You won't believe the sound of this guitar

[@HeliosFish]

Wow, as if skill floor for regular organs wasn’t hard enough, that thing’s just wild

[@AH-pu8iu]

Skill ceiling *

[@thisnameistoolong9169]

​@@AH-pu8iu Definitely skill floor

[@Julian-uk6mj]

No it's ceiling. The floor stays the same but the ceiling can go on for ever. Something that's hard has a high Skill ceiling and vice versa​@@thisnameistoolong9169

[@camerongist2159]

Nah. The guitorgan has an easier learning curve since you only need your hands. Organs need both hands and feet.

[@_ch1pset]

Pretty sure rhis has a lower skill floor than an actual organ

[@slightlylessthanaveragepro8796]

Shredding to The Doors would be a dream on that guitar

[@GyzelE]

Omg yes. Robbie Krieger would shed this thing without a pick!

[@gamefox9195]

Or dire straits

[@robertlaube574]

Animals.

[@NoName-OG1]

As someone who plays midi - emulation of two handed keyboard lines is a MOFO wrist breaker!

[@Vscustomprinting]

​@@NoName-OG1 back when i was learning composition, i gave up on doing dual parts on guitar and just reserved myself to building in parts.. but i made to check out the people who do it well, and some of their techniques (in tab form) from some older 90s guitar magazines, and some older guys (whom i complete cant remember the names of) .. Working all those layers in simultaneously is real musicianship imo

[@stevendunn1314]

I would love to try to use this in a metal context.

[@buddahbrown992]

I feel like it would sound good in a black metal track some how, just got to find a way to incorporate it

[@mikajegou7106]

With a lot of ambiance

[@Sasquatch33]

Fredrik Thordendal from Meshuggah could probably do some crazy stuff with it. He is most inspired by Allan Holdsworth who used a synth guitar which is very similar to this guitar in the video.

[@pickyyeeter]

An Electro Harmonic B9 pedal would probably get you in the same ballpark

[@beatgoddynasty5526]

That's what I was jus thinking, heavy ass riff paired with organ and distortion

[@tailnotale]

My grandfather used to blow people's minds in the 60's and 70's with one of these. He was insanely good at covering the organ parts in his live bands.They were super cool, but when things started to go wrong with the wiring, forget about it. It went from amazing to unusable, non functional junk overnight, and no one can or wants to try to fix it.

[@BoomShard17]

I wanted to comment that the real test comes when understanding how to fix a problem on this device

[@newfreenayshaun6651]

This makes me think of the geek of the street that fixes phones. I'm real tempted to get one anyway

[@creamwobbly]

Find a radio amateur who builds their own stuff. They'll get it working and make it more reliable.

[@RedDed228]

Okay but can we talk about how genius this is? I mean the frets are sensors, have a computer in the back, like for the late 60's early 70's this was groundbreaking, it was genius.

[@accountemail9712]

Totally, there should be guitars like this!

[@stickiedmin6508]

Wonder how much the thing weighs?

[@firstofdecember9247]

The only “con” was how GD expensive this thing was. Holy shit. I can’t even imagine!

[@la24dogg21]

I'm seeing a lot of the older middles prior to the implementation. 350$ but uuuuk that would be hard to make or recreate

[@organfairy]

It's not a 'computer' as such. It's a polyphonic tone generator with some simple switching logic attached. Without having actually seen the circuitry I imagine that it is copied from the solo section of a 1970's home organ.

[@ite2425]

My grandfather had one. My mom said she would sit on the floor and watch him play all the time. That's a guitar on my list for sure!

[@x7heDeviLx]

Never knew it existed now I need it

[@skipads5141]

Elevator music of the '60s & '70s meets heaven

[@Piespys]

this might be my most favourite instrument now

[@richardgeisler7664]

I want to try it and Play Deep Purple organ parts

[@gaffer2602]

We all went down to Montreux

[@SentiMental5414]

I wanna put it on the flute setting to play jethro tull

[@kenfleischman]

King Crimson would go crazy on this thing too, bastard son of Robert Fripp and Mel Collins with that flute setting

[@mitch5944]

Finally can play the full Burn solo lol

[@USSCYT]

I want one so bad!

[@quetzalcoatlz]

"Wow these are sick! Wouldn't mind picking one of these to play around with!" Checks price: "Yep, I'll stick with pedals."

[@seanriley2534]

That is straight up amazing

[@crispy9175]

I LOVE it. It's insane and amazing all at once.

[@StNorthgateRecordings]

Played around with the 12 string univox guitorgan- wicked but incredibly finicky and easily broken

[@BrianNatonski-wt3mv]

I just saw one of those for sale on Reverb, looked cool af but great players they are not😊

[@ashleyavenuemusic]

"color" the "shape" of the "tone". gotta love how us musicians describe things lmao

[@jvahausstudios1276]

💯 We have our own language. When playing live they just look at me and instantly I know what they're trying to communicate with me.

[@percaros]

translated to “changes the frequency response”

[@tony_potsandpans]

The "shape" part is actually empirically accurate, at least. Those different sounds have distinct wave forms that are uniquely shaped when viewed using an oscilloscope.

[@pokefire953]

You’re not ready for the feel

[@TimpBizkit]

Synesthesia

[@cynicalclockworks9857]

Sounds like he's really got the "Christmas with Dennis" tone going.

[@stevejarosz8136]

Love it!

[@scottnierling53]

Great and informative pod. Thx

[@brianthompson7675]

Did you just flip me off

[@charlesgodwin.guitar]

50 years later and it still drives

[@khdur]

That is an incredibly cool instrument! When I hear "70s super computer" and recall what that means contextually, the mash up slogan that comes to mind is "Straight Outta RadioShack". It's got to be heavier than most of us can imagine. Kuddos to anyone who could play it for an entire set.

[@MK-1010]

Ha! Love the Radio Shack reference, full of Tandy hardware. Imagine if it had a 5.5" floppy drive you could load rhythm tracks, or other sounds on.

[@tillorrly1128]

Those engineers were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.

[@Vscustomprinting]

Loving this tune you are playing.

[@ScttSt_vocals]

What you are playing is SOOO AWESOME

[@wyattmasteka4797]

This is what aliens play on their ufos

[@ninjaturtleruby4206]

wow this is amazing to see. definitely out of its time! id love to jam on one of these!

[@funnyperson4027]

Would love to see a fusion player on this

[@jeffreybedrosian4935]

It’s time for you to make an album. This tool is your and my jam. You sound great in a way I had always hoped. Guitar organ for the win .

[@9StickNate]

Someone from my church had one. Sunday service was never the same after hearing the solo for “Screaming in the Night” on one of these.

[@user-zh6hm4yf5o]

Fascinating & well presented. Thanks mate

[@dxmxged_lotus_-9033]

This is the guitar version of Wolstenholme's bass. Holy shit

[@xxakli]

I remember back in the late 60s or early 70s in Orlando my buddy Pax Robinson had a guitar that had the organ sound Synthesized in his guitar also. He had an early version electronic drum box. He had footpedals that he played bass sounds with. And he saying. So he had guitar, organ, bass, drums, and vocals. He was a lounge singer, and he gets the same amount of money as an entire Band got, and he played like a Holiday Inn or something weekly.

[@chargersfan246]

I love it! Frets have grooves...

[@Viper-dz2kw]

The way these things work is insane

[@polosavage1]

That is genius and for it to have came out back then is awesome

[@apdiversion834]

Wow this is really fantastic, I really like it.

[@tracybreitkreutz5554]

Wow, very cool 😎. Gotta get Jake and Elwood blues back on stage and play this 😊

[@MrAcapela]

so they had the technology we use now aday with native instrument etc back then in the 70s ,just awsome

[@joseywhales5534]

That so cool! I honestly would love to sit down with someone on the team who designed these and just discuss how it’s made because it’s such an oddity. It sounds so cool too I bet it would be a blast to mess around with.

[@damon2772nomad]

Bro...where was this when I was a kid😢 that's super rad

[@R41D3RNAT10N]

Guitar + 70’s super computer = Carousel Music?

[@tomfoolery2082]

I knew someone tht had a guitorgan around 76 . He had tht thing mastered it sounded great .

[@EricLowman]

I would love one!!

[@GyzelE]

I'm amazed!! That thing is quite unique!! I love guitars

[@DiegoCurtis05]

Truly creative holy shit

[@pedalboy7]

I remember seeing one of these & trying it, just once, in a recording studio early '80s. I loved it and still sorta do.

[@BIZKITJODE]

I'm 71 and I never heard of this....holy f*ck 👍🏻

[@TucoDog-ho6fw]

I’m 70 and actually kind of glad I never heard of it. I am at eternal foe of the overprocessed sound. Kind of a Tele and tweed with a touch of reverb kind of guy. 👍🏻 Your comment made me laugh so loud I woke up my old retired bird dog.

[@johnnykobra7256]

Those frets should have a tone code programmed for each one I think. The collector in me says stash it away but the AX nut wants to see a tear down

[@orkzisdabest69420]

i cried tears of joy when i saw this video

[@Republic3D]

That's amazing, I've never seen or heard a guitar like this. Thanks for the video!

