Famous Fretboarder in LED horror shock

Bridgehouse

I have videos too...

AlexC

Remember to turn the lights out when you’re done.

Bridgehouse

AlexC said:

Remember to turn the lights out when you’re done.

Apparently it weighed about 500kg and was as easy to play as a Chibson..

AlexC

What actually is it? My reading of the headstock is  Spechinmaxio - but I’m guessing I’m wrong...

Bridgehouse

AlexC said:

What actually is it? My reading of the headstock is  Spechinmaxio - but I’m guessing I’m wrong...

It was something a guy at the show had that he’d built and was looking for makers.. 

the_jaffa

So, who is the player?

Bridgehouse

the_jaffa said:

So, who is the player?

@digitalscream ;

ICBM

Bridgehouse said:

Apparently it weighed about 500kg and was as easy to play as a Chibson..

Lighter and more playable than a real Gibson, then?



I've always thought these would be amazingly cool if they had an LED under every fret/string position and tracked your playing. I think you could get a guitar with that sort of thing as a teaching tool at one time, but it worked the other way round.

Bridgehouse

ICBM said:

Bridgehouse said:

Apparently it weighed about 500kg and was as easy to play as a Chibson..

Lighter and more playable than a real Gibson, then?



I've always thought these would be amazingly cool if they had an LED under every fret/string position and tracked your playing. I think you could get a guitar with that sort of thing as a teaching tool at one time, but it worked the other way round.

Tracking was close but not perfect - it got brighter as you went up the board...

sev112

Did you also try and play those upside down Hendrix-type strats in the background

Bridgehouse

sev112 said:

Did you also try and play those upside down Hendrix-type strats in the background

One of them is @clarky ‘s pukka left hander!!!

rossi

Where is the gas refill port ?

mrkb

Was his "Cupids Dead" rendition up to speed?!? Surely those LEDs showed which note to play and when!

Bridgehouse

rossi said:

Where is the gas refill port ?

On the guitar or the player?

Bridgehouse

mrkb said:

Was his "Cupids Dead" rendition up to speed?!? Surely those LEDs showed which note to play and when!

Sadly it wasn’t plugged in, so we didn’t know how good the output was. 

Looked pretty though. 

Bridgehouse

https://youtu.be/vWAZpc8d2CI

DiscoStu

 AlexC said:

What actually is it? My reading of the headstock is  Spechinmaxio - but I’m guessing I’m wrong...

It says Spectrumaxe. 

Rocker

I would have loved a go on that guitar. Not quite convinced it would work well in a rootsy country band. Though it would be perfect for use in a Showband...

the_jaffa

Bridgehouse said:

the_jaffa said:

So, who is the player?

@digitalscream ;

Thank you sir

Alan_Parkes

I'm afraid I'm the creator and inventor of this "Spectrumaxe" guitar. Sure it's heavy, but this was just a prototype I'd built to take to the show and I hadn't fully set it up or adjusted it yet, so its a bit of a stinker to play right now. If you'd like to know more about it and the other LED guitars I've built, please check out my website at: www.spectrumaxe.com

DulcetJones

Teens protesting in the US, psychedelic lights on e-electric geetars, it's a 60's flashback!