Sine - Shaping Sound Through Motion | Guitar with Physical Volume, Expression & CV

[@versoinstruments]

Thanks for watching! I'm curious to hear your thoughts on Sine! Is there something you would love to use it for? Cheers, Robin

[@JulienMarga]

Love the idea and the possibilities with the Lehle extension, it could really fit in my playing and projects ! If the click could be noiseless, that would be perfect (at 3:42). I wonder also about the durability of the sine pad during the years after many pressures on it, maybe you have info about this ? Best regards

[@versoinstruments]

@@JulienMarga Thanks Julien! Yeah, the click: its actually the relais creating a tiiiiny vibration that is transferred through the guitars body, heard by the pickup (because it senses body resonance from the metal surface). Its a bit unfortunate but I probably wont be able to get rid of it. Regarding the durability of the sine pad im very confident that its functionality wont suffer with use and age. It basically is a huge metal spring, used far below its maximum deformation limits. I think it wont even loose a bit of its responsivness over decades. Also the upper limit mechanism (you can't pull it into the strings) is built from very durable materials (Brass, stainless steel, screwed nylon rope) and in case of failure is easily repairable.

[@JulienMarga]

@@versoinstruments Thanks for this detailed response ! 👍

[@dasczwo]

far out, pushing wood and pickup voodoo in the background and doing this! beautiful. id go stereo. run it into guitar midi 3. play my digitones arpegiator while going thru stereo harmonic monks and my delay llamas....

[@Trentstone121]

I'm not too impressed. Seems most of this can be handled by an expression pedal and isn't useful in a live setting. That being said, I'd be interested in a 12 string version. That headstock is ugly. I'd carve that immediately.

[@saxwastaken]

Finally a guitar with an actual tremolo

[@versoinstruments]

@@saxwastaken haha so true! I decided against calling it tremolo because everyone would think it’s a vibrato. The terms are just too mixed up 😂

[@VirtualModular]

Pedantic maybe, but entirely correct! 😂

[@Woozy.0]

They finally did it!

[@ReoGitar]

WHAT THE FUCK, SAX????????

[@최승호-q3d]

for real😂 lmao

[@JoydeepBose]

Guitar has such a fundamental design that it hard to imagine anything beyond its present form. But thanks to you guys, finally someone is thinking out of the box. Incredible. That’s my next guitar.

[@versoinstruments]

thanks mate!

[@Imposibilitron]

Impressive! It's hard to come up with something new in a guitar, but you did it. I've seen many designs of moving pickups, but only you came up with the obvious idea that was always there: that the pickup is magnetic and can be magnetized to a surface

[@bolttracks]

I want a bass with those capabilities. The option to use the pickups for different strings on its own brings up so many cool use cases!

[@twosnakse]

That's really nice. Innovation in the guitar without being gimmicky should be celebrated!

[@andrewdeen6319]

I’m super impressed!! Congratulations on a very ORIGINAL design concept and actual instrument! You have added to the world with this! Thanks!

[@versoinstruments]

@@andrewdeen6319 thank you so much!!

[@Ravenkiwi]

A baritone and a bass should be additions to the lineup of guitars you guys make! ❤

[@CFChristian]

Looks like they are....

[@Ravenkiwi]

@CFChristian I am now even more excited!

[@QWRTkeyboard]

They have baritone and bass but they are different than this (Sine). They are similar to Cosmo their other guitar.

[@BoojayDeeth]

This is an interesting design piece. I salute you for your efforts at a different approach. For me it doesn't solve any problems I have with electric guitar. At a $2000 price point (with a long waiting list) there are other options that would suit me better. Good luck with the project.

[@LeoPerantoni]

Wow this is EXTREMELY creative and innovative. I absolutely love it. Thinking of all the possibilities that can be done with it and a modular synth. Aaaaaa my mind is blown!

[@versoinstruments]

Thank you, Leo!! I havent even found the time to hook it up to my moog grandmother - but It'll be wild!

