When you ignore the problems with their advertising and price point it makes your review look suspicious. And please don't say it's a well-priced midi instrument because it's not being marketed as that.
@@hesspetit doesn't work very well at all, it plays like absolute trash. Been playing 9 instruments for the last 23 years. This thing is just worthless, excessively expensive trash and is barely worth it's own weight in dog poop. Plus marketing it to musicians to record is just wrong. It's just too crap at everything overall to be used for that purpose. The ONLY thing it could do even slightly ok, is be a guitar for people who absolutely cannot physically play an actual guitar. And even then, there are far superior options on the market for thst. And frankly, I'd just get a normal guitar still anyway, because the pain from playing a real guitar is nothing compared to the pain you will be forced to endure from having to play this thing, and for that price. Asking $500 USD for this bad joke of an Aldi brand toy is disgusting. It's not even with $100, let alone 500
they're not confused. the company claims one thing, the reality is wildly different. they're getting dragged for it, and the, quite frankly, sub standard implementation, both hardware and software. even as a midi controller this product is.. sub par. and the company response to people being highly unimpressed with it for the price is.. less than stellar.
Having played the guitar for 60 years, I can tell you that arthritis makes the fingers unable to form the correct shapes anymore. Making it easier to press the 'strings' doesn't help if you can't put the fingers in the right position in the first place.
You are spot on and I have the same issue. Perhaps there's just no old guys on their marketing team but this is not an instrument for people with arthritis.
@JamieDupuisMusician's review indicated to me that he has not met anyone with arthritis and was repeating this in an attempt to justify the instrument (in response to all the negative press?) even though he had no clue.
Yes. Sausage fingers were my issue, meaning I couldn't bend them or if I could I couldn't put them close enough together to get the right shapes as you pointed out.
They are marketing it as a way to learn the required skills before getting a real guitar, not as an overly expensive midi controlller with a redundant 50w speaker in it and an app with some unrelated games on it. The reason they got slated was because guitar reviewers feel that the product does not meet the required brief to be fit for the purpose that it's being marketed and sold for. In their marketing, they are even implying that it's better than a guitar. This would be unfair to prospective customers (who want to learn how to play the guitar), which is why they are facing such flack from guitar reviewers. That and the alleged intimidating emails that threaten these reviewers not to criticise the product as part of their 'honest review'.
No bending No left hand muting No actual learning from the app Lots of lies in the internet advertising (dubbed with **real** guitar sounds) And... USD569 !!! I do apologize for my hard words, but this review can't possibly qualify as « honest » and your test is definitely **NOT** « ultimate ».
ADD: * the worst MIDI implementation I ever had on a MIDI Controller. * No setup for MIDI Function * Weak BlueTooth MIDI (Works mostly if you start their "learnig app" before * Note Off Event doesn't work corret or is configurable I bought one to use it as MIDI Control. I knowed, that this is not a guitar. But what I got was a piece of shit. They had build the You Rock Guitar (YRG, I own also one), which shared the same neck and string technoloy. They had a lot of nice features added to the YRG, Switchable tunings, you could configure the the way it handles open strings, a well working not off MIDI implementation. And they forgot all their knowledge and build a toy. The YRG looked like a toy but was more usefull insturment, this piece looks like a real instrument, but it's toy.
I saw it differently, most saw it as this is not a high quality guitar, I saw it as a MIDI tool. MIDI plug-ins are used everywhere nowadays, some are aware, some are not. But this guitar can help with that. If people don't need to use MIDI sounds and just want to play a guitar, then yep this won't be for them.
I wouldn't mind a midi guitar, but I'm not convinced that this is the one. I come up with so much stuff on guitar to transfer to orchestra, it would be helpful.@@JamieDupuisMusician
@@JamieDupuisMusician --- It's marketed as a beginner guitar, they don't need a midi tool. Besides the advertising videos were all faked. How can you put your name to something from a company that put our a lot of false advertising? Dubbing singing and acoustic guitar over footage of their guitar?
I suspect the threatening emails were sent to everyone. He just happens to be positive and wants to make money and is a professional that can make those and great. I don't fault him for playing along (no pun intended) and scoring another payday. He was honest enough about this..."guitar". It would have been nice for him to have disclosed the email, as I suspect he wasn't excluded from their study practices.
Honest? Let's see... 1:50 "This is marketed to people who have arthritis" - large photo on main page shows young guy seeming to have no difficulty holding pick or barring neck. All of the models depicted on main page are young seemingly without any dexterity issues. If DAW is needed then there is another issue for those with arthritis. The company makes no mention of arthritis. Did @JamieDupuisMusician even ask anyone with arthritis to try the instrument? 2:40 "This could potentially bring someone success [making MIDI music]" - did you ask anyone in that category? 3:40 How easy is it for someone with arthritis to (dis)assemble the instrument? 5:10 Are you actually getting any vibrato? 8:40 Again, another mention of people with pain in their hands, but not actually asking anyone in that category to try the instrument Missing: can the tuning be changed does string tension change over time, can it be adjusted how are broken strings replaced how does it compare to other similar instruments (or are you not allowed to say) how does it compare to a nylon string/steel string guitar at similar price company bills it as a learning guitar, which you don't. Why? as someone with experience, do you think it is a good instrument to learn guitar is their software any good what other software did you need in order to get the sound in the video and price (hint at least another ~$100) latency were you paid to make this review
There's something strange about this review compared with other "honest" opinions on youtube. I'll let you all watch the others to make up your own mind.
No real acoustic sounds in this video, it’s Native instruments plug-ins if you’re not familiar with them they have MIDI guitar sounds, synths, horns, pretty much everything you can imagine, which you can use with this MIDI guitar. I wasn’t aware of the whole ordeal before even filming this, that only came out afterwards. But that’s my own thought on it, I understand it is not a beginner guitar nor a substitute to playing guitar which I mentioned in this video. I just show what it is capable of. They need to reevaluate their marketing for sure though, I agree!
The thing i am most wondering is can it do alternate tunings? If not, it wasnt built to be a guitar or even guitar like. I learned about alternative tunings early on and they are a mainstay for guitarist.
I saw a comment on a different review video saying that he messaged the company asking about drop tunings, and the company didn’t even know what he was talking about
It does not. No vibrato or bending. From what I can hear you can't play with any dynamics on the right hand either. Might as well buy a $100 midi keyboard, at least they have dynamics and pitch manipulation. Akai MPK for example does a whole lot more.
there used to be a thing called the casio eg5, it was a little more analog than this. it had a built in tape deck and regular strings. might be fun to compare them
Better just to buy a guitar/amp bundle, something quality but inexpensive like a Yamaha Pacifica or an Epiphone Les Paul Special and learn on that. I'm sure that was a cool toy (It's a toy or a keyboard as you said), but my issue is the false advertising and promotion.
Lol this should have just been a midi controler/ launcher. For guitarist who can't be don't want to learn piano this is a mad tool for recoding midi on a daw.
Don’t forget the Artiphon Instrument 1 at almost half the price. Both have built-in sounds and can hookup through MIDI to your computer, iPhone or iPad. The biggest difference is that the use of real strings for the dominant hand instead of strum buttons on the Artiphon Instrument 1.
