Securb
One of Jerry's Kids
The reference standard for the modern car is the horse-drawn carriage. Some designs hold their form and do not radically change. For this reason, we do not have octagonal-shaped wheels.
Thanks, I hate it: the Verso "Cosmo" guitar
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The reference standard for the modern car is the horse-drawn carriage. Some designs hold their form and do not radically change. For this reason, we do not have octagonal-shaped wheels.
justFred
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eclecticsynergy
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Not for me. But for somebody, somewhere, it might be the guitar they always wanted. People are strange.
marcello252
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I was thinking about that and the perfect shaped guitar for me would be the jazzmaster with a prs neck (three tuner per side with a straight string, no string trees), a Wilkinson v300 trem and, maybe, a HS config, I was even thinking about trying to configure it on warmoth
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A guitar needs to be functional, in a practical way, meaning suitable for gigging.
It needs to be esthetic to an extent. Since esthetics is a personal opinion, all I can say is...I think it looks atrocious.
It needs to be durable. I can't imaging that that one would withstand the rigors of gigging and being dropped a few times.
It has to be somewhat comfortable to hold and play. That one looks about as far away from that objective as you can get. Ugh, ouch, ich.
That's a BIG "NO" for me.
Give me a Strat-type guitar any day and twice on Sunday, and Monday, and Tuesday, and Wednesday, and Thursday, and Friday, and Saturday.
A guitar needs to be functional, in a practical way, meaning suitable for gigging.
It needs to be esthetic to an extent. Since esthetics is a personal opinion, all I can say is...I think it looks atrocious.
It needs to be durable. I can't imaging that that one would withstand the rigors of gigging and being dropped a few times.
It has to be somewhat comfortable to hold and play. That one looks about as far away from that objective as you can get. Ugh, ouch, ich.
That's a BIG "NO" for me.
Give me a Strat-type guitar any day and twice on Sunday, and Monday, and Tuesday, and Wednesday, and Thursday, and Friday, and Saturday.
I mean, it's made out of a folded plate of steel with what looks like half a baseball bat for a neck, so maybe it is durable? I think Securb is on the right track with the shovel idea. Survival guitar suited for winter climates. Dig yourself a shelter, fight off wolves, and fry eggs over a campfire, all with the same instrument.
Not just the metal body, pickup mounting (magnetic to the body) also needs to be durable. That seems a bit iffy to me. Also, with that design, is there any magnetic affect on pickup tone/performance?
GuitarStv
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The front panel looks great for it, but I think the rear bout would block your upper fret access. You would always be reaching around it.
I don't think "durability" as such is what they're going for there. The whole point of the pickup system is that it can be quickly slid around to any position for whatever tone you want, or swapped easily. I would hope that they've engineered it so the magnets are strong enough to hold it in place until you choose to do so. The pickups and the sound conferred by the metal body are the only parts about this otherwise horrible-looking design that I'm actually interested in.
Would definitely be unplugging the pickup system before digging my snow shelter.
Securb
One of Jerry's Kids
Most guitars designs driven by ergonomics have failed. The Parker Fly and Ovation Deacon come to mind.
GuitarStv
Sock Market Trader
Failed economically . . . but both are pretty sweet guitars to actually play.