[@alexanderh2715]

I'm impressed. The guitars look like expensive design object, too. The price for the baritone even with customisation is great on top of the crazy unique features. Very cool! 😊

[@versoinstruments]

@@alexanderh2715 thank you!! Glad you like my prices too!

[@andrewkovaliov6625]

Bravo 👏 Very impressive concept and design

[@GiovahPerez]

by the end.....something new! cuteness! and nice features.

[@chair_audio]

Congratulations to this release! Well done. We love innovating the electric guitar!

[@vitalepitts]

I already liked the folded sheet metal look of the Andrew Huang guitar, but making this fold an expression input is honestly such a revolutionary idea

[@7mint]

Oh no, it's beautiful and functionally inspirational, I want one 😭

[@KooperKyle]

I haven’t seen these sort of innovations on a guitar before, fantastic job this looks super cool!

[@StephenMcLeod]

what an interesting looking thing

[@1wildrogue]

Hey Stephen, I see we have a similar youtube algo. Or maybe did I see this video because you commented?

[@-jank-willson]

is your brother kevin?

[@jimsoloway]

Some seriously innovative features in this guitar. Just the pickup setup alone would be enough to be impressive but the whole package is almost overwhelming in all that it offers. Bravo!

[@onguitars]

Mindblowing! You found the most intuitive, inspiring and visually appealing interaction on the guitar to control external effects. Your work is truely outstanding, Robin.

[@versoinstruments]

Thanks so much, Christop! It really means a lot to me :)

[@hanger9083]

I love the idea of having expresision control directly on the instrument, and the design is amazing, but im not sure if this is the ideal solution, it looks very limiting in what you are able to play while using it (basically only thumb strokes?). maybe something you could press down against with your elbow would have been a better option? That would allow for finger picking while simultaneously using the sine pad.

[@hanger9083]

again, amazing product anyway, just popped into my head :)

[@versoinstruments]

@@hanger9083 you can press it with your ellbow/ forearm, but it’s pretty firm/ tough to do and not really realistic. But I think it allows for some different techniques and requires some time to get used to it. He only knew the guitar for a bout a week before recording the video, so this style of playing was his preference at that moment of recording. Personally I play it for a longer time and am a bit more fluid in using the pad (but he’s playing the guitar so damn well :) )

[@NickThunnda]

I like the movable pickups and scratch plate. Sounds beautiful too.

[@grimtapestry5585]

I think this is a sneak peek into the future of guitar. Awesome stuff.

[@zockroach]

Having one of these for studio work - especially with ableton as a daw - would be incredibly inspiring.

[@reghunt2487]

I've lost count how many times I watched this.

[@seantblackwood]

Looks fascinating

[@SophieMusic-g9r]

Oh! My! G..........!!!!!!!!! 😮😮😮 Amazing job who ever invented this!!!! I haven't been this excited in years!!!

[@versoinstruments]

Thank you!!

[@SlowHaste]

Wow, this is crazy innovative but also uniquely designed and most importantly, looks FUN

[@rickc2102]

You had me at the moving pickups, but wow what a thing y'all got there.

[@1wildrogue]

Normally I'm not so easily impressed with added midi implementations, but this looks fantastic. Love the movable picks as well. Could be great for adding additional octaves for bass to the lower strings.

[@wilaustu]

I'm all for this kind of imaginativeness.

[@clacclackerson3678]

Imagination.

[@wilaustu]

@ both are words, yes

[@ryanojeda7839]

In absolute awe and bewilderment at the ingenuity behind this innovation! Endless possibilities and applications with this brilliant design. Tipping my hat to you all the way from Texas, Mr. Stummvoll

[@versoinstruments]

Thanks so much! My best wishes back to Texas! :)

[@MARKD4WEE3]

I have mental mantras that might help me in stuff like this- the self is stronger than the weakness, the mind is intelligent more than the brain, I'm my best when I'm not trying to be better but when I'm doing what I know, best. Anything that motivates someone into doing rather than thinking. When someone is doing, thoughts flow like a stream, eventually when you allow the brain to stop building dams of obstruction, or squirreling around on thoughts, the divine spirit can flow through. The action of doing allows the mind to flow through metaphysically and perform many miracles. I'm a creator and I've struggled with severe self doubt, even been overwelmingly stricken with it. I'm totally reeling in the content in this video, and it's hitting me deep how I can begin to look at myself and say powerfully positive things to myself and allow it to bring more of the best of me to light in my life. TL:DR- Thank you for this!