@@JamieDupuisMusician Check out this basic demo video for the Artiphon Instrument 1. See if they will give you a demo unit? th-cam.com/video/Ij3DGj1dR0I/w-d-xo.htmlsi=80DfHFSslK0ZRmL5 Or this: th-cam.com/video/GSD9UlvCl4M/w-d-xo.htmlsi=JYa3ppuqguZa49rN
Great review. I'm a DAW music composer with mediocre playing skills both on keyboard and guitar, so this could be very useful to me to input guitar sections in midi and polish them up by quantizing. People should understand that this a wholly different type of instrument to a guitar, like comparing a synthesizer to a piano.
As someone who is a guitarist that suffered a trumatic injury to my wrist this may be my awnser. I severely broke my wrist and it has hindered me playing. I cant play more than 10 minutes before im in excruciating pain. I havent been in a band or really played in 10 years. On top of it my apartment was robbed and they stole all my guitars, gear and everything of value really. Been rough lol. This thing makes me wanna pick one up! Wish i could afford one.
I would think is good for those who want a shortcut to guitar learning as u get rid of the earlier pains.. but for seasonal guitar players, it might not fare well as we are used to pressing of the strings to create variable sounds / slur/ bend..etc. Not for everyone, but i would think it fits well for younger generation kids nowadays whom prefer fast & easy learning. Just my opinion. Don't shoot! TQ
That is true, I have seen that. To me they went a little overboard, using this as a MIDI guitar is actually fun 😃 but it’s definitely not for everyone and it shouldn’t be considered a guitar or substitute to playing guitar!
@@JamieDupuisMusician But it's marketed as such. Odd thing to leave out of a review. This is why folks (myself included) are suspicious of reviews like yours. It seems like you were paid off.
I would have loved having this when I took guitar lessons at 12. My biggest problem was fingering the notes on the frets and transitioning from one to another. The major issue was that I had to press down with enough force to avoid the mess if I didn't. I think 6 months or a year with this, and then switching to a real guitar (well made and easy to play) would have been great. I might even suggest that Music schools (if there are any left) should rent these to new students to get them started.
It could potentially help a beginner - but only as a temporary guitar. Let’s say your hands need a break or they’re too sore, then play the Aeroband guitar for another hour and you’ll be fine, it’s like having a break while still learning!
I have arthritis and neuropathy in hands and fingers. I grieve for the time used to spend playing guitar. I just want to know if it would be worth buying.
A guitarist that wants to lay out a midi track is legit. Especially if it's a producer with a daw. The guitarist could also play drums through MIDI without being a drummer. If he's more comfortable with his guitar. Or any type of synth or piano riffs anything he might want to do. It's endless
So, it is (sort of) an (almost) affordable 2020s version of the ultra-rare, unaffordable, unobtanium mid-30s SynthAxe. If they made a version with the ergonomics of the SynthAxe - neck at a comfortable angle for the left hand and right hand in standard playing position and a super comfortable sitting position for playing - I would purchase one immediately. Since the neck is detachable I believe they should offer an ergonomic version.
so do you HAVE to actually strum/pick one of the physical strings to produce a note? can you play on the fret board as well like a real guitar? this has soooo much potential if they can nail some things down.
Few quick questions: Does the midi support use plug-in USB? Does it register bends or any sort of vibrato? The buttons at the top of the neck, do they allow you to change the tuning manually or through presets? Drop D, Drop C, and so on?
Fair review. People want straight entries into specific categories, and I've seen negative reviews as I've asked questions in my mind about their relutctance. But to me this is like an electric car driver judging a 4x4 based on it's feel as an electric car. There are some silmilarities like chassis, four wheels, seats and a steering wheel with pedals, but beyond that, it's two difffent categories. I'd try it, and I'd have friends that don't play guitar that would love it. And like I said on one post, it would be fun to take to ckaraoke as it would definitely be better than an air guitar lol Good review. Thanks
Exactly!! All the people trashing it but other midi guitars are WAY more expensive (Godin, Jamstick, Carvin NS1, etc).... please give me make and model if there's a cheaper one.
Where do the string slide noises come from when you're playing e.g. 4:26 and if it's produced by sensors through the silicone strings I'm wondering how a player would control this?
Unfortunately that’s how it sounds when it’s not direct into amp or interface, but you wouldn’t record or perform with the internal speaker as it’s not loud enough and not effective. They make a version without the speaker and without stock sounds which is better. No need to use stock sounds/speaker!
Not to be a skeptic or anything here but at around 4:24, I hear the sound of fingers sliding on strings. Based on what I've seen of the guitar, I can't see how it could have detected that sound instead of registered the movement of your pinky as a definite slide upward. So I'm inclined to believe that there's either some magic going on, or you got a pretty hefty payout to try and spin this product away from every other review that's been made on it. If I'm wrong, please do enlighten me as to how that sound was produced on that input device. Thanks. (not trying to pick a fight, genuinely curious if that piece of tech can really emulate that.)
Native Instruments has a guitar plug-in that’s all MIDI and it sounds like real electric guitars, so you can use this guitar with that plug in. I have the Komplete one and it’s the Sunburst package. That’s the only time I’ve ever used Guitar MIDI since I play real guitar, but I did have it with the Komplete package. Check it out here: www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/guitar/session-guitarist-electric-sunburst/
It also includes all the pick sounds, scratches, etc. Native Instruments gets real musicians to record samples so that when someone uses it in MIDI it sounds real. I like it for synth/piano sounds myself. Tons of people make soundtracks with these plug-ins. Movies/horror soundscapes/commercials/synthwave/lofi etc.
@@JamieDupuisMusician Sounds like this is worth a look. To be honest, not too familiar with this side of music tech so it kina blew my mind since the input device technically has no way to give tactile feedback through the "fretboard" interface since it's functionally just buttons. So you're telling me that the system detects the movement as a string slide NOT being played and just registers it as the scratch of skin on wound string? Interesting. (I get the possibility of pick sounds though since there is a provision on the device to detect a palm mute.) Thanks for the information.
Yes, not trying to mislead people here only educate, but basically the guitar itself isn’t doing that much other than producing a note which is then process into MIDI, the Native Instruments plug-ins already have all those sounds built it to make it more “realistic” pick noises, string scrapes etc. so the guitar itself isn’t making those noises, it’s actually artificially in the plug in itself. Basically this plug in would be for someone who doesn’t really play guitar and wants a guitar track in the background. I used as a means to showcase how MIDI can be used with the guitar instead of just doing synth on it, it can be used with the spectrum of instruments as long as you have the plug ins in Logic Pro X or any other DAW. Now is it over priced for that usage? Yes it is, there’s other guitars like this for cheaper such as the Casio DG-20, which would do the same. There are more options out there as well. I’m not trying to make a selling point on this guitar specifically, only to showcase what it is and how it can be used.
I appreciate this video showing off the strengths of the instrument instead of just saying its a scam or a replacement guitar, because even hearing that stuff i wanted to hear good sounding stuff that this could do. EDIT: I'm not as keen on the aeroband after further research but it's still cool that this video explored it.
@@LudwigVon And who would want to support this company anyway with their practices? I would buy a competing MIDI controller even if this was the best one.
