Nov 26 2007Electric Guitar Laptop Mod Is Pretty Sweet
Ben Lewry, a guitar and computer lover, modded a laptop to fit inside an electric guitar. It's called the LCDetar. Which is not the best name, but far better than Guitard. The laptop inside features a trippy music visualization program that responds to whatever you're playing on the guitar. Good job Ben, the thing looks sweet. As a matter of fact, it may be the best laptop mod I've ever seen. Well, except for the ukulele one I made last year. Ho ho, gotcha Ben! Ukulele laptop FTW. Better luck next time buddy.
A couple more pictures and two videos of it in action after the jam session.
Geek Hacks Laptop, Puts in Electric Guitar [techeblog]
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Reader Comments
1. mom - November 26, 2007 7:24 PM
i can do dat
2. guate6 - November 26, 2007 7:40 PM
I like the visualization part, but is it really practical?
3. guate6 - November 26, 2007 7:41 PM
Ok, after watching the videos, it looks neat. Perhaps it is practical.
4. mactank - November 26, 2007 8:38 PM
that's cool...
5. Nat - November 26, 2007 9:36 PM
Guittard is actually the name of a chocolate company.
6. Tammy - November 26, 2007 11:42 PM
I would love to see this guy play some Pink Floyd on the guitar, that would be freakin sweet.
7. poop - November 27, 2007 6:04 AM
now i can throw my strat away and get this piece of shit.
8. John - November 27, 2007 9:08 AM
I would love to see Frampton playing one of these bitches.
9. Trevor - November 27, 2007 1:17 PM
Anybody have an idea of what visual program he's using?
A lot of the animations looks to be quite similar to "Milkdrop" which is a standard visualization plugin which comes bundled with Winamp these days. It's pretty trippy, i've spent 8 hours plus on trip sessions just starting at it, with tears being brought to my eyes because of how powerful and overwhelmed i was at the time.
Quite a few of those animations i wasn't familiar with tho, so i wasn't sure if he's using the same program or what. I'd definately like to kno more.
10. hardeappel - November 27, 2007 2:16 PM
Its milkdrop allright, maybe a newer version than you have or with an extra expension pack. Still awesome
11. NeoAkira - November 27, 2007 5:35 PM
Looks like it could be cool, but I think it would do better with personalized visualizations made specifically to pick up guitar sounds because it looks like the visualizations are always in motion most of the time regardless of whether he's playing or not. Very cool Idea tho.
Incidentally has anyone seen the guitar that Matthew Bellamy from the band Muse sports? It has an LCD screen with various colors on it at the bottom of the body and when he rubs his pick against it, the screen picks up the pick scratches and makes sounds based on it. Anyhow, I thought it would be cool if the LCD screen was touchscreen and he could get it to do that.
12. sauce bag - January 14, 2008 10:01 PM
there is no better way to get a stiff neck than to look straight down at your screen while you massacre 80's hair metal...
http://ihatestarbucks.blogspot.com/
13. BITCHTITS! - March 12, 2008 5:01 PM
OMFG! THIS THING IS THE SHIT! I WOULD SO BUY IT! NOT! Although it looks cool, I wouldn't waste money when there are more famous guitars to be had. Screw you all.