Interesting hi-tech guitar

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Big Swifty
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Interesting hi-tech guitar

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Have we seen this yet?

Worth a look around the site, some interesting stuff :

https://www.cycfi.com/2021/12/we-are-ready/

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Agreed—very interesting stuff coming from their lab! I’ve been following their work for a while!! I’ve used one of their nu capsule polyphonic pickups and it’s pretty cool! Definitely an innovative guy!
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I’ve been following this project on the VGuitar forums. Only dealbreaker for me is the string-thru bridge he went with (trem users are left out; with no room left for a tech-y compromise in mounting a Virtual Jeff or even a surface-mount Kahler without a redesign). Considering each is being built-to-order, I feel wiggle room for hardware could have been better implemented in a production model advertised as being both modular and future-proof. I’m curious to see if all twenty order slots get filled, and what Murphy’s law has to say about the listed potential for delays.
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But, it has a neck heel...

The hardware (bridge) IS majorly disappointing. I'm happy to see projects like this, and wish them success. And I hope they do expand the line.

I don't really see the attraction of per-string processing. Having synths with that ability is one thing (and a feature I've only employed when finding it on stock patches), but who really WANTS to use a separate processor for each string?

I LIVE on the neck pickup (well, at least more than 60% of the time), and have resisted trying a Sustaniac simply for that reason. (Lawrence Winn put one in one of his Flys!) But the idea of infinite sustain DOES float my boat.
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No, I haven't see this before
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I believe one of Rick Toone's recent creations utilised CYCFI pickups https://www.ricktoone.com/#/stealth/
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