@@em7dim9 I don't know what sites are you visiting, since there are fake online stores 'selling' it on social media, but I just checked the real website and it explained exactly what it is for...
You have done quite a positive review from the perspective of a person who can obviously already play a guitar to a high standard. You have the skills to actually do something with it, but you could probablly do wonders with a guitar you built in your shed from a packing crate. How about a review from the perspective of those it appears to be marketed at... the absolute novice who wants to learn to play the guitar, and not 'experts' or hypothetical elderly people with painful hands who yearn to play a musical instrument. Can you honestly say that this 'instrument' would be of any use whatsoever to use to teach a novice ?
This shouldve just been marketed as a synth from the start. I like bass, guitar, and synth, and even with concerns raised about this product i still think it looks cool, and if the price comes down id definitely buy one. Its alot like that old Casio synth guitar that had rubber strings but it seems to track and play better.
Exactly! I was trying to make that point without being harsh, they are trying to come up with something cool, it just needs a new direction and a few adjustments!
I just saw this product while scrolling and checked their website. From then on I found your review. I subscribed to your channel because your review is balanced and you know what you're talking about. I am a decent singer and I wanted to commit to become comfortable with the guitar, and although I own an acoustic, it is uncomfortable to play especially when one is a fast and fluid learner as I am. They explain the lights are meant to guide a learner with the app, with different colours lighting up to let you know what note comes next. To me, this is somewhat between Guitar Hero and an actual guitar. I do like how easy it is to get creative and experimental with it, and how portable it is. The price is high, but it is a crowd-funded product and as long as the reviews are not clear the price isn't going down. I definitely want to buy it as I feel that it is a great support system if you want to practice singing and writing music on your own while learning to play guitar. Thank you for the review, it was very helpful
I heard that they threatened youtubers who did critical reviews that they will have to pay compensation to them. Well, freedom of speech is a really good thing!
They threatened legal action for negative PAID promotion. If someone is being paid to review an item, there is zero expectation that the review is honest.
I love what you managed to do with it but they really did mislead people by trying to market it as a learning tool... in that description it is an expensive bag of dog turd.
This was more of a first impressions type thing, I tried to do the best I could with it. Although I didn’t realize the marketing angle as much, I just saw it as a MIDI guitar for the most part
Dude, did you sell out and just speak their talking points? Other creators on here were threatened with legal action if their reviews didn't paint the product in a positive light...
much better review than the other youtubers who just trash on this thing... i'd like to see them build one of these.. I have a jamstick in the mail already and i would still get this too. it's neat. I do video game composition, working in Reaper DAW
It's because they market it as a learning tool and not an MIDI controller. It's not a learning tool because the strings on the fretboard are replaced with silicone, which gives no pain, but no gain. Also, you can't play some guitar techniques like harmonics, bending, etc. So it would be considered a guitar NOT meant for beginners, but meant for people who just want to play around with a MIDI.
So this is the 'guitar' company that threatened another TH-cam reviewer with legal action if he gave his honest opinion without them seeing his review beforehand, I wouldn't but a nut and bolt from them.
I think it is cool as MIDI Controller... But it is just too expensive... Also, I really hope those lights on the fretboard can be shut down, cause I hate shiny stuff into my eyes
I was watching this video for the product review, then I noticed we’ve met years ago! Tucson, AZ with a whole bunch of banjos if that rings any bells 😂
@@JamieDupuisMusician Haha. Great man! I’ve just been on the road and making records. You’ve got a pretty prolific channel I see, I’ll check some stuff out later tonight.
@@hannanathan564glad to hear man, the music industry is a grind but gotta follow your passion and gift! I heard some of your tracks just now, you sound awesome as always!
I'm waiting for a version with a tremelo bar. In spite of all the trash talking here, one very valid use for this guitar would be for a keyboard player (with a bit of guitar experience) wanting to add acoustic rhythm guitar tracks to a production. 30 years ago, I bought an Oberheim Strummer - a midi processor that would convert a 3-note chord from a midi keyboard into a 5 or 6-note strummed chord in the shape of how it would be played on a guitar, with various choices for the strumming pattern, synced to the midi tempo. Without the Oberheim Strummer, or this Aero guitar, it's virtually impossible to mimic an acoustic guitar strum on a midi keyboard. Another advantage of this guitar would be the fact that it stays in tune, no matter where you are on the neck. As a recording studio owner, I've seen working musicians unable to play a G chord in tune, due to the set up on their guitar, or the fact that they're pushing too hard on the strings. In that respect, this guitar could be a life saver for rhythm tracks in the recording studio.
I don't know why you put so much emphasis on the fact that it isn't a "real" guitar. Honestly, I feel like you're just trying to protect your self-image, because the answer to the question just doesn't matter. You should just focus on the specific REASONS that people take up guitar, and compare the guitar to those reasons directly.
Buying this hinders beginner guitar players to actually play a real guitar, and that’s who they are targeting, they don’t care if it’s for people who have arthritis, these people are making it seem like this is a genuine first step at guitar when it’s just a waste of money and time. And there are way better midi guitars.
Hey Jon, when plugged into MIDI it sounds good with synths, there’s a bit of latency for sure. However on the slow synths, it seems to respond well. Stock sounds I wouldn’t recommend. But it’s a cool synth guitar when plugging into Logic Pro X! It’s $539USD
It’s not for everyone for sure, as guitarists we tend to stick to real guitars. If you use MIDI, which I do from time to time for backing tracks, soundtracks and such this is a tool that can be used!
@@JamieDupuisMusician who cares about midi. A $50 cheapest guitar you find anywhere will play midi and any synths on the computer. Plus any guitar plugged into audio interface will also has no latency when playing synths.
Someone help me - many comments trash this as a good midi controller guitar. But all the other guitars that have native midi (Godin, Carvin NS1, Jamstick, etc are all 2x or 3x the cost of this). Is there a better option for me - I'm looking for something like the Carvin NS1 but sub-$500...is this not it? I don't care about the strings as I could get used to that since I NEVER do bends. If there's another sub $500 midi guitar that's better please tell me!!
All midi guitars suffer from massive latency and in the last two decades there was no noticeable progress being made with these things. You're better off getting something second hand on Craigslist or eBay especially since you're on a budget. A sub 500 bucks midi guitar is gonna be absolute garbage
@@elvisd3947 I'm mis spoke. I want a synth guitar, not midi. Carvin NS1 example (look up the AMAZING demo video from Steve Oliver, there's like nearly zero latency) Side note though on midi - it doesn't need to be fancy because it's outputting a digital signal anyway. It's a 1 or a 0, so it doesn't need to be well made or have nice wood or whatever.
Gee, this is the guitar company that threatens legal action if you give them a negative review. And here you are. No longer subscribing. PS - I hope the company goes down the drain. But it's not really a drain. It just looks like a drain. blah blah blah
As a Guitarist you are really SUS! No matter what your genre is, the first thing you should try is; Can this guitar produce bending sound? NO IT'S NOT.
sad to hear the first time you hear someone you're a fan of is when they are trying to scam you, everything the company behind this "guitar" from the marketing to their branding has been a big scam and sadly Mr. Jamie Dupuis is helping the company sell this scam even adding his own lies to try and sell this thing by trying to claim the company is marketing this to people with arthritis when they have literally never mentioned that in any of there material
Don't let this spirit kid fool you. He wasn't scamming anyone, he didn't know. He was sent a product and he reviewed it. Simple as that. People always make something out of nothing just because they have a little more information.