[@jrettetsohyt1]

Cool! I’d also like to see an alternate version where the midi pressure is controlled on the opposite side of the guitar, where the forearm of the picking hand is often touching it and applying pressure anyways - yet you don’t have to stop picking as normal. Seems more natural to me. Thanks!

[@versoinstruments]

@@jrettetsohyt1 of course you can press it there too, it’s just player preference :) But it’s a bit tougher to do - needs quite some pressure there

[@mykopy]

Very cool and the reverse headstock is the best for string tension. But, I would recommend lining the tuners up to create straight string pull on the headstock. It would provide better tuning stability and lessen the sideways tension on the strings.

[@theprisonier]

That’s awesome. Something new. Crazy.

[@chargernoises]

A breath of fresh air in this backwards business.

[@ulrichmueller-romeike7037]

Instantly ordered - what an innovative instrument...

[@versoinstruments]

Awesome! Thanks so much for your support Uli!

[@AFireInAsa]

Love anyone doing new things with guitars, awesome.

[@geoffcline9593]

Brilliant! SO creative and intuitive. And most importantly. it sounds GREAT.

[@versoinstruments]

Thanks man!!!

[@gimmenames9039]

Dude you outdid yourself with this! Wow! Just wow!

[@strangledwithascarf6967]

You have a box with beatifull and ergonomic designs and shapes. But you choose to think out of the box....

[@GeraldChau]

Super awesome Robin. Was so glad to meet you last year and enjoy the Orbit in NZ!

[@taz-b5m]

It's funny how no one has mentioned this, but what does this do that you can't do with a pedal? Using your foot will free up your right hand to keep playing too.

[@versoinstruments]

This feature primarily serves as a physical volume control, which offers a unique sound that can't be replicated by electronic volume control. Additionally, the optional Lehle expression brings a functionality that differs from traditional foot-controlled expression pedals. Its momentary nature allows for entirely new use cases. Your hands are much more precise and way quicker than your feet. It automatically returns to zero, so it requires you to rethink how you use effects and leads to super interesting interactions. From a performance perspective, hand gestures are more engaging and visually interesting for the audience compared to foot movements. Again, this is not replacing an expression pedal. It is something entirely different.

[@MakePerceive2]

Congrats, looks great. Love to see new ideas and innovation

[@Domn879]

I’m never going to buy this, but I’m so glad cool things like this are being made.

[@JohnNoirSmith]

Hope this'll make its way to Norway

[@versoinstruments]

@@JohnNoirSmith I ship world wide!

[@mekakushirecord]

Awesome guitar but also god the narrator's voice is so soothing

[@versoinstruments]

@@mekakushirecord thanks mate - it’s just me talking (the builder). Guess I’m a chill guy haha

[@adriannorth6333]

This is utterly brilliant

[@versoinstruments]

thanks mate!

[@GoblinWar]

I really like this, I think that people are starting to realize that there's very little important about the guitar that's important besides just being comfortable to play Bit too expensive for my blood but I'll definitely buy one if you do a commodity grade line

[@GoblinWar]

I think from a critique perspective I think that having the expression where it is isn't the best, I'd prefer to see it under the elbow where a cutout typically is

[@TheBrassLungs]

This would be a killer studio guitar

[@txmbkrmusic-qy6uf]

This is cool. Almost makes me wanna play guitar (bass player)

[@thiloeichhorn2654]

Great guitar. Great guitarist! 🤩

[@versoinstruments]

Thanks! Ephraim is awesome!

