Circle Guitar is a revolutionary new type of electric guitar
Circle has all the features of a standard electric guitar combined with the level of audio control you would expect from a synthesiser with six oscillating strings. creating rhythmical patterns to strum the strings. The wheel can be controlled via the guitar using tap-tempo or the speed dial or programmed via MIDI.
The Circle Guitar is a self-playing electric that can pick at ...
Aug 18, 2020 · Here’s something you don’t see every day: meet the Circle Guitar, which uses a built-in mechanical step sequencer that rotates up to 250bpm beneath the strings to “generate sounds, textures and rhythms that would be impossible with a conventional electric guitar.”
The Circle Guitar is a self-picking electric guitar that goes up to …
Inventor and product designer Anthony Dickens has unveiled a radical new concept instrument dubbed the Circle Guitar. This is an electric guitar that employs a mechanical ‘step sequencer’ disc on its body, which rotates underneath the strings.
The Self-Picking Circle Guitar Seeks to “Push Guitar Playing into …
Aug 19, 2020 · No matter how fast your favorite shredder picks, there’s no way they can compete with the Circle Guitar. This ingenious design, assembled by builder Anthony Dickens, uses a built-in mechanical step sequencer that rotates up to 250bpm beneath the strings.
Spinning string picker gives Circle Guitar a sound all its own
Aug 18, 2020 · The Circle Guitar's spinning disc unit is, "in essence, a mechanical step sequencer that rotates up to 250 beats-per-minute beneath the strings"
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Oct 13, 2024 · The Circle Guitar is a unique instrument, combining technology with traditional guitar features, offering new ways to engage with guitar playing. The standout feature, a spinning wheel, is MIDI programmable allowing players to generate different sounds …
Listen to This Circle Guitar, Which has Mechanically Activated …
Feb 23, 2022 · In addition to running his own design firm, Studio Make Believe, UK-based product designer Anthony Dickens invented this unique Circle Guitar. Listen to the sound it makes: "We built Circle Guitar to generate sounds, textures and rhythms that would be impossible with a conventional electric guitar," Dickens writes.
The Circle Guitar puts a new spin on a rock classic - WIRED
Dec 18, 2020 · Circle Guitar has now attracted interest from world-class musicians including Radiohead guitarist Ed O’Brien. The wheel in the centre of the new version spins to create up to 250 beats per...
Meet Circle Guitar, the 250BPM robo-plucker in a six-string
Aug 19, 2020 · The central mechanism, the motor driven circle that actually strikes the strings, is essentially a mechanical step sequencer that can hit speeds of up to 250BPM. Programming the sequence is also physical, involving placing five different colour-coded hardnesses of plectrum in any of 128 holes.
Introducing Circle Guitar, a six-string electric that can go pluck ...
Aug 18, 2020 · Sometimes the guitar world throws up weird and wonderful little gems like this one. The Circle Guitar is a mechanical guitar with a built-in motor-driven sequencer that spins at up to 250bpm for insane picking patterns. Yes, it can literally go pluck itself!