[sdiy] analogue guitar type controler thing

[Osamu (Sam) HOSHUYAMA]

This is not what you want, but should be interesting.

A toy instrument by Yamaha:

    http://shop.music-eclub.com/detail.msp?id=128

Unfortunately, all the contents are in Japanese.

 - No string
 - Neck has full of switches and LEDs
 - The LEDs flash according to the song data stored in the instrument
   (Similar to keyboards with LEDs. One hand play is possible.)
 - Tremolo arm
 - Loudspeaker (Amp is not needed)
 - 20 tones (guitars, basses, Japanese string instrument, banjo, and
piano ;-)
 - Midi in/out
 - Around 200 US$

Regards,  Sam Hoshuyama

> Dominic Tarr wrote:
> 
> > >I don't really follow what you're thinking, and I would like to see
> > >something like this working, but wouldn't you need to press six
> > >separate pieces of fretwire into each fret slot (and figure out how to
> > >wire to them), and use a non-metallic bridge, to keep the whole mess
> > >from just shorting together when you play notes on more than one
> > >string? And are you planning on using a wired pick to trigger notes,
> > >or a piezo bridge pickup, or?  And fret buzz will probably be an
> > >issue.
> >
> > sorry, I forgot to mention a few things...
> > there would only need to be one string going up the fretboard, because the mc202 is monophonic, and the trigger buttons will also transpose the note. prehaps your thinking too much of a guitar, I'm thinking of some thing that is halfway between a keyboard with a kneck, and an actual guitar (with  midi pickups or what ever...)

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Osamu (Sam) HOSHUYAMA      houshu at rogers.com
                              Ottawa, CANADA
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