Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Epsilon project



In the last months I've been busy with the Epsilon project. I was contacted by a guitar maker in Sweden who proposed me to conceive an ergonomic guitar and have a prototype built - and if things work create a company to have it released… We took plenty of time to exchange about what we really wanted and settled on this model, that I roughly built out of foam. The model should go to a luthier soon... More information on this project when things evolve!

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13 comments:

  1. Furtheron10/30/2013 9:30 AM

    Fantastic. I like the shape and look - the hardware laid out looks good too. Excellent insight into the development of an original guitar

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    1. bertram10/30/2013 9:52 AM

      thank you. the perspective of having it built for real and the on-going dialog with my partner stimulated me a lot! and I spent a lot of time on it...

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  2. Dimaension X10/30/2013 1:01 PM

    Interesting design - I've always thought that the shape of a guitar is completely arbitrary, and often, a waste of wood. A Les Paul is pretty to look at, but there is just so much wood below the bridge - it isn't necessary, and makes it heavy. A guitar should balance well, be light-weight, yet have enough wood to allow for nice resonance and vibration for sustain.

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    1. bertram10/30/2013 2:02 PM

      I couldn't agree more - I tried to make it pretty still...

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  3. Unknown10/30/2013 1:30 PM

    That's a fascinating project. The prototype looks great already... the way that the curves, corners, etc, often seen in your designs, combine into a very ergonomic instrument. I especially like the way that it can rest on both thighs. It must be very stable that way.

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    1. bertram10/30/2013 2:09 PM

      I noticed that guitarists currently go back to Angus Young-style high neck playing after a few decades of punkish and uncomfortable thigh-level horizontal position… this guitar is meant to be a player as much as a looker!

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  4. Unknown10/30/2013 1:53 PM

    Reminiscent of an Ovation Breadwinner I used to own.

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    1. bertram10/30/2013 2:05 PM

      I do own a Breadwinner and it's a great inspiration...

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  5. Yaroslav Tremasov10/31/2013 7:20 AM

    Does it fit any hard case?

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  6. Unknown11/01/2013 6:02 PM

    As always, a beautiful and fascinating original design! One small suggestion: put the volume control in a place where the player can alter volume while playing either with his pinkie or thumb... possibly palm-actuated if the dual-sitting-position nature of the body prevents it... as I feel this would give it a wider appeal. Bertram.. I believe you've created a genuine contender in the guitar business!

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    1. bertram11/01/2013 10:07 PM

      thank you Ben, I hope other guitarists will agree with you and make our project succeed! I've thought about putting the volume knob closer to the bridge pickup, I guess it's really a strat trick and I never played a strat… but it's true that it's the kind of thing that might attract the people for whom this guitar was designed - this can still involve when we reach the workbench.

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  7. Antony11/22/2013 7:34 PM

    Looks great. Can't wait to see the process and the finished article

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