reminds me of Speedy and Jimmy check out Dave Bunker on Youtube lots to see
plus Ralph Novak said you have to pay tribute to a true innovator
his site is here
click here more posts soon - just getting a second wind as some new guitar designs require a lot of preparation. stuff so complex I need to submit copy to pay tribute!
I feel stupid talking about the idea of "new history" does anyone want to go out on a limb and tell me when old history ended and new history began? in relation to what? let me cut to the chase. people are making reproductions of classic guitars. beat up like they have been played to death. is that the equivalent of a civil war re-enactment? what is the point of a civil war re-enactment? is anyone going to change the result? just to see what could happen? an amazing modern history. plus the saddest offer of all anyone want to use these designs? they are OPEN SOURCE!
with a duty of care
maybe look at this video
the first question I asked without knowing about a time line was, when was this made?
looks like yesterday. no, strike that, today.
before I go ahead i would like to say that this is not an electric guitar it is a semi-acoustic guitar. but that is obvious.
this is difficult - read the whole story from the home page
click here it is not so much something has ended it is that a design is still alive and can be advanced.
so many distinctive styles that seem to made by more than one designer
but that is not the case here
Jens Ritter Instruments and what instruments shapes and angles appearing in places I could not imagine the shapes are what I love a personal identity that forgets about convention I can't believe this, after everything I have written. I am talking about convention I saw this being played on Letterman
with LED fret markers. it was alive with electricity, and it sounded great. then there is this the Isabella Benson tribute
I loved white rabbit by George Benson
I was a big fan of his octaves - for a while
this is a guitar in his collection when he played electric - with Chet, Lenny and others - he was great. because he could hold his own. get excited by the rest
Pagelli Guitars so we have a collaboration between two designers and we have categories acoustic arch top electric basses innovations
plus there is a statement on the home page via introduction
"A while ago, we decided that it was time to feature some new content on
this website. But given how we’re a two-person show, things don’t
always happen as quickly as we’d like - there are just always too many
fires burning at once!"
the idea that there are too many fires burning at once terrifies me - I used to live in a national forest that was prone to bush fires.
but what the heck, out of the frying pan and into the fire! so let's go through the food groups acoustic
there is a lot to investigate here the hollow headstock is something I want to talk about further you have a bridge and tail piece that reminds me of a certain design and I am loathed to say "gypsy" or "jazz" in my mind, the body suggests "jumbo" forget symmetry. look at it who says the sound hole has to be anywhere but here? arch top
I would say that this is an expansion on a theme
same shape but with a pickup
having said that - I am at a loss
there is probably a universe of difference electric
if I call this retro you have full permission to punch my head in. sure, bigsby and pretty standard looking humbuckers. does the shape have a certain function? the finish reminds me of certain lap steel guitars I collect. and they sound awesome. it looks like a different version of the two previous body shapes. basses.
the whole thing screams ergonomic where are the strap holders? I see one.... let alone, where are the controls? Innovations
a guitar that has a stone top? let alone, where is the sound hole?
then there is one guitar that can be converted into many guitars. I am just skimming the surface the full story click here
the website is the best monument to so many amazing designs.
now we have a designer before us who has approached many designs beyond guitar. so we arrive at a new guitar design and it is fret less it is ergonomic it is glorious.
plus it is of some interest to one of our roving researchers.
Tom Fryer.
have a look at the video.
then there is the instrument
I know I am obsessing with the term ergonomic, but the shape suggests this.
here is the back
through body with humbuckers
what a sexy profile! the full story is here click here so much to look at!
