Holy shit I didn't even consider that, this could legitimately become a standard for pickup reviews and tone chasers who want to "optimize" their tone. There's no better way to do it currently other than switching pickups (hassle) or having more than 1 of the same guitar with different pickups (expensive hassle); even if this guitar only sounded "okay," it would serve as a unique tool to A/B test different pickups in different configurations. I really hope we see more stuff like this, maybe wooden modules? Who knows
The sixties was the lead guitar era. Dan Armstrong had clear plastic guitars with changeable pickups. Jazz musicians used the basses. If more guitar players were playing loud and using feedback, having a guitar with more acoustic action and magnetic resonance would be what's out there now. I would think of that as taking Jimi Hendrix into the pre-amp and master amp (1977) and digital era.
I think your spot on. Key is that it's really easy to do and only takes seconds. Plus most people like "normal" looking/ regular guitars not some weird material made to look futuristic. In the past when making innovative guitars the manufacturers have made these sort of futuristic guitars and it's just not what the people want. So this is dead set easy & quick to use, looks fantastic, a quality instrument without being super expensive and its like owning a bunch of guitars all at once. It ticks every box so i agree this will sell like hotcakes then everyone will jump on board and if the customers enjoy it as much as Phillip did, then it WILL take over the market.... Cheers.
@@pallecla It doesn't prevent you. It'll help you find what pickup configuration and what brands you want paired with one another so you can buy guitars you know you'll use rather than try em out in a store for a couple hours or come back every other day and then buy a guitar you thought you were gonna love, but end up using ten percent of the time. I feel like this is a great step
@@erwocoolis9451 i love me a new guitar but in reality i like to find one i really like then use it all the time. There have been times when ive had multiple guitars (up until recently i had 4) but i end up playing only one. So now i own a Jem bfp and thats all i play... Sold the rest except for my acoustic.
You can imagine someone with OCD getting this for Christmas... they would have an orgasm. Humbucker, 57's, no! no!, Fender Texas Specials, no!, Filtertron...
"This guitar was originally designed for players who have developed mental illness related to "tone chasing". So far it has relieved many, we have high hopes for their recovery. Phil is doing very well, seems like a new person." -Somnium
Think about how many tone chasers are going to go crazy because of all these new options in tones, they'll still not find it because there aren't enough new options. I know because I'm a tone chaser too. :) It definitely looks interesting though. Lets hope it gets more affordable.
@@WTS1377 I prefer the term - displayers not players.. I do an excellent job of creating a guitar art room at my house...One day, i will keep enough rhythm to play out.
When you switch out the pickups, it kind of sounds like when your reloading a weapon. What's really interesting that you said how changing pickups you play differently because the sound and what we perceive is different so we play different. I find this is the case with me too when I go from one guitar to another with different pickups.
I think sometimes we're not aware of how much we are listening to our sound and making little adjustments to our playing to get it to sound how we want. I mean if you think about it it makes sense but we often don't think about it. I remember a while back I practiced a riff unplugged for a little while, then when I turned on the amp I noticed a bunch of stuff in my playing that I needed to clean up because it sounds different. I mean that's an extreme example but it's the same principle.
That is so awesome! We were talking about putting together a collection of guitars with many different pickups-and here you go giving us a guitar that makes this process soooo much more efficient. Thank you! ✨🎸
So last year, when I saw that EU company build something similar, I was like "wow that is cool". But you had to send the company the pickups you wanted and have them wire it into a magnetic harness (forget the name right now, but was featured on DBG). This new guitar concept blows my mind. What a great era to be living in! Thanks for showing this thing off!
Fine line between all talk, and self serving "listen to me play" with these things. Thank you for striking the balance. this info wouldn't have been the same without your application of both. Thumbs up.
Absolutely, without a doubt, by far THE best execution of a guitar with modular pickups I have ever seen. The deal breaker for me is the slim neck. I've had gorgeous Strats, 335 style,etc., guitars I cannot bond with due to the skinny neck, and sold. Give me a chunky to fat neck option and I'll start saving for this today. This is perfect One-Guitar-That-Does-It-All for me, and I'd be an early adopter but for that slim neck.
Done. It has a standard Fender-spec neck pocket, we can bolt a railroad tie in there if you want, just let us know! If you have an older neck that you particularly like and want to use it, we can do that too.
@@somniumguitars858 Thanks for the quick reply. I thought about this guitar all afternoon yesterday. It has been years since I went WOW! about a guitar. I love the mix of traditional and modern precision manufacturing . Saving starts today, and I went through my guitars to see what might sell to move the fund along. Just that basic black Tele shape on your site, with a few pickup choices...
