Comments on: Intel/Fender Telecaster Concept Guitar

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:29:01 +0000

I think it’ll sell a few but at the end of the day people with guitars just wanna rock out and won’t be bothered stopping that mid-show to poke at the LSD screen on their guitars waiting for it to load.

By: matt

matt — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 20:06:47 +0000

I agree, it is more of a gimmick than a practical guitar and I like how the digital Gibson provides both an analog and digital output.

I canâ€™t see either catching on very quickly though, especially with the veteran players. I think this is just another area they are trying to cash in on the myth that digital is always better.

I think the guitar companies would be much better off to head a direction like Line 6 with their Pod hardware. Work with computer manufacturers to develop innovative ways for the entry level player to connect existing guitars to computers.

By: Cullen

Cullen — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:52:19 +0000

Disregard my above comment. Next time I’ll pay a little bit closer attention to what you’re linking to, Serg.

By: Cullen

Cullen — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:47:20 +0000

Optical pickup systems are old. Bass players have been using them for some time.

By: Serg

Serg — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:03:54 +0000

I don’t understand why they had to ruin two classic designs such as the Telecaster and the Les Paul in order to do this. They guys behind the Variax at least used their own designs – and i’ve heard some good opinions about those guitars. If i want a Tele, i get a Tele, if a want a Les Paul i get a Les Paul. And if i want something totally different i’d probably try the Variax or…
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~handiono/techpage/laserguitar/laserguitar.html

Or i could get a laptop and stick it to the back of the guitar.

By: Cullen

Cullen — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:56:35 +0000

Just seems too gimmicy to me, the Fender that is. It will take someone far more innovative than me to make this thing seem like a good idea.

I mean, all the things they’re talking about doing, I could do with a separate guitar and laptop. Well, and a Line 6 thingy or something like that. But my point is, who would want a guitar and a laptop together? I just don’t get it.

As for the Les Paul, isn’t that the same concept as the Variax? I like that they keep the “regular” guitar and add the hex pickup funtionality unlike the Variax’s all-or-nothing approach.

By: matt

matt — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:33:09 +0000

Hahaha, yeah, your guitar will get a virus that blows your amp.

By: Serg

Serg — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 12:19:29 +0000

So i’ll have to update the software to sound better? I wouldn’t buy this, no matter how much i like computers.

Have you seen the competition? Where there’s fender, there’s gibson, and viceversa.
http://www.gibsondigital.com/