So who wants one of these?

Maybe I could have been Van Halen if I'd had one of these when I was younger :D

Seriously though, is it a good or bad thing for us? Will we get less kids taking up the guitar when all they want to do is pose in front of their mirrors or will it encourage them to learn properly?

Cheers

Dick

wow thats so cool i want one !!!!

It would probably be a hit at parties.

I wonder how much it'll cost.

Originally Posted by: AkiraAll I have to say about that is: what a sack of crap!!

I'm gonna have to agree with you on that. This is about the stupidest thing I've ever seen.

Originally Posted by: acapella rapemeI'm gonna have to agree with you on that. This is about the stupidest thing I've ever seen.

Yes! Looks like I climb a rung.

I imagine that sooner or later someone'll come along with them and make some video of them doing something relatively impressive involving the gloves that ends up on ebaum's world.

u gota admit tho it would be fun for people who cant play, however they should go out n get a guitar n learn to play if they can afford that

I reckon it stinks. Call me a luddite, but strapping on a pair of electronic gloves and waggling your fingers about is no way to learn an instrument.

I don't really think that it will deminish the amount of people that will want to learn how to play guitar... The reason is because I picked up a new video game called Guitar Hero... don't know how many people have played it... but its for Playstation 2. I bought it the day it came out because me and my buddy were pretty psyched about it when we heard it was coming out. Well... it comes with a controller that is shaped like a miniature SG... and it has 5 colored buttons on the fretboard that you press down in time with the song thats playing on the screen... Well everyone that I knwo that has played this gme and was halfway decent at it wants to learn how to play real guitar now... because they're more interested in the instrument than they were before they started playing the game...

check the game out at www.guitarherogame.com

its pretty fun to sit around with friends and play...

Originally Posted by: aschleman its pretty fun to sit around with friends and play...

Yes, it IS fun to sit around with friends and play. Guitars.

Maybe it COULD help people get into the instrument more, but honestly I think that thing is just a gimmicky pile of crap that they hope they can sell to people who don't know anything about guitars, which will do nothing to help them play a guitar or do much of anything except look like an idiot.

Akira nailed this one. Pile 'o crap. However it is the first step in this kind of madness. Imagine in 30 years. There will come a time when effort is hardly relevent when making music.

Originally Posted by: capohead... Seriously though, is it a good or bad thing for us? Will we get less kids taking up the guitar when all they want to do is pose in front of their mirrors or will it encourage them to learn properly?...

Well, I have seen air-guitar contests...

I see this as being an in-bred cousin of those glorified karaoke contests, American Idol, Canadian Idol etc.

I doubt that many people would actually buy one of their own for home use, but as an arcade game, I think it would catch on well. Even leading to 'new, improved' versions of those air-guitar contests. I don't think it would lead to a lot of people taking up guitar in any serious way, since the whole point of the thing is lookin' flash, not sounding amazing.

i bet if i had one of my diabetic seizures with the orange gloves on, i would shred ;)

Originally Posted by: z0s0_jpi bet if i had one of my diabetic seizures with the orange gloves on, i would shred ;)

Forget about Spinal Tap - we bring you...

:eek: Insulin Shock!! :eek:





I do hope I didn't hit a nerve with that one.

LMAO he played smoke on the water..

todays technoligy scares me

that's different. Has anyone seen the new PS2 game called Guitar God or something like that. It comes with a little POS guitar that you plug into the PS2 and play away. :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by: AkiraThat's what I'm scared of. It seems we live in a culture where the easy alternative is always the most favoured route.

Yeah, people are working too hard to idiot-proof everything. The less effort anyone has to exert, the better. I guess the ones that are still willing to put forth that much more will still shine through, though.

Blimey, this hit a nerve ;)

Personally I think it looks great. When developed it looks like it will take a deal of skill to get anything decent out of it. It's not a guitar but then again neither is a Theremin (also played by moving the hands and not fingering "real" notes) but that doesn't diminish the intrinsic worth of the technology.

I prefer to look at it as a new instrument. Put aside preconceptions of a guitar and view it as a new form of expression.

I don't think it'll either encourage or discourage would be players but it looks damn good fun and knowing how cheap technology becomes I expect an affordable fully working version in a year or two. Might even get one myself :D

Cheers

Dick

Originally Posted by: capoheadBlimey, this hit a nerve ;)

Personally I think it looks great. When developed it looks like it will take a deal of skill to get anything decent out of it. It's not a guitar but then again neither is a Theremin (also played by moving the hands and not fingering "real" notes) but that doesn't diminish the intrinsic worth of the technology.

I prefer to look at it as a new instrument. Put aside preconceptions of a guitar and view it as a new form of expression.

I don't think it'll either encourage or discourage would be players but it looks damn good fun and knowing how cheap technology becomes I expect an affordable fully working version in a year or two. Might even get one myself :D

Cheers

Dick

Maybe in the future it could possibly branch into something new, but in its current state it's probably not going to hold up. It's built to mimic a guitar in specific. Thus it's turning a tried and true, genuine, musical instrument into a party favor.