help for struggling guitarists!
I have no words for this.....
# Posted on January 15th 2009 by JosephC
Re: Help for struggling guitarists!
I don't think he will get a patent--it's just a 6-string autoharp, really. Might be nice for a disabled person, though.
# Posted on January 15th 2009 by John Galt
Re: Help for struggling guitarists!
Guitar Hero has kind of made it redundant
# Posted on January 15th 2009 by Bren
Re: Help for struggling guitarists!
How about this one, Dick?
http://www.bernunzio.com/item.php?sku=0711067
Not too sure about how it works.
# Posted on January 15th 2009 by Ramiro
Re: Help for struggling guitarists!
I have had one of these machines for many years, although mine is a slightly more advanced model (it can play inversions etc.). I affectionally call it my 'left hand'. I'm looking for investors if anyone's interested.
# Posted on January 16th 2009 by McDermott
Re: Help for struggling guitarists!
Sorry, but I didn't need to witness that...
# Posted on January 16th 2009 by tomw
Re: Help for struggling guitarists!
This would be my second choice for session guitar accompanist, my first being Joel.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=u8WJu6MNfSg
# Posted on January 16th 2009 by Rick Payman
Re: Help for struggling guitarists!
That thing looks like it weighs 50lbs! In a few years you'll see those lawyer commercials:
"If you have used a Chordelia and experience severe back pain, you deserve compensation!"
# Posted on January 16th 2009 by rob_handel
Re: Help for struggling guitarists!
To be seen on Dragons Den soon I think.
# Posted on January 16th 2009 by bazouki dave
Re: Help for struggling guitarists!
That's what a nyckelharpa is like, isn't it?
The thing that bugs me is his guitar is WAY out of tune. Horrid.
# Posted on January 16th 2009 by kennedy
Re: Help for struggling guitarists!
jeez...all that time,effort,engineering and thought processes...to make something so bloody ridiculous...
Thing is,he seems serious about his creation....I could'nt see a tongue in his cheek anywhere !! ....
# Posted on January 16th 2009 by zoukboy
Re: Help for struggling guitarists!
It's the perfect gadget for all the emo teenagers in high school who like to play forlorn, soulful chord progressions while sitting in the hallway at lunch time, peering at their Converse sneakers through one eye (because the other is covered with a downward sweep of dyed black hair), singing about the shattered pieces of their broken teenage hearts...
I agree that it might be a nice solution for a disabled person who wishes to play guitar but other than that...ugh, where does one start?
# Posted on January 16th 2009 by Glass of Beer
Re: Help for struggling guitarists!
Fair f#@ks to the man. Some people can never get the hang of
chording especially the strength aspect of it, It means that someone who'll never be able to play can in fact enjoy producing a few chords on the guitar and have a singalong with friends etc. I reckon a few older people who've "always wanted to" would be a potential market. Theres also an option
to do a bit of Tony Rice stuff up the neck when you tire of the levers. Pretty clever contraption really.
# Posted on January 16th 2009 by chuneboi slim
Re: Help for struggling guitarists!
Could be handy for stroke victims and buskers.
You could hook the levers up to a foot pedal and play whistle with your left hand!
# Posted on January 16th 2009 by Bren
Re: Help for struggling guitarists!
What the Jaysus is that?????
# Posted on January 16th 2009 by Cradinski
Re: Help for struggling guitarists!
Years ago there was a chap who I saw busking on Grafton Street in Dublin who had a machine with keys that enabled him to pluck the strings (I think he may of had arthritis) and made a really great sound. The fact the strings were plucked this way meant he could play in quite a unique style.
# Posted on January 16th 2009 by Sugarfoot Jack
Re: Help for struggling guitarists!
Re: The guy on Grafton Street. Watching the video made me think of him too! He had developed a great sound and style for himself.
# Posted on January 16th 2009 by ciaranbradley
Re: Help for struggling guitarists!
"the problem with this , is that he hasnt taken into consideration inversions of chords,
neither has he any understanding of modal dyads/power chords,
nor does it make allowances for added chords , such as sixths ninths or flatted fifths,or diminshed chords,or altered tunings"
This is just the prototype. No reason why it couldn't be expanded to include open modal chords, closed Jazz shapes, whatever you fancy. And no reason why you couldn't set it up for other tunings - perhaps with a bit of micro-mechanics, you could even make it switchable, to accommodate multiple tunings.
# Posted on January 16th 2009 by CreadurMawnOrganig
Re: Help for struggling guitarists!
It's a big guitar tumour.
# Posted on January 16th 2009 by bindicat
Re: Help for struggling guitarists!
What about tuning the guitar!!
# Posted on January 16th 2009 by houlberg
Re: Help for struggling guitarists!
I met a Nyckelharpa player once - who said it was a means of making something simple really complicated. While I love the sound of the Nyckelharpa, I see his point. Seeing as someone above mentioned it, it would be a bit of a blast to see a duet between those two beasties.
As to inversions, I haven't met that many guitar players who would know what one was. Maybe I've just been moving in the wrong circles!
# Posted on January 16th 2009 by Mark Harmer
Re: Help for struggling guitarists!
By the way, not a hijack (much!) but I did a video of Anne Reynfors and her partner Erik playing nyckelharpa and harp at a festival last year - and nyckelharpa is a lovely thing to watch being played.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=AFAzfAm8W50
# Posted on January 16th 2009 by Mark Harmer
Re: Help for struggling guitarists!
"why not just learn the guitar properly"
Patrick - You're missing the point entirely. Don't you see? This device offers us all the opportunity to play guitar in a session without having to suffer the indignity of being a guitarist.
# Posted on January 16th 2009 by CreadurMawnOrganig
Re: Help for struggling guitarists!
Where do you put the capo?
# Posted on January 17th 2009 by bodhran bliss
Re: Help for struggling guitarists!
Where do you put the capo on a bodhran ?
It's actually quicker to learn the guitar than take the trouble to work out all this electronics.
Still, warfarin put the ratcatchers out of business, and now there is a rat only twelve feet away from you. Makes you worry about modern technology's effectiveness, doesn't it ?
# Posted on January 18th 2009 by Guernsey Pete
Re: Help for struggling guitarists!
Bodnran bliss -"Where do you put the capo?"
hilarious!! One of the best punchlines ever!!!
# Posted on January 18th 2009 by pipewatcher
Re: Help for struggling guitarists!
where do yo put the capo? where do you put the feckin guitar?????
# Posted on January 19th 2009 by Cradinski