Jun 25 2007Air Guitar Pro

The Air Guitar Pro is a guitar designed for air guitarists that actually plays music. You hold the chord buttons on the fretboard and then strum the air. Infrared sensors in the neck detect the hand motions and it plays the note. If you're not into playing your own music it also comes with preloaded tracks. The final product will ship in July but importer HimeyaShop is taking pre-orders now for about $27. Although actually playing music kind of defeats the purpose of an air guitar. It's like having an imaginary friend who's also a real person. Who wants that!
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Reader Comments
1. none - June 25, 2007 4:51 PM
that's awesome, but isn't air guitar done so that we don't have sound?
27$ for something that's supposed to be quiet, go figure
2. Moranius - June 25, 2007 4:58 PM
I have an imaginery girlfriend. Why isn't she real? :( She can play guitar, too.
3. Jab - June 25, 2007 5:12 PM
Can we say guitar hero controller potential? Though you'd have to ignore two of the buttons.
4. Shoppo - June 25, 2007 5:26 PM
Yes, but they never discuss the loser factor of strumming air to get sound. Why move your hand at all?
It's like making the masturbating motion to quiet your stupid friend and your belt makes a squishy sound.
5. Jab - June 25, 2007 5:40 PM
dibs on the patent on that, Shoppo.
6. SuperStoned420 - June 25, 2007 6:35 PM
so i actually know how to play guitar. i own 6 of my own and yes i am boasting, because these days talentless little freaks who can't commit to an art have to press plastic buttons and wave their arms in the air for sound.
you want a guitar hero? I AM queens boulevard. i mean, I AM a guitar hero.
7. RandomNigel - June 25, 2007 8:38 PM
I'm agreeing with 6.
I'll stick to my real guitar, thank you very much.
8. NeoteriX - June 25, 2007 9:28 PM
Wow, so you *actually* play a guitar and you own six?! No friggin way. Why did you stop the bragging there? Why don't you tell us all about your kickass room in your mom's basement?
I'm sorry, I didn't know a video game could get your panties in such a bunch. Does anyone playing guitar hero *really* think they're playing a legitimate substitute for a guitar? No, tool. It's called a game. And yes, they are talentless little freaks, but at least they're enjoying themselves.
Football players enjoy EA's Madden NFL, professional racers enjoy playing Gran Turismo, our American soldiers enjoy playing SOCOM, and you've just proven how much of a tool you are.
9. SuperStoned420 - June 25, 2007 9:50 PM
#8, you need to get the sand out of your vagina. asap!
10. Cait - June 25, 2007 10:01 PM
Just learn to play the guitar, you assholes.
11. Tom - June 25, 2007 10:21 PM
#6: Suck a dick.
12. FAGGOTRON - June 25, 2007 11:44 PM
Tell Drama he's on the top of my list of things to do today, along with inserting needles in my cock!
13. Og - June 26, 2007 12:28 AM
This will go down in history, right along side those drum sticks you had to beat against the air as a kid.
14. SuperStoned420 - June 26, 2007 12:45 AM
Sorry Tom I let your mother do all the sucking already. shame. I'd save some for you too but my cock doesn't like prepubescent girls.
but don't worry baby, in a few years time.... ;)
15. StickyPubes - June 26, 2007 2:00 AM
Shit like this makes me feel really good about being an actual musician...
16. zutalors - June 26, 2007 5:16 AM
Well, it's way better than an Esteban.
17. vÂȘnman - June 26, 2007 10:07 AM
Dimebag is in guitar heaven right now, crying. Crying because you touch yourself.
18. Shoppo - June 26, 2007 10:24 AM
Wait! I was going to get an Esteban.
Look, if the dude can play guitar on top of a fridge like magic... then his guitar is the guitar for me! (geico ad...)
And #13, Tommy Lee is going to be real upset about the airsticks not being real drums... almost as much as he was about Pamela not being a real girl...
And for you REAL musicians out there, this is a valid concept! God only know I wish I had an air French Horn instead of the real one I played for years.... I hated placing my hand in the horn's naughty place while my mouth was on it's head.... and an air flute would allow guys to play flute and not get beat up with the flute.
Woodwinds and brass would rock if you didn't have to blow them!
19. topher - June 26, 2007 11:28 PM
I like cheese.
20. guate6 - July 11, 2007 6:09 PM
I weep for the future of our species.
21. guate6 - July 11, 2007 6:12 PM
I always wonder what future historians would think about things such as these. A short kid with glasses in the middle of the room raises his hand and goes "so you mean humans evolved, then reversed the process...?"
Perhaps this toy is real, perhaps it's a gimmick, who cares? I only wish I was talented enough to play real instruments, but this? This is an insult to everything, along with things like this. That, and I think people should read better and understand others' sarcasm before making stupid comments.
And remember: Don't drink and drive.