Nay Sayers Bah! Hey guys this "is" a good idea and I should mention that as Twizzle
said;
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To me it would be a bit like buying an electric guitar and then fastening an 'acoustic' box on the back so that you didn't have to plug it in.
Exactly! That is what I did. I had an old completely useless acoustic guitar
which I cut up to make the "DragonStick"
Part of the idea was to get the whole thing in one; amp, instrument, no cords, no fuss.
Just sit down and play. Perfect for a busker or for playing at the kitchen table, front porch, at the park etc. It is heavy though and large somewhat defeating that purpose. I am still working on pefecting the design and a completely new design that addresses the weight issue.
The other big problem with this is what turns out to be the obvious conclusion that Ray brought up:
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I'll tell you what would be a real neat invention ... some type of attachable, detachable "acoustic body" for an electric stick for non-plugged in playing. If someone built a workable version ...
This first one that I made is built in. You can't take the Stick out, it is not detachable. But
the Stick is not cut or modified except for a few screws where the belt hook goes and on the side for stability.
So making it work that way, "detachable" I call it "plugging it in" is on the design frontier.
But pertinent to the thread this is "semi" acoustic. It has a Roland Micro Cube built in.
So you have effects
reverb, delay and you can dial it in for a number of different
kinds of playing. There is also a "record out" so that you can get the same sound
going to a larger amp (this is mono) . Or you can go stereo out of the Stickup
to your normal rig.
The Sound? I should save that for another post but if you keep in mind that the intention
was/is to have an acoustic guitar like sound, not much louder than that, then it sounds great. There is a limitation to what the Micro Cube can handle bass wise. I am curious
to see how the new one handles it since it was designed for bass.
Getting some sound clips up would be a good idea.
Best.
jrj
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