@@RayRae559 the problem with your statement is, when you're promoting a product to 310000 people claiming "he didn't know" is not a valid excuse, he is literally sitting with the instrument in his hands, he has from what I can tell functioning eyes, ears and feelings in his hands, he is an experiment guitar player and a grown man, but he is still making up stories that even the company didn't make at the time "this is marketed at people with pain in there fingers and arthritis" wasn't a claim the company had ever made when this video was publicised when this video was made and published the instrument was ONLY sold as a beginner guitar, and now because of you're message Mr. @rayraeTV I sat and watched this video through again and im 99 sure there has been made edits to the video, the voice over parts are not the same as in the original video which you can also see from ALL the other comments people have left over time, this instrument was solely marketed as a beginner learning tool for kids before you try a real guitar and nothing else, scammers like Mr. Jamie Dupuis here made up the "it's for people with pain in their hands and arthritis" claim because they know it's not for beginners it's not a good learning tool AND the company still to this day still don't make that claim on their own web site, it's an expensive and from claimed from other more repeatable reviewers, not all that well build midi controller, it has a build in mic nearest your mouth but it's really bad, it has a small speaker at the bottom but again it's bad, the only thing it really can do is to be used with your computer and a DAW but again now we're not talking beginner kids learning tool, and the company has already been fought many times doing price fixing which is not illegal in China, on a sale you can claim you product was a million before the sale but now it's only 599 or as right now they are selling it on there own web shop for 479 USD with a claim it used to be 599 but it has NEVER cost 599, that is illegal marketing in most of the western world, and claiming "he didn't know" is just you lying for god knows what reason, what is it you think he didn't know?? he had the dang thing in his own hands we even see him playing it, what exactly is it you think "he didn't know" when he tried to mislead 310000 people?? but maybe the saddest part is im just a dumb "kid" with an internet connection, but im still better at doing more research about dubious product on the internet and still has more intellectual integrity not to try to lie to people than what looks like a grown ass man that just like Mr. Jamie Dupuis here is trying to make a music and youtube carrier for himself, but starting off lying to people or defending people we can prove knowingly lies to there audience is never a good start, don't believe me read any of the hundreds of comments or just go watch a reviewer with more intellectual integrity maybe start here th-cam.com/video/Coh88YTfqxc/w-d-xo.html
after being ripped off by the now bankrupt Jammy-E project, I was hoping this might be the solution, but I'm not sure this is as deep for the midi implementation.
If you use MIDI yes, there’s programs that can make this guitar sound pretty real, depends on how you want to use it. Live you’d have to get MIDI pedals and such, studio, then plug ins are best
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When you ignore the problems with their advertising and price point it makes your review look suspicious. And please don't say it's a well-priced midi instrument because it's not being marketed as that.
And there are much better midi guitars on the market.
Sus indeed-- this is why I didn't subscribe.
@@Liofa73 Yes, but for a much higher price tag. So if you not a keyboarder and need, like me, a way to control synths. This works very well.
It's not "well-priced" period.
@@hesspetit doesn't work very well at all, it plays like absolute trash. Been playing 9 instruments for the last 23 years. This thing is just worthless, excessively expensive trash and is barely worth it's own weight in dog poop.
Plus marketing it to musicians to record is just wrong. It's just too crap at everything overall to be used for that purpose.
The ONLY thing it could do even slightly ok, is be a guitar for people who absolutely cannot physically play an actual guitar. And even then, there are far superior options on the market for thst. And frankly, I'd just get a normal guitar still anyway, because the pain from playing a real guitar is nothing compared to the pain you will be forced to endure from having to play this thing, and for that price.
Asking $500 USD for this bad joke of an Aldi brand toy is disgusting. It's not even with $100, let alone 500
they're not confused. the company claims one thing, the reality is wildly different. they're getting dragged for it, and the, quite frankly, sub standard implementation, both hardware and software.
even as a midi controller this product is.. sub par.
and the company response to people being highly unimpressed with it for the price is.. less than stellar.
Having played the guitar for 60 years, I can tell you that arthritis makes the fingers unable to form the correct shapes anymore. Making it easier to press the 'strings' doesn't help if you can't put the fingers in the right position in the first place.
You are spot on and I have the same issue. Perhaps there's just no old guys on their marketing team but this is not an instrument for people with arthritis.
@JamieDupuisMusician's review indicated to me that he has not met anyone with arthritis and was repeating this in an attempt to justify the instrument (in response to all the negative press?) even though he had no clue.
@@NuncNuncNuncNunc I know. It's like he adopted their brain rot.
Yes. Sausage fingers were my issue, meaning I couldn't bend them or if I could I couldn't put them close enough together to get the right shapes as you pointed out.
On the other side, carpel tunnel makes it so we can't squeeze the strings tight enough. I'm sorry for your situation but some people could benefit.
They are marketing it as a way to learn the required skills before getting a real guitar, not as an overly expensive midi controlller with a redundant 50w speaker in it and an app with some unrelated games on it. The reason they got slated was because guitar reviewers feel that the product does not meet the required brief to be fit for the purpose that it's being marketed and sold for. In their marketing, they are even implying that it's better than a guitar. This would be unfair to prospective customers (who want to learn how to play the guitar), which is why they are facing such flack from guitar reviewers. That and the alleged intimidating emails that threaten these reviewers not to criticise the product as part of their 'honest review'.
I think its clever
No bending
No left hand muting
No actual learning from the app
Lots of lies in the internet advertising (dubbed with **real** guitar sounds)
And... USD569 !!!
I do apologize for my hard words, but this review can't possibly qualify as « honest » and your test is definitely **NOT** « ultimate ».
ADD:
* the worst MIDI implementation I ever had on a MIDI Controller.
* No setup for MIDI Function
* Weak BlueTooth MIDI (Works mostly if you start their "learnig app" before
* Note Off Event doesn't work corret or is configurable
I bought one to use it as MIDI Control. I knowed, that this is not a guitar. But what I got was a piece of shit. They had build the You Rock Guitar (YRG, I own also one), which shared the same neck and string technoloy. They had a lot of nice features added to the YRG, Switchable tunings, you could configure the the way it handles open strings, a well working not off MIDI implementation. And they forgot all their knowledge and build a toy. The YRG looked like a toy but was more usefull insturment, this piece looks like a real instrument, but it's toy.
569 USD for that crap??? With that money you can get a very decent starting guitar, or even a medium level second hand guitar.
They actually send out cease and desist letters to TH-camrs who give this product negative reviews. That's beyond a red flag to me. No thanks!
This is the only positive review I have seen so far. Everyone is calling it trash. Did they send you the email? 😅
I saw it differently, most saw it as this is not a high quality guitar, I saw it as a MIDI tool. MIDI plug-ins are used everywhere nowadays, some are aware, some are not. But this guitar can help with that. If people don't need to use MIDI sounds and just want to play a guitar, then yep this won't be for them.