[@themumblebrapper]

:0 its so fucking beautiful sounding

[@Halfdeadbeaner420]

The organ is so underated

[@BrandenRossman]

This is amazing!!!😊

[@ivankyselov2030]

We had keyboard sounding like guitar, but now we have a guitar sounding like keyboard...

[@existing4u]

That would be fun for a retro glitchy midi sound but the possibilities are endless with today's plugins

[@LinV24]

I will. I will check out the full video sir.

[@jeffpeterson5791]

I like the Oster blender buttons, blend , liquify

[@happyapostate616]

It's like the opposite of a keytar, I love it

[@thomascelentano433]

Amazing.

[@top_chaka]

Bro got the churches organ in his hands

[@Guitarsounds499]

Wow, that guitar is really cool🤩

[@stanrojek9707]

When dueling banjos isn't enough.

[@sopunkrock101]

That’s pretty fabulous 🎸👍

[@BackAlleyScamChats]

Just plain awesome

[@MK-1010]

That would be real funky with a Hammond setting!

[@peterhaywood4111]

SUPER cool!!!

[@ereseminole]

Never heard of this, awesome

[@devaflave7943]

Yup... want one.

[@juandavid03]

“Color the shape of the tone” is the weirdest phrase that still makes sense.

[@ElijahLIJAH-pn3om]

DUDE I WAS SO SHOCKED BY THIS-

[@JadenWaddell]

Guitorgan is my new favorite word

[@user-sw5fc4vf1q]

I never knew.now I want one.

[@privateislandice]

I want one. If this was available in the 70s, why isnt it available now? It should be easier to build today than back then. Cheaper, too.

[@jackbuff_I]

You could probably get the sound easier than you could back with computer wizardry.. but to own an actual one would be amazing

[@bluematter435]

this is the coolest quitar i have ever seen

[@tylerthompson1842]

This must’ve blown peoples minds in the 70’s. It doesn’t sound have bad.. for a baseball game

[@andrew1898]

I'd LOVE to see a modern one run off a raspberry pi 😂

[@_incogni_]

That's fucking sick!!!

[@greyklopstock7155]

That is amazing and I want one

[@TylerLL2112]

Bruh WHAT!? That's awesome!

[@BecaSchmitt]

Cláudio César Dias Baptista did something like this for Os Mutantes back in the 60s as well. Guitar full of different tones and ways of getting sound, not only effects but how the guitar was built, all made to experiment with the pickups, etc. Really cool to see other things like these around the world, since Os Mutantes happened in Brazil, in the 60's and 70's. Seeing everywhere people experimenting with guitars like that is just awesome.

[@Ryan-wr8fx]

This looks like a very complicated April fools joke

[@NullVoid2]

Amazing, I never knew this existed until now

[@WilliamLeoKlein]

I watched this video with my jaw dropped down. Imagine all the possibilities 😮 Such a cool piece of music history (And I now kinda want one...😅)

[@eringill6697]

i want music videos with that instead of the explanation on a beautiful instrument ill never play

[@Nick_Reinhardt]

Okay you win, when you said "this is the craziest guitar I've ever seen" it didn't really phase me. But no, yeah that is 100% the craziest guitar I've ever seen. 🏅

[@nugboy420]

Omggggg I would totally play the shit out of this. Stepmom has an organ in the basement of the house she won from my dad lol. Never been great at keys but love Messing with the slides of it and creating sounds.

[@KainCarthyst]

I am in love

[@ProcrastinationChannel]

My aunt would hire a band to play in her parties and reunions and the guitarist had one of this and it blew my mind. Sounded crazy but nice, but I did not know they were that rare and unique. 🎸 🎉

[@Dootsmuggler]

Fantastic

[@Shid_pants]

Rosenwinkel gon love this

[@stanleonard86]

I totally want one.

[@e396hz]

I’d love one!

[@SpiderPigRex]

You always playing the most unique guitars

[@joenormanmusic]

It's insane to me that "color the shape of the tone" is a real and legitimate way to describe something.

[@alexandrmarushkin2456]

Amazing

[@anuvette]

Oh my god it's perfect i want it so bad 😢

[@dsb227]

Wow! I want it!

[@bleedthebeat1]

If that was a 70’s supercomputer it’s be the size of a room. That’s more like an 80’s TTL 8 bit computer.

[@austindurham5736]

That's fucking sick.

[@drakeholliday5671]

That thing is fucking sweet.