The Video Guitar

[octagon]

The original one designed by Nick Rhoades(Duran Duran).

[longhouse]

1. Lightshow 2.0

2. That is SO cool

[winston]

"The first in the world". "Big pixels" hahahahahahah what a joke.

[johnallg]

Y A W N . . . .

It is a good cause though.

[octagon]

"The first in the world". "Big pixels" hahahahahahah what a joke.

Maybe he's a bit pixilated

[jingle_jangle]

That's very cool, and potentially state of the art. I wonder why there were only random abstract images, however?

And, remember, the LS is a color organ guitar, so it responds to what's being played. I suppose this bit of primitive interaction would be no problem to get on Rhoades' instrument, though.

[collin]

That is hella cool.

Borderline cooler than the lightshow models, except for two things:

1) It's on a Fender......nothing wrong with Fender, but everythings better on a Rickenbacker
2) Like Paul said---it doesn't interact with your playing



Very cool idea. It's not actually the first video guitar though. There is this "Thing" too (terrible design, but it has a full screen etc....hence the shape):



There used to be some Youtube videos too, but I've lost the links and can't find them anymore.

[Danotron]

That's very cool, and potentially state of the art. I wonder why there were only random abstract images, however?

And, remember, the LS is a color organ guitar, so it responds to what's being played. I suppose this bit of primitive interaction would be no problem to get on Rhoades' instrument, though.

And there you go!

In my opinion that's one of the coolest things about the Lightshow guitar! I have been wanting to mention this and it looks like I found the right place to do it.

On the LS conversion Paul made for me, when I play it, I get mostly Blue and Red lights with just a few yellow ones. I let a friend try it out and when he played it was almost all yellow with just a little red and blue.

It's the same guitar so I can only attribute that to the different way we play. The guitar is responding to the player. It's interactive and personal..................how cool is that?

This video guitar looks cool to me too, but with random images, I'm diggin' the LS

[jingle_jangle]

I'm thinking what this video guitar would cost to build...eesh.

When I was dreaming up the Light Show guitars for Waterstone, I gave first thought to using a Strat-clone body, but once you consider how much surface display area is left for LEDs after you subtract the control area, switch area, and output jack, there is very little actual area available for hollowing and light placement, so I ended up using an offset waist (JM/Jag) styled body.

It seems that this video guitar must use a TFT screen, like a laptop computer, but a custom shape with special terminations.

Thassa lotta work a lottatech, a lotta expense...

[collin]

When I was dreaming up the Light Show guitars for Waterstone, I gave first thought to using a Strat-clone body, but once you consider how much surface display area is left for LEDs after you subtract the control area, switch area, and output jack, there is very little actual area available for hollowing and light placement, so I ended up using an offset waist (JM/Jag) styled body.

Yeah, my thoughts exactly----I'd also think that working space would be further decreased by the body contours.....In that case, a Tele would actually be better.