[@coljimusic]

This is so cool! Super innovative, great work!

[@frishdaw]

This is very cool, extremely innovative love it

[@FistaKiller]

Finally some innovation in the guitar industry.

[@jamesoniris2647]

Having to bend the actual body to tremolo/vibrato is actually so funny and cleaver

[@essmunson]

mkgee would go crazy on this

[@versoinstruments]

that'll be actually pretty cool

[@collisiondevices]

Robin, this is excellent!!! ♥

[@versoinstruments]

Thank you guys!! Imagine this with TARS! Mayhem!!

[@collisiondevices]

@@versoinstruments would be amazinnnng - we have to do this

[@modulated_]

fucking AMAZING innovations going on here. absolutely love it!

[@andrew6889-p5c]

Why make the headstock like that? Straight string pull is much better for tuning. Please don't tell me that is just an aesthetic choice. I think this is a creative idea. It does look like you could achieve some expression that isn't possible with a foot.

[@versoinstruments]

@@andrew6889-p5c thanks! A few words to break angles: A kink in a string is physically always the same: a single point of contact. When it is rotated around the string axis, almost nothing changes (but pressure direction). That means just the slots have to be cut slightly angled and it’s literally the same outcome as a straight line. Also: This is a fairly mellow angle especially since the headstock angle itself is super low (which is much more important). Once the nut is cut properly it just works 100%. I’m doing this design for five years now and many clients love how tuning stable they are compared to their other guitars. Any Gibson style (three times greater headstock angle!) or those using string trees (friction) have much more to concern imo- yet that’s what everybody is using and no one is complaining.

[@wheatthicks]

@@versoinstrumentsThat’s not correct. When the angle is straight downward the only point of friction is against the bottom edge of the nut. In your design you have two points of friction, the bottom and the side of the nut slot. This is especially bad on wound strings. Take the feedback. The design is bad.

[@versoinstruments]

​@@wheatthicks Good you know things so well 👍

[@wheatthicks]

@@versoinstruments Keep treating potential customers with snark and see how far that gets you, champ.

[@johnwest6083]

Literally anyone who has plyaed guitar for a long time knows this isnt true. I dont care what your scientifc explanation is, I have experienced the contrary. You made a mistake somewhere

[@TaylorTheOtter]

Very interesting concept and from what I can see, very well executed.

[@TheStarBlack]

This is a really important development for people with no feet

[@terminalglimmer]

This was really inspiring!

[@jamesgrant3343]

I think the moveable pickups idea is genius. The rest of it - I think a good volume pedal and bigsby trem would probably work better. I think I really like the idea though!

[@tamarabrugara]

They already had a model with the movable pick-ups, this is a evolution of that. The origional is a all sheetmetal body

[@AllanGildea]

Amazing! Congratulations.

[@theNoriLi]

this is so cool omg i really want one of these for sound design

[@DYSTmusic]

Love the ingenuity

[@jwstout007]

I was a fan of the Cosmo already, wow! Hope you travel to NAMM 2025, would love to see either of those models in person!

[@versoinstruments]

@@jwstout007 I do! See you there? I’m with the boutique guitar showcase booth :)

[@jwstout007]

@@versoinstruments I'll be sure to stop by!

[@monophonoise4548]

This looks great!

[@hozae6368]

Such a craftsmanship, Im trying to sell my current guitar to get yours.

[@versoinstruments]

yay!!

[@luigig6256]

Intriguing. I do wonder why the head stock has the machine heads straight along?

[@ericdelbrocco2712]

Simply Genius

[@mytchmacfarlane]

yo that is wonderful

[@glitchorange5351]

Hopefully i will be able to buy this one day 😊

[@keir_uhh]

aggressively cool

[@LetBenCook]

This is amazing

[@himanshulakra3101]

What an innovation

[@nunyabusiness6691]

This just sounds you just over engineered a tremelo/reverb pedal. Also, can this guitar actually be played? The guy in the video looks like he is having a hard time playing anything other than a few extended chords.

