Guitar Wing

Even though we're intentionally avoiding augmented instruments with our first project, I wanted to share these videos I found of the Guitar Wing since augmented electric guitar and the use of electric guitar in new music is something that interests me a great deal.

That being said, the results in these videos are pretty cheesy, and I would say that they don't so much extend the abilities of the guitar as they simply put buttons and sliders in easy ergonomic reach for the guitarist.

Still, I think it's a step in the right direction, or at least a good sideways step.

I expect people that use the Guitar Wing will end up playing finger style (forgo a pick) a lot more than they used to.

The Robocaster was actually an early prototype made (I think) by Moldover that inspired the Guitar Wing:

This is Moldover using the finished production model- the most important point to note is that it can be added to an existing guitar without modification: