Gittler Kickstarter

[StevenC]

The World's First All Titanium Guitar - With No Body Or Neck by Russell Rubman — Kickstarter

Gittler are running a Kickstarter with a goal of $80,000. The perks are on the expensive side.

Cool guitars, but only $64 and 5 backers so far...

 

[Danukenator]

Huh, I'd love to know how the material in the guard feels. Either way, it's cool to see innovation in any instrument.

 

[narad]

Ahh, kickstarter. Revealing the massive divide between an inventor's view of his products' worth and everyone else's, since 2009. $10k pledge is ridiculous: companies pay accomplished guitarists to demo their products, not vice versa.

 

[Gregory045]

They also sound like ass

 

[Hollowway]

Yeah, when the guitar first came up for sale a few months ago I got all excited because I thought it would be a cool novelty to fiddle around with. Then I saw the price tag. It's a neat idea, just not practical. And I totally agree with the sentiments about Kickstarter.

 

[ascl]

Well that doesn't appeal... at all. I LIKE the wood of a guitar, it gives it character! It could maybe be cool for travel or something... but the price tag is a bit steep for that!

 

[StevenC]

Looks like someone took a $2000 one. As much as I'd like to see Gittlers made again, I think this may not be the way to go about it, and they should seriously work on that price. It may be a high end expensive guitar, but it's a bit too much if they want anyone number of people to buy them over the any of the other high end companies. And this is a world were they have competition in the high end headless world.

I'd maybe pay that much if it had 2 more strings and the regular price were lower.

 

[Danukenator]

The Gittler Guitar was a pioneer in the development of headless guitars.

Ned Steinberger called, he said "F*ck you."

 

[tripforks]

I'd like to see how the EUB they have planned would look

 

[jephjacques]

Looks neat but horribly uncomfortable to actually play.

 

[Overtone]

I almost made this thread last night after a friend sent me the link. My answer to him was "$64 in 4 days shows you just how much people want this!" But after looking at the electronics design and nut I thought it was pretty cool. Then I saw what they are charging for the guitars (close to $4k is the DISCOUNTED price) and had a hearty LOL.

 

[Señor Voorhees]

Looks like it'd be awkward as shit to play. A guitar without a body seems like it'd be very strange and uncomfortable. Perhaps I'm wrong, since I've played one of those Stenberger Spirit basses and loved it. (closest I can think of to something without a body.) Still, at that price I wouldn't be able to justify giving it a shot. There's a thousand things I could get to enhance my studio with that money, and a goofy looking guitar isn't even close to one of them. Not to say I don't appreciate people trying to think outside the box.

 

[BucketheadRules]

I like these guitars as ideas, and I'd love a play on one.

I would not spend 5 grand on one unless I was sleeping on a bed of fifty-pound notes at night, clinically insane, or both.

 

[5150time]

Wow. I remember Andy Summers playing one of these years ago - never thought I'd hear about them again. It's definitely a unique take on the guitar, and I can totally appreciate the craftsmanship that I'm sure goes into it. That guard is an interesting idea...but since it's a byproduct of the guitar's design, it doesn't exactly come as a surprise that it's the world's first removable/replaceable neck.

Somebody thinks it's worth something - the 6th backer put up $2000. Still, I doubt there's sufficient enough demand or awareness to fund it. Market forces are good at crushing dreams like that.

On a side note, as art, I'd totally have it in my house. Put that with a Qlocktwo and you've got the most overkill modern pad ever.

 

[Hollowway]

Wow. I remember Andy Summers playing one of these years ago - never thought I'd hear about them again.

I think it was actually Sting. And I could see playing bass on one of these way more than playing guitar. Chording just looks like it would be a bear.

 

[5150time]

Nah, it was Andy:

THE POLICE - SYNCHRONICITY II - Vidéo Dailymotion

I remember because the Synchronicity II video scared the hell out of me as a kid. You're right about bass though - I think it'd be tough to play chords on these. They have pretty much the ultimate scalloped board.