WOW! As an engineer I am super impressed with the pickup interchangeability design and the active-passive electronics system. As a player, the versatility this guitar would bring my playing experience is totally awesome. Like Philip, I'm blown away. A great video Philip! And your excitement displayed...well it is totally infectious! Well done!
You need completely different; pedalboard, amp, wardrobe, makeup, wigs, tatoos, pierced body hardware, & lightshows to go with each and every setup, as well as 5-6 roadies & two 18 wheelers to carry it all.
This is a great idea! Everyone has a different preference for how their pickups are configured. Allowing the player to change their own pickups on the fly opens up a whole new world of exploring tonal options.
I gotta get one this year I love it being a gadget pickup person.chasing tones will be very easy and being able to use different pickup configurations will definitely make a great choice to be able to change and get the sound you want with sooo many different pickups.This is going to be a great year.peace
I have been playing guitar for 57 years , this is the most innovative feature I have ever seen in a guitar ! My question is how is the quality of the actual guitar ? Unbelievable versitality in a guitar ! You could do a gig, and change pickups between songs ! This could be a lifetime guitar ( if the quality matches the features ). I am impressed and amazed ! The price is very competive , considering that NOBODY has these features ! Thanks for a GREAT video , I am still dumbfounded ! Unbelievable features !!
Can you imagine how cool this would be for a session cat ! Bring in one guitar and a bag full of pickups , you could play any style of anything ! I am still watching with my chin on the floor !
Now this is innovation! SO glad to see someone thinking outside of the box and coming up with a real practical solution. Kudos to Somnium. They may actually get me to buy one of their guitars as it truly does what my current guitars cannot do. I like the quick and easy swaps between pick up configs.
Very interesting concept. They should further strengthen the modular idea by offering a 24 3/4 scale option, and a neck width at the top nut of about 45 mm. Of course not to switch the neck in a few minutes, but to get an instrument fully tailored to your needs.
This is truly great Phil! Rarely comment but this was very interesting. The reason why this is great is because it is very easy to swap, unlike other similar products like this that I have seen before. They should patent this and license it to other guitar companies.
It truly is an amazing guitar and the innovation inside is tremendous. However, there is no better salesman in the world than a guy who is truly excited about it and Phil, you sell it. :) Honestly, you need to get a piece of the company, however small, for what you're doing for them and I hope it really takes off. I love seeing you so amped up about this. Great video.
Really cool idea. Not to diminish the value and versatility of this instrument cuz it’s very cool. I’m listening on high quality head phones and the pup swaps sound far too similar from on to the next. I’d love to try one out with a variety of pups as in this video. Thanks Phillip
Mondays just got a little better. I am fascinated to see how the pickups change your playing cause I agree, that would be a weird feeling and a cool one at that.
Very cool guitar and I have a used ESP LTD M-1000 I got used a few years ago that came with an EMG 81 in the neck and a Seymour Duncan JB in the bridge. Like you, I really like the combo of the active and passive like that. This guitar would definitely be a nice tool for gigging musicians, pickup builders and those who demo pickups as well.
Relish did this too, and in an incredible guitar. Played one in Gruhn's and was blown away at the quality. It's a pretty non-standard design tho, so may not be as accessible as the tele-shape.
chris4072511, How right you are!! If I wi-fi-ed these "comparison demos" through my Biamplified quad stereo system, I couldn't tell any difference. If the only use for this $3,000 electronic nightmare is to play horribly distorted ear-splitting racket, I'll just stick to my Tele, Strat, & LP with conventional pickups.
That would make the ultimate pickup test mule. The only difference being the pickup and you could flip them back and forth on any setting etc. If you're going to do pickup reviews I'd use this going forward
me : find multiple holy grail pickup configurations via this gig then I wont be able to resist building full custom made ones since GAS is basically curiosity running the brain... what if...
SCAR-MY-GUITAR I think one could do it, in theory, and the tech is impressive, but I don't want that! I wan't more reasons to buy more guitars, not the opposite. I guess I don't believe in the concept of monogamy when it comes to guitars 😂
I have a Relish Mary One and it has changeable pickups but it is not anywhere near as flexible as this one, as the pickups available are limited. Great video. My only criticism is that the aesthetic of a guitar is very important to me. I wouldn't want to be relegated to using the same guitar with a different sound over and over again and that is why My Relish Mary One is for sale on Reverb. (See what I did there....)? Kevin O'Rourke
The emg, or actives in general, have far less magnetic pull on the strings which is probably why you feel it’s easier to physically play. They make a huge variety of pickups including passive and paf styled ones, I use them in most of my guitars. The very uncommon emg 58 pickup is magnificent and almost no one knows it exists.
