http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/ Engadget Comments for You Rock Guitar spotted at CES, we shred on video http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/Jan 8th 2010 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/
What are they accomplishing, MIDI guitars are an old concept. They're about 200 bucks on musicians friend. I don't see how this will let you bend strings, do palm mutes, do normal mutes or anything that makes you feel like your genuinely playing guitar. ]]>Jan 8th 2010 11:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/
...it's a touch sensitive guitar that works like a guitar, sounds like a guitar, can output through an app like a guitar, that has tuning configurations that can you can switch on the go, *and* it doubles as a video game peripheral.

I'm pretty sure that's a significant enough accomplishment. They've finally been able to bring the two words together, which, rumor has it, is what Harmonix is gonna try to be doing with the next Rock Band iteration. I repeat: color me impressed.]]>Jan 8th 2010 11:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/That should just be a matter of sufficiently sophisticated sensors and driver software.]]>Jan 9th 2010 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/
How the hell are they supposed to pickup muted strings!?

And at the very last few seconds of the video you can hear the guy say" it doesn't support ben-" It cuts off right after that. ]]>Jan 9th 2010 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/Jan 9th 2010 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/Jan 9th 2010 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/
Well you feel pretty dumb now don't you?]]>Jan 9th 2010 9:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/I'm not saying this isn't a nifty accomplishment, but tiptup had a point. MIDI enabled guitars have been around for quite a while, and not just as novelty items.

@rockdog
Latency is an issue with any MIDI controller, MIDI enabled guitars can be just as responsive (or not) as a keyboard, percussion, or wind controlled devices.

To anyone who doubts that MIDI guitars have been around for years, or how effective they can be, I simply point you to http://www.roland.com/products/en/GR-20/]]>Jan 10th 2010 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/I'll add that as a cheap(ish) video game peripheral, this is quite an achievement. As a strictly technological advance, not so much...]]>Jan 10th 2010 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/
Whammying a note is way different then bending a note. It's a totally different type of maneuver.

What you described is palm muting. Yes that would be possible if it had a button down near the bridge. I'm talking about muting a string where your fingers rest over the string near the center of the neck. Also describe how you're supposed to do harmonics on this.

@kenny
No, actually I don't.

Neither of you know what you're talking about.]]>Jan 10th 2010 10:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/
It's funny because you're completely missing the point of my original comment. It's not that MIDI guitars or this MIDI guitar can't do such and such specific things you would be able to do on a real guitar, it's that these guys have a working prototype of a MIDI guitar, that can be used as a nearly fully functional guitar, with little to no latency problems, and can also be switched over to work as a video game peripheral.

That is significant, because no one's done that before, or if they have, it wasn't anything successful or worth talking about. Stop bickering about minute bullshit. You sound like a raving idiot.]]>Jan 10th 2010 10:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/
I do admit that the abillity to have a jam intstrument also being able to play on rockband/gh to be cool. I was just assuming you thought MIDI guitars are an amazing new technology or one that hasn't already been done well.

See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4989MOL8k8&feature=related

]]>Jan 11th 2010 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/Jan 8th 2010 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/Jan 8th 2010 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/Jan 8th 2010 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/Jan 9th 2010 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/Jan 8th 2010 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/Jan 8th 2010 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/Jan 8th 2010 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/Jan 8th 2010 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/Jan 9th 2010 8:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/Jan 8th 2010 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/Jan 8th 2010 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/
You can't even pretend that this counts as an instrument. It can't produce real music, and what does emit from it sounds terrible. Infinite terrible.]]>Jan 8th 2010 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/
@HardToBelieve Well, a hive mind would produce music by committee, so you're probably right about the sound. But it's definitely an instrument… an instrument of EVIL!]]>Jan 8th 2010 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/
Resistance is futile.]]>Jan 8th 2010 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/
Darn it! I was just getting my resistance on…]]>Jan 8th 2010 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/Jan 9th 2010 8:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/Jan 8th 2010 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/
Exactly. The thing that is killing all of these "innovative" video games is the plastic crap they sell with it.

If you're a hardcore gamer, at this point you have a (cheap plastic) wheel-less skateboard, drum-set, two guitars, a beatmania dj thingy, a dj hero thingy, and a couple of ddr dance pads.]]>Jan 9th 2010 3:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/Jan 9th 2010 8:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/Jan 8th 2010 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/Jan 8th 2010 8:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/Jan 8th 2010 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/I didn't notice it... at what point in the video?]]>Jan 8th 2010 8:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/Never mind that...]]>Jan 8th 2010 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3100/2452406615_63b5cb66fa.jpg ), so this is just the next step to ruining music. First it was autotune, and then it was kids playing music from their iPod while screaming in a mic at live shows and calling that a "band." ( http://www.myspace.com/bloodonthedancefloor ) Waiting for the Singularity http://singularity.com .]]>Jan 8th 2010 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/Jan 8th 2010 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/Jan 8th 2010 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/Jan 8th 2010 9:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/Jan 8th 2010 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/Jan 9th 2010 8:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/Jan 8th 2010 10:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/Jan 8th 2010 10:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/
It's a midi guitar. It's not actually tuned. So you could probably set any tuning you like. ]]>Jan 8th 2010 11:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/Jan 9th 2010 8:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.youtube.com/user/YouRockGuitar , the company's YouTube channel. In particular, you might want to check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC_Z0SCRvDc (an interview of George Pajon, Jr., studio and stage guitarist for the Black Eyed Peas among others) and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-2sd4odKik (part 1 of an interview of Karl Aranjo, guitar educator and author of six guitar teaching books). They interview Pajon in his studio and have it hooked up to a quality amp--he sounds fantastic playing it and bubbles over with enthusiasm for it, giving numerous details of _why_ he likes it so much. The same thing goes for the Aranjo interview. There are many other interviews on their YouTube channel, with other pro guitarists as well as with a few rhythm game experts, like Danny Johnson, 3 time Guitar Hero Guiness record holder, who talk about how they feel about it. Now, either this tiny little company managed to pay all of these people to sell out their professional reputations to lie about their products or it really is as good as they claim it is.

Don't judge it on how it sounds as played by a blog staff writer of undetermined skill while standing on a busy show room floor through its built-in speaker, recorded by the mic on a handheld camera. I don't think that it's intended to replace every guitar that you might own or buy, but it has its legitimate uses, worth at least the $180 they're asking for it.]]>Jan 9th 2010 2:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/Jan 9th 2010 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/you-rock-guitar-spotted-at-ces-we-shred-on-video/Jan 9th 2010 10:36AM