Over the decades we've been privileged to hear true masters of the electric guitar but even those titans of flesh and blood escape certain limitations. Speed, precision, intensity, energy... the idea of "mechanizing" an electric guitar might seem like an aberration at first, but watching Anthony Dickens' circular guitar in action proves otherwise. With the help of three engineers, Dickens created an instrument capable of developing sounds almost impossible to obtain in a traditional session without the assistance of several musicians.
Is everything already invented in music?
We complain about the similarity between songs, coming out of studios like sausages. The famous Sir Mashalot video dedicated to country music and Axis of Awesome's '4 Chord Songs' send a powerful message, but whose fault is it? Artists, producers, writers... consumers?
There's also another possibility: that new sounds require new instruments, or alternatively, a transformation of conventional instruments. Many artists have taken to the stage with extremely personalized creations, achieving excellent results. That brings us to Anthony Dickens' channel, who, with the help of three engineers (Jacob Boast, Luke Perkin and Marie Tricaud), designed a very particular electric guitar variant:
Dickens explains that his circular guitar can generate sounds, textures, and rhythms that would be impossible with a normal electric guitar. Mechanizing the strike of the strings allows him to surpass physical limits that every human guitarist must obey, while enabling a good number of buttons and switches (six of each) to expand and optimize results.
The sound is captured by a multi-channel pickup. Each string has its own output, so it can be recorded, amplified, processed, and muted individually. If we add effects available with pedals, synthesizers, and DAWs, the potential is gigantic.
Of course, no one imagines a replacement for the electric guitar (that would be crazy). Quite the opposite: Artists need more tools to deploy their creativity, and the circular guitar could become a solid complement. Unfortunately, Dickens did not share specific details about the construction process, which makes me think of a commercial release in the medium term. And now, I'd love to hear musicians' opinions. Would you use this guitar? Leave a comment!
Source: Hackaday
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