Tag: guitar

The Guitar That Can Type An Email Makes Email Interesting Again
For me, checking and replying to emails is the most boring part of my workday. It's the only boring part actually. I have learned to accept that it's a necessary evil since so much business is done online these days. The bizarre thing to me is that email marketing is still the number one most effect ...

Mario Guitar Is Another Flawless Custom Build
To get a little bit of a retro feeling into my day, I recently set out to play some Duck Hunt on the old Nintendo NES. It was almost a surreal feeling to once again point that infrared gun at the TV while trying to hit those ducks. It surely isn't as precise as all of the gadgets we have available t ...

TRON Custom Guitar Build Is A Lightshow In Itself
It is amazing what people create to make a stage show a lot more intriguing. All we have to do is have a look at Lady Gaga for example, and we'll see that a show can be as creative as the limit of our imaginations. Of course it takes a lot of people to pull off the most groundbreaking shows, but it' ...

Han Solo In Carbonite Guitar Custom Build
Discovering creative new instrument builds that have just been unveiled to the world never get old. Usually instruments of today are within the interface of your computer and are controlled by a midi keyboard. But sometimes a creative and dedicated person sets out to create something that we haven't ...

R2-D2 Guitar Build For The Sci-Fi Rockstar
It's time once again to open that sci-fi door and see what could possibly be behind it this time around. We have come to learn that people really like to make things that combine their favorite hobby with a real life item. In this particular case, that would be Star Wars and a guitar. Well, it is re ...

TabStrummer Lets You Rock Out With Key Strokes
Is there anything cooler than technological innovation? I guess there is, but it so happens that without it, we wouldn't be able to show you these articles and bring you the awesomeness so to speak. Pretty much everything is powered by electronics these days, and to get by, we need to understand it ...

iTar: Convert Your iPad Into A Real Guitar & Much More
The gadgets that Apple launches always have a primary use, but fans of the Apple brand have always found ways to push more things into their already feature-packed gadgets. It's not by coincidence that Apple keeps on giving their users the tools to create their own stuff to enhance their products. I ...

Extraordinary Guitar Sculptures Rock The World Even Harder
We have seen some amazing instruments created from all kinds of stuff here. We've featured everything from a Millennium Falcon guitar to a Nintendo NES Harmonica (or whatever you want to call it). They are all uber creative, and I can almost say that I would totally pick one of those over an ordinar ...

An Air Guitar Performance Like You’ve Never Seen Before
My friends and I used to play our air guitars all the time in the 80s. Back then, there was nothing quite like the exhilarating feeling that came from playing an air guitar to Guns N' Roses or Def Leppard. Then when were were old enough to drive, it was all about playing the keyboard on the steering ...

Why Bother With A Diva Artist: The All Robot Band
I couldn't even tell you how many times I have worked with people in the studio who keep their diva personality up in the air as best they can. It's not only annoying, but it brings all the creativity down to a minimum, if even that. At those times, you just want to scream, but that would probably n ...

Geektastic: Millennium Falcon Bass Guitar That Works
I remember back around the beginning of 2010, there were pictures of a Millennium Falcon bass guitar making the rounds on the Internet. It wasn't a real guitar. It was made to look like a real bass guitar, but you couldn't actually play it. That's cool and all, but true Star Wars geeks know that in ...

For Music Lovers: The Handmade Guitar String Bracelet
This is creativity at its best. Who would ever think to hand roll vintage sheet music and carefully coil steel guitar strings to create a beautiful bracelet? Tanith Rohe, a jewelry maker from the San Fransico Bay area, did. She is a self-proclaimed urban archaeologist and thrift store shopper.
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Jimi Hendrix Recreated With 5,000 Guitar Picks
Now that's what I call a tribute! What better way to pay homage to one of the greatest guitar players of all time than to recreate him in the form of a colorful mosaic made with 5,000 guitar picks? I never knew the magic of Jimi Hendrix's music since that was a little before my time, but I've read e ...

Nintendo NES Guitar: It Doesn’t Get Much More Old School
There have been a ton of customizations during 2010, and it seems the trend is going to continue in 2011. We've seen pretty much everything become an instrument that you can actually use to rock your heart out with. What makes some of these people take their beloved epic '80s gear and mod them int ...

Frostie: Future Design Puts Sound To Your Air Guitar
Working with music, I often come across a lot of people who think they are the next big thing. Sometimes they are better than others, but there is always a reason why artists like Michael Jackson, Madonna and Celine Dion are world renowned, and it hasn't got much to do with luck. The world is full ...