X-rated Bob wrote
I'm thinking that it costs a lot of money to lug around lots of guitars and amps and pedals so that you can have the right sound for each song. Even for big bands. And there's the whole carbon footprint thing. Sooner or later somebody's going to twig that the Edge needs a small airliner just to take his kit from gig to gig.
Having a guitar like this could mean a studio player needing to carry one guitar and a laptop and being able to use taxis and underground services to get from session to session, or being able to put it all into the boot of his car.
I think there's a market for this kind of instrument.
Good point, but in that case couldn't we argue that Line 6 already looked at it (amp, effects and guitar models in one package) with the Variax and POD? I'd definitely agree that technology does move the game on, and while the early incarnations can range from immature to pointless, sooner or later we'll see something we really like and go for. After all, it wasn't that long ago that people were grumbling against digital photography and look at how that's matured.
The usable tech will come through, and the pointless (and clunky) gimmicks will fall by the wayside.
