Gizmodo: air guitar

Dealzmodo: Free Air Guitars

Mark Wilson — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:00:46 EST

If you dig air guitars, then you will flip over this (expired) dealzmodo. Offered in the UK's Glasgow City Centre in promotion with a radio station launch, visitors could snag a free air guitar. Hell, they could take more than one. Just look at that huge inventory! [frederiksamuel via inventorspot]

Air Guitar Gadgets Aren't as Cool as Real Guitars, Somehow

Adam Frucci — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:00:00 EDT

In Den Den Town in Osaka, Bashcraft and I found a table with a bunch of air guitar gadgets at the front of an electronics store. What are air guitar gadgets, you ask? They're stupid little devices that make noise when you pretend to play guitar, making you look like a total jackass. Or me look like a total jackass, specifically. Ah well. I was never cut out for the music biz.

Show off your Fancy Fretwork with the Air Musician Game

AddyDugdale — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:42:21 EDT

Air Musician is some sort of Air Guitar toy, courtesy of those nice people at Sega. Not quite sure how it works, but who cares when it plays Deep Purple, Lenny Kravitz and (sic) AaroSmith? Fun, 15 bucks and three colorways *twiddles left-hand fingers in air and makes O-face*. [Megahouse via TokyoMango]

Martin's "History of Flight" Guitar Costs $150,000, Ranks Among World's Ugliest

Wilson Rothman — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:30:00 EDT

As the owner of a Martin guitar (one that cost substantially less than $150,000), I know this one-of-a-kind piece here probably has beautiful tone and resonance, made as it is from the finest Adirondack spruce and Brazilian rosewood. But we seriously have to talk about this "History of Flight" theme...

Do you really want Cliff's Notes to the Smithsonian's Air & Space Museum on the thing that's supposed to get you laid at parties? Iconic yet cheesy images—Neil Armstrong, the Wright Flyer, the freakin' Voyager probe—are done in the most intricate mother-of-pearl by undisputed inlay master Larry Robinson, and yet I'm not sure I'd like to meet the guy who buys it. Don't take my opinion, though. Have a look at the gallery below, or visit the Guitar Center's site for the thorough and highly educational historical walkthrough. [Guitar Center]

Air Guitar Pro Lets the Skill-less Be Skilled

Jason Chen — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:00:01 EDT

Can't be bothered to learn guitar? Get Guitar Hero. Even lazier than that? Get this Air Guitar Pro. The gadget consists of the upper neck of the guitar, and have seven buttons to create chords and modify them (major, minor, augmented, diminished).

In addition to making your own music, there's pre-recorded tracks like Are You Gonna Be My Girl and Walk This Way. Air guitar has never been cooler. It's also never been lamer. – Jason Chen

Product Page [HimeyaShop via Technabob]

Air Guitar Pro: An Accessory for a Virtual Toy?

Travis Hudson — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:20:08 EDT

Japanese toy manufacturer Takara Tomy has developed a special "air guitar controller," which is essentially the upper neck and head of a real guitar. There are fake frets and and it plays little noises when pushing the frets. The Air Guitar Pro is available for $22 and will likely never hit our shores. It's okay, I don't want our kids half-assing air guitar anyway. –Travis Hudson

Playing Air Guitar Has Never Been So Easy [Coolest-Gadgets]

T-Shirt Turns Air Guitar Riffs Into Actual Sounds: The World Weeps

Gizloco — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:06:58 EST

Odds are that everyone has rocked out to the sweet sounds of an air guitar on at least one occasion and now scientists have invented a t-shirt that transforms your air riffs into real ones. The t-shirt interprets the movements of the wearer's arms (one picks and the other creates cords) and wirelessly sends the information to a nearby computer that then interprets the riffs. In the end, the sweet sounds of your killer rendition of "Sunshine of Your Love" fill the air.

The scientists who developed the t-shirt said that the technology could be adapted to other, more useful functions, like improving coordination or asking out girls. What the world needs now is a device to allow for air blogging: that's where the money's at. – Nicholas Deleon

Every wanna-be rocker's fantasy comes true [CSIRO via Yahoo!/AP]