DiGuitar Stringless Guitar Concept by Anton Weichselbraun

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Designer Anton Weichselbraun has introduced a new guitar concept that ditches the strings and opts instead for a touch sensitive neck design.  The DiGuitar by Anton Weichselbraun uses this next gen input system to control a range of common guitars using MIDI and guitar/amp modeling software.

Like most MIDI instruments, the DiGuitar by Anton Weichselbraun captures a range of control data from the frets and digital pickups.  This data is then used to control any guitar and amp combination the user desires, using the guitar modeling system of their choice.  DiGuitar captures this data using a touch-controlled neck, which locates the guitarists fingers to determine individual note information.

While most guitarists would not be comfortable giving up the feel of the strings and their vibrations beneath their fingertips, DiGuitar is designed to make things more comfortable.  With DiGuitars neck is a range of piezo-electric actuators which create vibrations in tune with the note the guitarist is playing.  When you’re finger is on the fretboard, you will feel the note you are playing thanks to this technology.

Anton Weichselbraun’s DiGuitar concept will not be arriving any time soon, as it is presently only in conceptual stages.  While many guitar purists may scoff at the idea, many guitarists in the next generation just might find this to be a comfortable, powerful modeling guitar for their rig.