I wouldn't mind a midi guitar, but I'm not convinced that this is the one. I come up with so much stuff on guitar to transfer to orchestra, it would be helpful.@@JamieDupuisMusician
@@JamieDupuisMusician the problem is that its not being marketed as a MIDI tool. Its being marketed as a learning tool.
@@JamieDupuisMusician --- It's marketed as a beginner guitar, they don't need a midi tool. Besides the advertising videos were all faked. How can you put your name to something from a company that put our a lot of false advertising? Dubbing singing and acoustic guitar over footage of their guitar?
I suspect the threatening emails were sent to everyone. He just happens to be positive and wants to make money and is a professional that can make those and great. I don't fault him for playing along (no pun intended) and scoring another payday. He was honest enough about this..."guitar". It would have been nice for him to have disclosed the email, as I suspect he wasn't excluded from their study practices.
This guitar is not a guitar, it is a way to check who will say whatever for money.
LOL 💀
This is an instrument invented to facilitate learning. The lights can be used with the app to let you know which notes to play duh
Sarcasm... You either speak it, or you don't. Lol @@sofiakatelyn
The former guitarist in me agrees, the nerve damage in my hands that makes playing a guitar difficult to the point I hung them up wants one.
Honest? Let's see...
1:50 "This is marketed to people who have arthritis" - large photo on main page shows young guy seeming to have no difficulty holding pick or barring neck. All of the models depicted on main page are young seemingly without any dexterity issues. If DAW is needed then there is another issue for those with arthritis. The company makes no mention of arthritis. Did @JamieDupuisMusician even ask anyone with arthritis to try the instrument?
2:40 "This could potentially bring someone success [making MIDI music]" - did you ask anyone in that category?
3:40 How easy is it for someone with arthritis to (dis)assemble the instrument?
5:10 Are you actually getting any vibrato?
8:40 Again, another mention of people with pain in their hands, but not actually asking anyone in that category to try the instrument
Missing:
can the tuning be changed
does string tension change over time, can it be adjusted
how are broken strings replaced
how does it compare to other similar instruments (or are you not allowed to say)
how does it compare to a nylon string/steel string guitar at similar price
company bills it as a learning guitar, which you don't. Why?
as someone with experience, do you think it is a good instrument to learn guitar
is their software any good
what other software did you need in order to get the sound in the video and price (hint at least another ~$100)
latency
were you paid to make this review
There's something strange about this review compared with other "honest" opinions on youtube. I'll let you all watch the others to make up your own mind.
No real acoustic sounds in this video, it’s Native instruments plug-ins if you’re not familiar with them they have MIDI guitar sounds, synths, horns, pretty much everything you can imagine, which you can use with this MIDI guitar. I wasn’t aware of the whole ordeal before even filming this, that only came out afterwards. But that’s my own thought on it, I understand it is not a beginner guitar nor a substitute to playing guitar which I mentioned in this video. I just show what it is capable of. They need to reevaluate their marketing for sure though, I agree!
The thing i am most wondering is can it do alternate tunings? If not, it wasnt built to be a guitar or even guitar like. I learned about alternative tunings early on and they are a mainstay for guitarist.
I saw a comment on a different review video saying that he messaged the company asking about drop tunings, and the company didn’t even know what he was talking about
4:55 Does vibrato actually work as being shown? I would think not. Doesn't seem to be mentioned elsewhere unless I missed it
I saw that too.
I noticed that 😂
It does not. No vibrato or bending. From what I can hear you can't play with any dynamics on the right hand either. Might as well buy a $100 midi keyboard, at least they have dynamics and pitch manipulation. Akai MPK for example does a whole lot more.
there used to be a thing called the casio eg5, it was a little more analog than this. it had a built in tape deck and regular strings. might be fun to compare them
That is true, very similar concept!
Still recall a Mattel product called Tiger Guitar. All plastic with nylon strings@@JamieDupuisMusician
Better just to buy a guitar/amp bundle, something quality but inexpensive like a Yamaha Pacifica or an Epiphone Les Paul Special and learn on that. I'm sure that was a cool toy (It's a toy or a keyboard as you said), but my issue is the false advertising and promotion.
Lol this should have just been a midi controler/ launcher. For guitarist who can't be don't want to learn piano this is a mad tool for recoding midi on a daw.
Don’t forget the Artiphon Instrument 1 at almost half the price. Both have built-in sounds and can hookup through MIDI to your computer, iPhone or iPad. The biggest difference is that the use of real strings for the dominant hand instead of strum buttons on the Artiphon Instrument 1.
Didn’t know about that one, I’ll check it out! Thanks!
@@JamieDupuisMusician Check out this basic demo video for the Artiphon Instrument 1. See if they will give you a demo unit? th-cam.com/video/Ij3DGj1dR0I/w-d-xo.htmlsi=80DfHFSslK0ZRmL5
Or this: th-cam.com/video/GSD9UlvCl4M/w-d-xo.htmlsi=JYa3ppuqguZa49rN
Sound on 4:19 and 5:34 are played just with guitar? Again: it’s your music if yes where I can find the two track or are just randomly play?
Great review. I'm a DAW music composer with mediocre playing skills both on keyboard and guitar, so this could be very useful to me to input guitar sections in midi and polish them up by quantizing. People should understand that this a wholly different type of instrument to a guitar, like comparing a synthesizer to a piano.
if this was at 80 $ and didn't had misleading ads it wolud be a nice toy.
As someone who is a guitarist that suffered a trumatic injury to my wrist this may be my awnser. I severely broke my wrist and it has hindered me playing. I cant play more than 10 minutes before im in excruciating pain. I havent been in a band or really played in 10 years. On top of it my apartment was robbed and they stole all my guitars, gear and everything of value really. Been rough lol. This thing makes me wanna pick one up! Wish i could afford one.
I would think is good for those who want a shortcut to guitar learning as u get rid of the earlier pains.. but for seasonal guitar players, it might not fare well as we are used to pressing of the strings to create variable sounds / slur/ bend..etc. Not for everyone, but i would think it fits well for younger generation kids nowadays whom prefer fast & easy learning. Just my opinion. Don't shoot! TQ
This, 'guitar' and the startup behind it has been absolutely slated on other videos.
That is true, I have seen that. To me they went a little overboard, using this as a MIDI guitar is actually fun 😃 but it’s definitely not for everyone and it shouldn’t be considered a guitar or substitute to playing guitar!
@@JamieDupuisMusician But it's marketed as such. Odd thing to leave out of a review. This is why folks (myself included) are suspicious of reviews like yours. It seems like you were paid off.
Bro is the Aeroband guitarist 💀 ( Only real Guitarist will understand this )
Amazing, honest review. I like your pov and you have my respect
I would have loved having this when I took guitar lessons at 12. My biggest problem was fingering the notes on the frets and transitioning from one to another. The major issue was that I had to press down with enough force to avoid the mess if I didn't. I think 6 months or a year with this, and then switching to a real guitar (well made and easy to play) would have been great. I might even suggest that Music schools (if there are any left) should rent these to new students to get them started.
It could potentially help a beginner - but only as a temporary guitar. Let’s say your hands need a break or they’re too sore, then play the Aeroband guitar for another hour and you’ll be fine, it’s like having a break while still learning!
