Is This the Future for Electric Guitar Tone?

[tonello]

Not happening. Ever. Even if I have to build it myself, there is no way in hell that I'm playing something like that. You can't digitalize everything, and electric guitar is meant to be analog. Look at amps. Everything else has gone to transistors, but almost any guitarists will tell you that tube sounds better. If Gibson makes that, then I quit playing. I will literally stop listening to music.

[ItsaBass]

Do they make one that'll take my RAZR V3?

[BEACHBUM]

If it don't make you sweat and thump you in the chest it ain't Rock & Roll.

[crguti]

A volume knob just under the neck pickup? haha, what a stupid design.

That guitar is 100% ugly.

[P.A.Foholic]

Not without running it through a power amp. In theory, yes. Hmmm. I need to run mine through the power amp of my Marshall (effects return) and see what that sounds like.

And remember:

clips or didn't happen

[ErikH]

And remember:

clips or didn't happen

Planning on it.

[Gypsyblue]

That is not the future of electric guitar. That blue thing is not sexy at all. It's about as sensual as my computer. It's not even shaped like a woman and doesn't have the vibe of a sexy fast car either.

This is a story about why we play the guitar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjg5E...layer_embedded

[MojoMonster]

A volume knob just under the neck pickup? haha, what a stupid design.
That guitar is 100% ugly.

Without a doubt.

That is not the future of electric guitar. That blue thing is not sexy at all. It's about as sensual as my computer. It's not even shaped like a woman and doesn't have the vibe of a sexy fast car either.

Yea, I agree that this particular guitar is pretty unpleasing to the eye of a typical guitar fan.
But then it wasn't really meant to be.
IIRC, It's a signature guitar for a Japanese musician.
And those things are *never* sexy.
lol

That said, I do think the "I something" or other will be a part of the next generation of guitar/music-making.

And it won't be marketed to you or me, but to a kids who've gotten bored with dubstep, etc.

There will come a point, and probably by something more akin to the Kemper than Amplitude, where the tube amplifier will become unrecognizable from its digitized counterpart.

Sure, tube amps will still exist and guys will still buy them.
But, IMO, just like new sports cars they will become a luxury item and not a staple.
It's kind of already happening.

At some point, maybe the next generations 13-25 year-olds or their kids will recognize that it's silly to cart around a heavy, breakable, energy-hog of a rig when they can just plug their "I something" into the PA and use that.

The audience doesn't really care what you are playing thru.

[BunnyGuitarShredder]

Apple f****** wishes this was the future of guitar tone, i can really only see Applites buying into this lol, then again they have a consumerist hunger that can only be slated by buying things like this even if they can't play guitar as long as it works with their Iphone or Ipad they will buy it. Granted this is a good idea, they are just using the Apps craze as marketing to sell their product. damn this is a very negative opinion i never thought i would type up.

Also MM Apple really already is in music and guitar lol mainly for amp mods and stuff. I mean this isn't really a new idea, i have been plugging into my computer (not Apple or close to its inferiority) using GR5 and Peavey MKIII as amp modulators. The only difference here is they downsized the format as to what is more portable, or essentially a small computer, My android is like a tiny laptop for all the things i use it for.

[Frogman]

I like tubes. I like tree wood. I like transistorized overdrive devices in seasick-green boxes. I like jeans, T-shirts, domestic beer and the talented guy playing a battered Strat into a Super Reverb in the corner bar down the street on a Friday night to a crowd of college kids dancing and trying to get laid.

Maybe if I shake off some cobwebs and get an iPhone, that'll turn my head around. Maybe not.

Sig'd.

[verbotenco]

I think guitar development for the past 50 years is a testament to what guitar tone will be in the future: Nothing changes. Despite the hi-tech inventions like MIDI guitar, guitar synth, etc., people in the end resort back to guitar-stomp boxes-tube amp equation.

[Beer$]

It isnt' rock 'n' roll, it isn't punk-rock, it isn't metal... it isn't anything. It's the dorkiest contraption I've ever seen and just does not have any sort of attitude. Nor is it attitude friendly. You can't swing that thing around, you can't abuse it. You can't get beer on it and you can't even get too much sweat on it!

[Johnny-DK]

I think guitar development for the past 50 years is a testament to what guitar tone will be in the future: Nothing changes. Despite the hi-tech inventions like MIDI guitar, guitar synth, etc., people in the end resort back to guitar-stomp boxes-tube amp equation.

I agree.
No school like old school!

[Gamera]

I like tubes. I like tree wood. I like transistorized overdrive devices in seasick-green boxes. I like jeans, T-shirts, domestic beer and the talented guy playing a battered Strat into a Super Reverb in the corner bar down the street on a Friday night to a crowd of college kids dancing and trying to get laid.

This deserves a Pulitzer.

[dystrust]

Apple f****** wishes this was the future of guitar tone, i can really only see Applites buying into this lol, then again they have a consumerist hunger that can only be slated by buying things like this even if they can't play guitar as long as it works with their Iphone or Ipad they will buy it.

I believe the slur you're looking for is 'iZombie'. And likewise I don't think this is the future of guitar primarily for the reasons stated before (obsolescence etc).

[Left_Hand_Strat]

I hate this technology crap with guitars.

I HATE the Gibson Firebird X, I HATE robot guitars and I certainly would hate a Computer/Iphone further development.

Whats wrong with the old fashioned way? Guitar --> Pedals (If required) --> Amp.

If it aint broke don't fix it!!!

[astrozombie]

nothing will ever sound like tubes to my ears...

[Mincer]

I love technology and guitars. I think to find your own voice, you should find what works for you. This, however, looks very specific for one person. Why bother when someone is already doing it?

[Mykk]

I've been exploring different digital options lately for playing live and recording my basses.

With what I have been working with, still nothing sounds better than taking my bass of choice and plugging it straight into my tube pre-amp, power amp and cabs.

[Archer_of_Fish]

Read about it here.

I hope so