12 string Roter Custom Guitars "Silent" guitar (large files, beware)

[Apophis]

Hallo.
It's newest creation from our workshop with Yamaha Silent Guitar System
Instrument looks strange but it's customers design, only for sitting playing possition

 

[muffgoat]

Very interesting what kinda pcikup is in it?

 

[nikt]

looks like a machine gun

 

[Apophis]

Very interesting what kinda pcikup is in it?

Read there: SILENT Guitar
It's extended concept

looks like a machine gun

We also thought like that when customer show his drawings to us
But he wanted - he have

 

[XEN]

Dude! Great job! That thing is cool as hell! Great example of reverse engineering!

 

[Desecrated]

Tuning, strings, sound clips, videos, explanation, review ???

Please.

 

[Durero]

Scale length?

Tuning?

Pickup?


Looks very interesting Sebastian, but for goodness sakes give us more specs!

 

[yevetz]

looks like a machine gun

 

[Apophis]

I'll post everything tomorrow
I give it to you, cause I wanted to show as soon it was finished.

Little patience

 

[Desecrated]

patience are for led zeppelin fans, we are the mtv-ADHD-generation, our attention span is only so long....

 

[Apophis]

Specs:
Mahogany/Maple/Wenge neck-thru, 20 mm at 1st fret, 24,75" scale, D back shape
Wenge fingerboard, flat radius, medium frets
Wenge bridge and nut (100mm at nut)
Yamaha Silent Guitar System (B-Band pickup system is installed beneath the instrument’s bridge)
Controls:
- Aux In (mini stereo)
- Aux In Level Control
- Line Out (monaural)
- Phones Out (stereo)
- Volume
- Bass Control
- Treble control
- Reverb switch (Off/1/2)
- Phones On/Off switch
- Line Out Jack with Power Switch (Inserting a plug into the jack switches the power on)
Classical tuners (6+6)

 

[Desecrated]

Tuning ?

 

[distressed_romeo]

Wow, I wouldn't mind having a play on that! Nice job.

 

[TomAwesome]

Neat! I like it!

 

[Apophis]

Tuning ?

I forgot

F-G-A-B-D-E-A-D-G-B-E from low to high

 

[yevetz]

Mahogany/Maple Wenge neck-thru

Must be

Mahogany/Maple Wenge NECK ONLY

anyway guitar is great

But tuning is strange.......but anyway it's someones choice

 

[Apophis]

Must be





anyway guitar is great

But tuning is strange.......but anyway it's someones choice

We could with easy make this guitar set-in It looks like set-in because it has top and back made from mahogany

Tuning is standard with ERG classic guitars, with that scale it's impossible to tune bass strings in fourths like standard guitars

 

[Desecrated]

I like that tuning,

Did you have a chance to play it for a longer period of time, kinda getting an idea on the creative side of it ?

 

[Apophis]

No.
Customer took guitar almost after it was complete

But for me this kind of tuning isn't the best choice now - lot of strings, not so wide range. In classical playing (I was classical player before) this tuning is incredible useful playing Mertz reperitories or other with multiple bass lines
Instrument playability is also great, there's no body , so it's really handy and easy to play It has much better access to evey position than any other existing guitar in classical form

I spoke with owner about short vid He will make one in near future

 

[Desecrated]

Perfect!