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rawrXskittles:

--- Quote from: Komodo ---Recently, I got an idea for a new design of guitar. I don't know if this has already been done before ( I probably should have researched) but the thougth just came to me and I couldn't get rid of it.

With my guitar, sometimes it's awkward becase the resistance of the strings can really slow down your thumb/pick while you're trying to play a really fast guitar rift/solo. The thought occured to me; what if there were no strings, but beams of light! Like lazer pointers!

Here's my diagram:



And here's how this is supposed to work.

Naturally, you can't hold down beams of light to pluck them at different lengths resulting in higher/lower frequencies. Nor can you pluck them at all.

But- when the frets end, you see the 'light-sensitive receiver'. When you move your thumb/pick across the beams of light, (so it's blocked and THEN revealed again) the six receivers will notice the breif lack of light, and transmit the information.

Along the neck of the guitar, the surface where you would normally hold down the strings has been replaced by sections of pressure-sensitive materials. When you press on an area of the neck of the guitar, it notices, and transmits the information. Like buttons, only more hard-core, and buttons would be weird.

For instance, let's say ou wanted to play the note 'a' on the lowest 'e' string. You'd place your finger on the area of the neck that the 'e' string would normally occupy, on the fifth fret. No slipping your finger off the strings by accident! No icky twangy noises! There's also another transmitter (fancy lightbulbs >_<.) on the end of the neck where the tuning thingies are (these can work like the volume controll on your computer speakers- they don't have to be connected to strings to send the information via twisting) . It doesn't send any information to the receivers, but it's there to tell where the 'strings' are- where you have to push down on the neck.

The information of where pressure is applied on the neck combined with the information of whether or not the receivers are getting the light can tell you what sound the guitar will make and when!

This, of course, would be very expensive to make, and not very practical in comparison to good old-fashioned strings. You'd need a computing device to put all of the information together. This might fit in a guitar, maybe not. In synopsis; Only rich rock stars could use it as a 'look, I'm awesome' thing. It really has no great use other than just a 'hey, cool' factor.

What's your opinion? Has this been done? Would you buy one if you were rich? Would it be that hard to make? Is there a flaw in the design?

Just a random idea I had.
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This is why I love my best friend. She has awesome ideas.

rawrXskittles:
I cannot tell if you are being sarcastic or not, so I will just go ahead and assume you are.

Kai:
Haha, your friend sucks enough at the guitar that she needs lasers so the "strings don't get in the way. "




It's fun to laugh when someone else is worse than you.

rawrXskittles:
Making fun of somebody doesn't make you better than they are.

And she's actually pretty good.

Misereatur:
A. Kai and Spin are right
B. This belongs in the music forum
C. I would never buy a bass with lasers for strings. Nor would I replace my current strings with lasers.

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