So when you say "adding new midi panels" does that mean I can add custom soundfonts? I love the sound of the Roland SC 55.
I have arthritis and neuropathy in hands and fingers. I grieve for the time used to spend playing guitar. I just want to know if it would be worth buying.
If you can't fret a real guitar how are you gunna play this when you will need to position your fingers the same way. Buy a glockenspiel.
Not worth it. I saw another review where the guitarist had their non-guitarist wife try it and this thing hurt her fingers. Sorry about your hands.
That thing belongs at ToysRUs
I like this sound. It's like a sound track from "It Came From the Crypt."
A guitarist that wants to lay out a midi track is legit. Especially if it's a producer with a daw. The guitarist could also play drums through MIDI without being a drummer. If he's more comfortable with his guitar. Or any type of synth or piano riffs anything he might want to do. It's endless
So, it is (sort of) an (almost) affordable 2020s version of the ultra-rare, unaffordable, unobtanium mid-30s SynthAxe. If they made a version with the ergonomics of the SynthAxe - neck at a comfortable angle for the left hand and right hand in standard playing position and a super comfortable sitting position for playing - I would purchase one immediately. Since the neck is detachable I believe they should offer an ergonomic version.
Not really, it's the concept of the "you rock guitar" in a more guitar like body.
so do you HAVE to actually strum/pick one of the physical strings to produce a note? can you play on the fret board as well like a real guitar? this has soooo much potential if they can nail some things down.
Honestly Is it worth it just for the banjo and the piano
Few quick questions:
Does the midi support use plug-in USB?
Does it register bends or any sort of vibrato?
The buttons at the top of the neck, do they allow you to change the tuning manually or through presets? Drop D, Drop C, and so on?
Yes it’s USB and USB-C also both options work, no bends , only slides
Tuning goes on whole step and half step all strings
Fair review. People want straight entries into specific categories, and I've seen negative reviews as I've asked questions in my mind about their relutctance. But to me this is like an electric car driver judging a 4x4 based on it's feel as an electric car. There are some silmilarities like chassis, four wheels, seats and a steering wheel with pedals, but beyond that, it's two difffent categories. I'd try it, and I'd have friends that don't play guitar that would love it. And like I said on one post, it would be fun to take to ckaraoke as it would definitely be better than an air guitar lol
Good review. Thanks
This toy costs only $500 😂
It works well with MIDI but it’s not a substitute to playing a real guitar!! It’s a MIDI instrument
@@JamieDupuisMusician But there are better midi instruments (guitars no less!) for cheaper.
Exactly!! All the people trashing it but other midi guitars are WAY more expensive (Godin, Jamstick, Carvin NS1, etc).... please give me make and model if there's a cheaper one.
I have been watching reviews of this guitar. This man is the one who has been the most professional and hasn't said that this guitar is trash.
Wow, a lot of hate in this comments section! As a senior citizen I would love to be able to play with this if I could afford one.
Where do the string slide noises come from when you're playing e.g. 4:26 and if it's produced by sensors through the silicone strings I'm wondering how a player would control this?
Unfortunately that’s how it sounds when it’s not direct into amp or interface, but you wouldn’t record or perform with the internal speaker as it’s not loud enough and not effective. They make a version without the speaker and without stock sounds which is better. No need to use stock sounds/speaker!
Great review and showcase! I'd be curious to see how well it would work as a tool for transcribing guitar music in Finale
Shiren from Unlucky Morpheus might like this considering that some nights he can't play due to pain.
That’s why he has a strandberg, but he won’t be interested, due to his incredible skills, and the guitar doesn’t sound good either 😅
Not to be a skeptic or anything here but at around 4:24, I hear the sound of fingers sliding on strings. Based on what I've seen of the guitar, I can't see how it could have detected that sound instead of registered the movement of your pinky as a definite slide upward. So I'm inclined to believe that there's either some magic going on, or you got a pretty hefty payout to try and spin this product away from every other review that's been made on it. If I'm wrong, please do enlighten me as to how that sound was produced on that input device. Thanks. (not trying to pick a fight, genuinely curious if that piece of tech can really emulate that.)
Busted!
Native Instruments has a guitar plug-in that’s all MIDI and it sounds like real electric guitars, so you can use this guitar with that plug in. I have the Komplete one and it’s the Sunburst package. That’s the only time I’ve ever used Guitar MIDI since I play real guitar, but I did have it with the Komplete package. Check it out here: www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/guitar/session-guitarist-electric-sunburst/
It also includes all the pick sounds, scratches, etc. Native Instruments gets real musicians to record samples so that when someone uses it in MIDI it sounds real. I like it for synth/piano sounds myself. Tons of people make soundtracks with these plug-ins. Movies/horror soundscapes/commercials/synthwave/lofi etc.
@@JamieDupuisMusician Sounds like this is worth a look. To be honest, not too familiar with this side of music tech so it kina blew my mind since the input device technically has no way to give tactile feedback through the "fretboard" interface since it's functionally just buttons. So you're telling me that the system detects the movement as a string slide NOT being played and just registers it as the scratch of skin on wound string? Interesting. (I get the possibility of pick sounds though since there is a provision on the device to detect a palm mute.) Thanks for the information.
Yes, not trying to mislead people here only educate, but basically the guitar itself isn’t doing that much other than producing a note which is then process into MIDI, the Native Instruments plug-ins already have all those sounds built it to make it more “realistic” pick noises, string scrapes etc. so the guitar itself isn’t making those noises, it’s actually artificially in the plug in itself. Basically this plug in would be for someone who doesn’t really play guitar and wants a guitar track in the background. I used as a means to showcase how MIDI can be used with the guitar instead of just doing synth on it, it can be used with the spectrum of instruments as long as you have the plug ins in Logic Pro X or any other DAW. Now is it over priced for that usage? Yes it is, there’s other guitars like this for cheaper such as the Casio DG-20, which would do the same. There are more options out there as well. I’m not trying to make a selling point on this guitar specifically, only to showcase what it is and how it can be used.
I appreciate this video showing off the strengths of the instrument instead of just saying its a scam or a replacement guitar, because even hearing that stuff i wanted to hear good sounding stuff that this could do.
EDIT: I'm not as keen on the aeroband after further research but it's still cool that this video explored it.
Except there's nothing good about this, especially at the price point. There are fsr better midi solutions too
@@LudwigVon And who would want to support this company anyway with their practices? I would buy a competing MIDI controller even if this was the best one.
It seems to me a lot of people are too tick to understand what this product is for and what it can do 😂
@@sofiakatelyn And the company is helping that how? By flat out lying about what it is for?
@@em7dim9 I don't know what sites are you visiting, since there are fake online stores 'selling' it on social media, but I just checked the real website and it explained exactly what it is for...
This guitar is a good litmus test for how honest a channel is
How honest are YOU in your life to others.... are you a Saint??🤣😂🤣
Well I don’t take money to lie to people
Can you tune in Open tunings? I like open G, D & E. Can you play slide guitar or capo?
