domhatch wrote:
yeh. so the idea behind a 'modular' guitar - for me at any rate - would be more to emulate a range of different guitars. yes? you'd want something like a les paul, something like a strat, something like a tele, and so on, and you'd want something that can change from the one to the other quickly (so to speak, because you're using this thing in a gigging situation), all in one, neat package that's relatively aesthetically not vomitous.
can these do that? is that the intention?
Aesthetically I guess they can, but if we were to look at say two options 1 being a tele style and 2 being a les paul, that means that you'd have to buy two seperate pickup modules, 2 seperate bridge modules, 2 seperate body modules, 2 seperate fretboard modules and even then I would have questions like how exactly do they change scale length? How can you switch radius that easily without the action just being shit to start with? How have they attached the neck?
I mean I don't personally think that body wood has a huge influence on tone, or at least that the influence it has is greatly misplayed in the media and by guitar companies alike but I doubt that these "frame" style bodies will give us the transfer of energy we're looking for.
So after you've purchased all these extra modules that'll be proprietary to this product and given that the manufacturer is an upstart you'll probably have spent enough to just get a decent les paul and tele individually instead.
domhatch wrote:
ps - what was that line 6 guitar emulator; the variax? did anyone ever play one of those? i heard those were pretty ok? what's the difference between that concept and this?
The Variax has come very close to achieving what it's set out to do, I don't think the technology will ever be common place because guitar players seem to shy away from technologically like it's the plague or something, but the biggest problem with the original Variax was that the tech was cool but the guitar to the majority of people, myself included, felt like shit. The newer Variax models were redesigned by James Tyler and they are much better playing and feeling guitars and the technology has improved so hopefully they're gaining more market traction with that ? and there's also this:
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Meron Rigas wrote:
Maann, I love the look of the Micheal Spalt guitars. Wizard is also a fan, maybe this means he might try and incorporate some of the design cues into a build someday...
Dunno about the ego or birdfish - like the tech and the innovation. Not the look so much, but the somnium will be about 1/4 of the cost (or less) so apples and oranges to compare them to this three highend beauties.
I just think the three I posted are more modular in a purposeful and more useful way, like if you don't like the forearm contour on the Spalt or the Ego you can adjust it's location or get a new piece made to be deeper or shallower etc till you find exactly what you're looking for, I think given the inherent disparities in construction methods the Somniums will never really be anything more than a jack of all trades but master of none. If the Somnium is a 1/4 of the cost of the Birdfish it'll still probably be about $1800 and I'm pretty sure I can find a hell of a lot more guitar in that price range than it will be ?