[@thebatman6201]

I was saying how it seems wrong to have to use a whole hand.. maybe a lever to let me play and............. wait a minute..

[@versoinstruments]

@@nunyabusiness6691 the geometry is basically just like every other guitar and very comfortable. However Ephraim is sitting and plying it in the vid - he also does that using his tele or whatever model.

[@Ren_Zekta]

I think that's a very cool idea

[@yiwang5250]

Amazing!

[@MaTTheWish]

Very good design.

[@thebatman6201]

I think needing to remove the entire hand to operate the mechanism is a mistake. I think an inverted tremolo bar would to allow you to control the pressure without taking your fingers off the strings. Right now players have a choice. Use the gimmick or play. Give them both

[@connorsol]

I wish the "lever" for the guitar body could be controlled by the "elbow area" of the playing arm so that it could be affected by squeezing down on the guitar in any playing position without needing to take hands off of normal playing, or playing the with a pick etc

[@andrewmccombs7347]

It looks like a Muppet in a leisure suit should play it.

[@KramerTheCourier]

Theres no way I'll ever be able to afford one, but they're neat.

[@GhostBoiDidit]

@ichikanito needs to play this guitar ASAP!!!

[@princelysnail1998]

How comfortable is it to play though? The body shape is the only limiting factor for me. I’d be interested if more shapes become available

[@abominablemusic]

very cool idea!

[@MyArmHurtsBad]

this is insane.

[@mybachhertzbaud3074]

Great Idea, sadly I am to the point I can no longer play the gear I have. I do wish you well in your endeavor and hope to see someone make good use of this.😁🎶🎸🎶🎹🎶Play On

[@petedazer3381]

That is really impressive! Only drawback is where the controls are located at.

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

And the headstock.

[@versoinstruments]

@@petedazer3381 thanks man! Pressing the potentiometers backsides into the body would have been a bigger drawback I guess :) different ideas require different solutions

[@cannaguitars4593]

Industrial design at its best!

[@versoinstruments]

Danke Jakob!!!

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

Except for the headstock 😢

[@renn6699]

Can it chug?​@@versoinstruments

[@cannaguitars4593]

@@TheScreamingFrog916 A very reductive design for sure. Very Bauhaus. It fits the overall design very well. Not everyone's taste for sure, and that's a good thing.

[@Jim-g3q]

Nice.. I would like to see a design that doesn't have the right forearm in contact with the surface that bends, though. I guess it could be negligible, but makes me think how it would hold up after hundreds of bending done everyday for years, especially with the forearm pressing on it too. Too close to the fulcrum to do much, maybe. If rebound was produced by a replaceable spring of some sort, that would be cool.

[@versoinstruments]

Hey! The armrest is made for exactly that: Resting your forearm on it - super comfy! Also the whole 1mm steel sheet acts as the spring and its under permanent tension when not pressed (pulled down to a defined and adjustable height). The up and down movements are far under the threshold where the metal gets bent permanently, far from its limits. So im certain: this will last a lifetime :) Adding springs underneath would overcomplicate it.

[@jakubkarwacki1214]

Love it. You should definitely send one to Mac DeMarco

[@versoinstruments]

@@jakubkarwacki1214 oh - that’d be a dream!! Thanks my friend :)

[@neleknut2379]

Wow I am sceptical of a lot of gimmicky new stuff but this is a beautiful design. Even if the new functions would be useless, it would be great

[@RainOtherwell]

Why do I have a desire to hug the guitar?

[@kierenmoore3236]

Interesting. Is the extreme angle on the Low E (esp.) for functionality (?!?!), or just to give a distinctive look/headstock … I ask, because I agree with others that the styling of the neck/headstock needs work …

[@Cloud_Brn]

Amazing!! I’ve loved seeing your designs progress over the last few years, I’m impressed! My dream is to work at a company like yours, but I’m based in Virginia at the moment…

[@V_Dgt]

🔥 Interesting Impressive Creative