You have done quite a positive review from the perspective of a person who can obviously already play a guitar to a high standard. You have the skills to actually do something with it, but you could probablly do wonders with a guitar you built in your shed from a packing crate. How about a review from the perspective of those it appears to be marketed at... the absolute novice who wants to learn to play the guitar, and not 'experts' or hypothetical elderly people with painful hands who yearn to play a musical instrument. Can you honestly say that this 'instrument' would be of any use whatsoever to use to teach a novice ?
This shouldve just been marketed as a synth from the start. I like bass, guitar, and synth, and even with concerns raised about this product i still think it looks cool, and if the price comes down id definitely buy one. Its alot like that old Casio synth guitar that had rubber strings but it seems to track and play better.
Exactly! I was trying to make that point without being harsh, they are trying to come up with something cool, it just needs a new direction and a few adjustments!
what about articulations? vibrato, bending, etc.. do they work?
I just saw this product while scrolling and checked their website. From then on I found your review. I subscribed to your channel because your review is balanced and you know what you're talking about. I am a decent singer and I wanted to commit to become comfortable with the guitar, and although I own an acoustic, it is uncomfortable to play especially when one is a fast and fluid learner as I am. They explain the lights are meant to guide a learner with the app, with different colours lighting up to let you know what note comes next. To me, this is somewhat between Guitar Hero and an actual guitar. I do like how easy it is to get creative and experimental with it, and how portable it is. The price is high, but it is a crowd-funded product and as long as the reviews are not clear the price isn't going down. I definitely want to buy it as I feel that it is a great support system if you want to practice singing and writing music on your own while learning to play guitar. Thank you for the review, it was very helpful
Glad I could help!
I heard that they threatened youtubers who did critical reviews that they will have to pay compensation to them. Well, freedom of speech is a really good thing!
They won't have to pay compensation. But they did threaten legal action for bad reviews.
They threatened legal action for negative PAID promotion. If someone is being paid to review an item, there is zero expectation that the review is honest.
Yes... It's TRUE - And you will NEVER be able to learn GUITAR based off this TOY in a MILLION YEARS!!!
Please begin review videos with the number one question everyone would like answered. $.
So many comments about the things they couldn't do with this guitar. FYI this is what drummers feel when they play edrums.
Thank You for your review, Mr. Dupuis, I am always looking for new instruments to use. 😊
I love what you managed to do with it but they really did mislead people by trying to market it as a learning tool... in that description it is an expensive bag of dog turd.
This was more of a first impressions type thing, I tried to do the best I could with it. Although I didn’t realize the marketing angle as much, I just saw it as a MIDI guitar for the most part
Gunna be honest, seeing what you managed to do with it and how cool that was. I've gone straight onto reverb... and bought a casio dg-20.
@@chrism5810glad to hear! There’s so much you can do with those, especially with good plug ins like Native Instruments, Alchemy with Logic Pro X
Dude, did you sell out and just speak their talking points? Other creators on here were threatened with legal action if their reviews didn't paint the product in a positive light...
This review has been approved.
It's a overpriced toy, being marketed as a 'guitar' it is a bad joke.
much better review than the other youtubers who just trash on this thing... i'd like to see them build one of these.. I have a jamstick in the mail already and i would still get this too. it's neat. I do video game composition, working in Reaper DAW
They just came out with a new MIDI version, better price, check out my newest video!
wondering about the actual build of this instrument. is it a lightweight POS or does it have some level of Heft to it? Re durable?
There’s some weight to it
Sounds convincing but wondering if one can play it on a hardware synthesizer. An example for the yamahs dx7 or casio vz-1 midi wise?
Why is there so much controversy surrounding this instrument?
It's because they market it as a learning tool and not an MIDI controller. It's not a learning tool because the strings on the fretboard are replaced with silicone, which gives no pain, but no gain. Also, you can't play some guitar techniques like harmonics, bending, etc. So it would be considered a guitar NOT meant for beginners, but meant for people who just want to play around with a MIDI.
The "Pet Rock " of the guitar world, "Roll up! Roll up!"
Thank you, I needed this review desperately. What about the €50 Fwndel “version” being sold out there? Is it a scam?
Haven’t heard of that one
I've seen Ali adverts too....also for that kind of price. I'll hang on to my money.
So this is the 'guitar' company that threatened another TH-cam reviewer with legal action if he gave his honest opinion without them seeing his review beforehand, I wouldn't but a nut and bolt from them.
I think it is cool as MIDI Controller... But it is just too expensive... Also, I really hope those lights on the fretboard can be shut down, cause I hate shiny stuff into my eyes
I was watching this video for the product review, then I noticed we’ve met years ago! Tucson, AZ with a whole bunch of banjos if that rings any bells 😂
Hey Nathan, I totally remember man, how have you been? That was a great banjo hangout!!
@@JamieDupuisMusician Haha. Great man! I’ve just been on the road and making records. You’ve got a pretty prolific channel I see, I’ll check some stuff out later tonight.
@@hannanathan564glad to hear man, the music industry is a grind but gotta follow your passion and gift! I heard some of your tracks just now, you sound awesome as always!
I'm waiting for a version with a tremelo bar.
In spite of all the trash talking here, one very valid use for this guitar would be for a keyboard player (with a bit of guitar experience) wanting to add acoustic rhythm guitar tracks to a production. 30 years ago, I bought an Oberheim Strummer - a midi processor that would convert a 3-note chord from a midi keyboard into a 5 or 6-note strummed chord in the shape of how it would be played on a guitar, with various choices for the strumming pattern, synced to the midi tempo. Without the Oberheim Strummer, or this Aero guitar, it's virtually impossible to mimic an acoustic guitar strum on a midi keyboard.
Another advantage of this guitar would be the fact that it stays in tune, no matter where you are on the neck. As a recording studio owner, I've seen working musicians unable to play a G chord in tune, due to the set up on their guitar, or the fact that they're pushing too hard on the strings. In that respect, this guitar could be a life saver for rhythm tracks in the recording studio.
STOP CALLING THIS THING A "GUITAR"... IT PLAINLY IS NOT!!! It is a MIDI at best - a TOY at most!!!
Looks like it would be fun to play around with, but I probably wouldn’t buy one for myself.
I don't know why you put so much emphasis on the fact that it isn't a "real" guitar. Honestly, I feel like you're just trying to protect your self-image, because the answer to the question just doesn't matter. You should just focus on the specific REASONS that people take up guitar, and compare the guitar to those reasons directly.
The only way to learn how to play guitar is to learn on a real guitar. Just put in the work! No other way.
I agree!
Crap. Over priced crap. Looks like guitar hero, just missing the buttons.
It's a MIDI instrument
@@JamieDupuisMusician There are better alternatives for less than 600 though...
Can the guitar be played without picking the strings?
No it can’t unfortunately
Buying this hinders beginner guitar players to actually play a real guitar, and that’s who they are targeting, they don’t care if it’s for people who have arthritis, these people are making it seem like this is a genuine first step at guitar when it’s just a waste of money and time. And there are way better midi guitars.
How is the latency on it? What does it cost?
Hey Jon, when plugged into MIDI it sounds good with synths, there’s a bit of latency for sure. However on the slow synths, it seems to respond well. Stock sounds I wouldn’t recommend. But it’s a cool synth guitar when plugging into Logic Pro X! It’s $539USD
@@JamieDupuisMusician thanks
It can be yours for the low low price of 600$
@@JamieDupuisMusician Why wasn't latency mentioned in the totally honest review?
