I’ve been messing around with LED-embedded guitars since the original GTar. Designed to help beginners learn and players look like all supersonic freakadelic on stage, they have quickly become c
Children who are about to rock, we salute you. The Loog Pro is a guitar made just for kids and features three strings that can be tuned in various open tunings for easy playing. The original Loog guit
As a fan of electronic guitars -- as opposed to plain-old electrics -- the Jammy seems like a very interesting piece of kit. Designed to be played like a regular guitar, you fret on the top part of th
Loog is a New York-based guitar company run by a music teacher named Rafael Atijas. These three-string guitars are designed for kids as young as 3 years old and they make guitar easy and fun – a
Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could make a lighter guitar, they didn’t stop to think if they should. As TC’s resident guitar lover I have to take all the high-te
The first Roadie tuner was a miracle in a plastic case. This little device connected to your phone and then turned the machine heads (the little tuning knobs) on your guitar to exactly the right posit
“Well you’re in your little room,” wrote the bard. “And you’re working on something good. But if it’s really good you’re gonna need a bigger room.” With
Bohemian Guitars first won our hearts with their unique oilcan git-fiddles, an instrument at once primitive and surprisingly advanced. I played with them about two years ago and now they're back with
We’re back after a long break and I bet you missed our mugs on TC’s Fly or Die. This week we present the Jamstik+, a surprisingly cool little musical instrument that immediately got Jordan
It is my understanding, and correct me if I’m off base here, that you’re into piña coladas and getting caught in the rain. Furthermore, you’re not into yoga and, I suspect this is
As a wannabe guitarist, I find that the hardest thing to do is sit down and actually play guitar. When I first saw the Jamstik, a five-fret mini electronic guitar, I was impressed. It was about as big
Hey, man, is that a MIDI guitar with amazing internal lighting effects? Well turn it up! Hot on the heels of the GTar and the Jamstik we present the Expressive, a guitar designed by Rob O’Reilly
"Judas!" cried someone from the carpeted, block-strewn floor. Mrs. Felton, the third grade teacher, looked at the kids with contempt.
"I don't believe you!" she yelled.
In order to put our money where our hype is we like to take a closer look at <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/Kickstarter">Kickstarter</a> products we've talked about on the site. Today we have the
When we last saw <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2013/03/28/moniker-is-looking-to-crowdfunding-to-create-a-custom-guitar-business/">Moniker Guitars</a> they were trying to raise $50,000 to fund a cust
When we first saw <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2013/01/08/the-zivix-jamstik-is-an-absolutely-amazing-portable-midi-guitar-for-beginners-and-pros/">the Jamstik at CES this year</a> we called it amaz
Austin-based Moniker Guitars is running a <a target="_blank" href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/518406677/moniker-guitars-weve-designed-a-guitar-for-you-to">Kickstarter campaign</a> to create a
One of the benefits of the web is that you can eschew traditional models of distribution and talk to your customer one-on-one. In what I consider a first for ecommerce, guitar makers <a target="_blank
Guitar-making is a noble and beautiful art and it's high time luthiers started thinking about the web. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.macmarr.com">MacKenzie & Marr</a> is a tiny company in Qu
Announced at CES 2011, the Gibson Firebird X has been a fascinating example of a traditional instrument maker building something that, arguably, is quite revolutionary. The Firebird X is essentially a
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