Wow! Very interesting.
I wouldn't be interested.............but, I am sure there are some that would like it.
It’s not for everyone for sure, as guitarists we tend to stick to real guitars. If you use MIDI, which I do from time to time for backing tracks, soundtracks and such this is a tool that can be used!
@@JamieDupuisMusician who cares about midi. A $50 cheapest guitar you find anywhere will play midi and any synths on the computer. Plus any guitar plugged into audio interface will also has no latency when playing synths.
1. Cannot be a guitar.
2. Can get you sued.
Someone help me - many comments trash this as a good midi controller guitar. But all the other guitars that have native midi (Godin, Carvin NS1, Jamstick, etc are all 2x or 3x the cost of this). Is there a better option for me - I'm looking for something like the Carvin NS1 but sub-$500...is this not it? I don't care about the strings as I could get used to that since I NEVER do bends. If there's another sub $500 midi guitar that's better please tell me!!
All midi guitars suffer from massive latency and in the last two decades there was no noticeable progress being made with these things.
You're better off getting something second hand on Craigslist or eBay especially since you're on a budget.
A sub 500 bucks midi guitar is gonna be absolute garbage
@@elvisd3947 I'm mis spoke. I want a synth guitar, not midi. Carvin NS1 example (look up the AMAZING demo video from Steve Oliver, there's like nearly zero latency)
Side note though on midi - it doesn't need to be fancy because it's outputting a digital signal anyway. It's a 1 or a 0, so it doesn't need to be well made or have nice wood or whatever.
Can you tap the fret board to produce sound?
Very cool Jamie, thanks for sharing, God bless brother !
Thank you Michael!! 🙏 I hope all is well with you!
Is this guitar no need tune up?
Gee, this is the guitar company that threatens legal action if you give them a negative review. And here you are. No longer subscribing. PS - I hope the company goes down the drain. But it's not really a drain. It just looks like a drain. blah blah blah
OH MY… 🤔 I’m old now 😁 This might help me ! 😊
Great video Jamie ! Can you use a slid on it ? Thank You.
Yes you can!
So basically....it sucks as a guitar.
Is the app in Chinese only?
As a Guitarist you are really SUS! No matter what your genre is, the first thing you should try is; Can this guitar produce bending sound? NO IT'S NOT.
Your life is not only just bending.
@@guitarxuan But it's impossible to live without Bending at all... a bending will come to you once or twice and you can't do it? How unfortunate.
@@ArieAGintingIt’s olny to a rocker, electric guitar player. Acoustic guitar, resident singer, and midi user doesn’t matter.
Love finally hearing your voice! My mother and I have been fans of your music for years.
sad to hear the first time you hear someone you're a fan of is when they are trying to scam you, everything the company behind this "guitar" from the marketing to their branding has been a big scam and sadly Mr. Jamie Dupuis is helping the company sell this scam even adding his own lies to try and sell this thing by trying to claim the company is marketing this to people with arthritis when they have literally never mentioned that in any of there material
@@SpiritDK Thank you for letting me know that, because I was unaware.
Don't let this spirit kid fool you. He wasn't scamming anyone, he didn't know. He was sent a product and he reviewed it.
Simple as that.
People always make something out of nothing just because they have a little more information.
@@RayRae559 the problem with your statement is, when you're promoting a product to 310000 people claiming "he didn't know" is not a valid excuse, he is literally sitting with the instrument in his hands, he has from what I can tell functioning eyes, ears and feelings in his hands, he is an experiment guitar player and a grown man, but he is still making up stories that even the company didn't make at the time "this is marketed at people with pain in there fingers and arthritis" wasn't a claim the company had ever made when this video was publicised when this video was made and published the instrument was ONLY sold as a beginner guitar, and now because of you're message Mr. @rayraeTV I sat and watched this video through again and im 99 sure there has been made edits to the video, the voice over parts are not the same as in the original video which you can also see from ALL the other comments people have left over time,
this instrument was solely marketed as a beginner learning tool for kids before you try a real guitar and nothing else, scammers like Mr. Jamie Dupuis here made up the "it's for people with pain in their hands and arthritis" claim because they know it's not for beginners it's not a good learning tool AND the company still to this day still don't make that claim on their own web site, it's an expensive and from claimed from other more repeatable reviewers, not all that well build midi controller, it has a build in mic nearest your mouth but it's really bad, it has a small speaker at the bottom but again it's bad, the only thing it really can do is to be used with your computer and a DAW but again now we're not talking beginner kids learning tool, and the company has already been fought many times doing price fixing which is not illegal in China, on a sale you can claim you product was a million before the sale but now it's only 599 or as right now they are selling it on there own web shop for 479 USD with a claim it used to be 599 but it has NEVER cost 599, that is illegal marketing in most of the western world,
and claiming "he didn't know" is just you lying for god knows what reason, what is it you think he didn't know?? he had the dang thing in his own hands we even see him playing it, what exactly is it you think "he didn't know" when he tried to mislead 310000 people??
but maybe the saddest part is im just a dumb "kid" with an internet connection, but im still better at doing more research about dubious product on the internet and still has more intellectual integrity not to try to lie to people than what looks like a grown ass man that just like Mr. Jamie Dupuis here is trying to make a music and youtube carrier for himself, but starting off lying to people or defending people we can prove knowingly lies to there audience is never a good start, don't believe me read any of the hundreds of comments or just go watch a reviewer with more intellectual integrity maybe start here th-cam.com/video/Coh88YTfqxc/w-d-xo.html
Does it have a 13-pin MIDI connection?
It doesn’t have that
So like... do hammer-ons and pull-offs work?
Yes they do work
Can you do finger tapping?
no, doesn't work, only hammering on/off
Did you write any of that script?
i feel like if i used this thing i would break those strings within a day or two if i played it all day ofc
But if just putting your finger on the fretboard you play the notes, how do you mute the notes?
Another reviewer said it can be palm muted with the other hand.
I meant muting with the left hand lol, like they do to do specific things like groove or play licks
You make it sound good
after being ripped off by the now bankrupt Jammy-E project, I was hoping this might be the solution, but I'm not sure this is as deep for the midi implementation.
How much money did you take for that video?
How would it sound on high gain amp?
Horrible is the answer to that question
@@playauthentic1082 😂. Thanks, I figured out. But thanks!
You wouldn't put your synth through one, and this is just a synth.
@@em7dim9 if I would own one and I wouldn't...then still definitely no.
It seems like the lights might hinder new players from seeing the side dots properly. Good review.
Thank you the video Jamie.
Thank you for tuning in Slim!
Has anyone bought this for having carpal tunnel? Looking for something to give my hand a break but still play and write with.
If you use MIDI yes, there’s programs that can make this guitar sound pretty real, depends on how you want to use it. Live you’d have to get MIDI pedals and such, studio, then plug ins are best
Can't bend strings which is at the heart of guitar playing. Can't palm mute properly, can't mute individual strings in chords and it sounds god-awful.
É isso aí, vc não é o único brasileiro que não sabe fazer pestana e está interessado nessa beleza