Active pickups were a game changer for me at first. They are great but i kinda went back to more traditional paf style pu's. They both have their time and place though. Totally know what you mean how it changes the way you play! Rock on!
It's a cool idea, and would be perfect for many, but I prefer that instruments that sound different also look and feel different, with different scale lengths and construction and all, because it all adds up to what makes a particular instrument do what it does the way that it does it. Super cool, though, I hope they sell a million of them!
I can hear the tonewood guys already.... But man, gotta admit this is a tremendous idea and what looks like extremely well-thought out execution. Game changer? And now, obviously, we know how Phil is going to do his every pickup test series :D
I am definitely buying one of these guitars. But I am waiting on Thoman to release their version. As soon as a Harley Benton version exist, I am definitely getting one.
A music store in Lincoln, NE had something like this, in 1984, to demo varioius pickups. But it looked more like the original Les Paul "LOG". different pickupswere mounted on wooden blocks that could be mounted from the rear, just like this guitar but with much less "finess".
Finally!!! A way to A B compare different pickups on the same guitar in seconds! A tone freaks dream come true!
Totally! This has to be one of the best ways to "scientifically" compare pickups without variables of string life/tension. So cool!
Holy shit I didn't even consider that, this could legitimately become a standard for pickup reviews and tone chasers who want to "optimize" their tone. There's no better way to do it currently other than switching pickups (hassle) or having more than 1 of the same guitar with different pickups (expensive hassle); even if this guitar only sounded "okay," it would serve as a unique tool to A/B test different pickups in different configurations. I really hope we see more stuff like this, maybe wooden modules? Who knows
Seems like this modularity and innovation has got to be the future of guitar making.
The sixties was the lead guitar era. Dan Armstrong had clear plastic guitars with changeable pickups.
Jazz musicians used the basses. If more guitar players were playing loud and using feedback,
having a guitar with more acoustic action and magnetic resonance would be what's out there now.
I would think of that as taking Jimi Hendrix into the pre-amp and master amp (1977) and digital era.
I think your spot on. Key is that it's really easy to do and only takes seconds. Plus most people like "normal" looking/ regular guitars not some weird material made to look futuristic. In the past when making innovative guitars the manufacturers have made these sort of futuristic guitars and it's just not what the people want. So this is dead set easy & quick to use, looks fantastic, a quality instrument without being super expensive and its like owning a bunch of guitars all at once. It ticks every box so i agree this will sell like hotcakes then everyone will jump on board and if the customers enjoy it as much as Phillip did, then it WILL take over the market.... Cheers.
Agreed, can't wait until these become easier to manufacture and widely available
Absolutely-Swiss army guitar!!!!
@@pallecla It doesn't prevent you. It'll help you find what pickup configuration and what brands you want paired with one another so you can buy guitars you know you'll use rather than try em out in a store for a couple hours or come back every other day and then buy a guitar you thought you were gonna love, but end up using ten percent of the time. I feel like this is a great step
Guitar- $2,500 Me buying every pickup ever known to exist to try out in this guitar- $36,780 :)
Lol... Savings made from not having to buy 10 or more guitars.... $48,560.
@@erwocoolis9451 i love me a new guitar but in reality i like to find one i really like then use it all the time. There have been times when ive had multiple guitars (up until recently i had 4) but i end up playing only one. So now i own a Jem bfp and thats all i play... Sold the rest except for my acoustic.
Me buying this guitar and never switching out the pickups ever.
@@KnuckleThruster 😄
You can imagine someone with OCD getting this for Christmas... they would have an orgasm. Humbucker, 57's, no! no!, Fender Texas Specials, no!, Filtertron...
"This guitar was originally designed for players who have developed mental illness related to "tone chasing". So far it has relieved many, we have high hopes for their recovery. Phil is doing very well, seems like a new person." -Somnium
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Good one 😂😂😂
Have shared your comment with frends! 😋
Think about how many tone chasers are going to go crazy because of all these new options in tones, they'll still not find it because there aren't enough new options. I know because I'm a tone chaser too. :) It definitely looks interesting though. Lets hope it gets more affordable.
@@WTS1377 I prefer the term - displayers not players.. I do an excellent job of creating a guitar art room at my house...One day, i will keep enough rhythm to play out.
So innovative! It’s rare these days to see something truly game changing..
This is seriously the coolest thing I've ever seen
When you switch out the pickups, it kind of sounds like when your reloading a weapon.
What's really interesting that you said how changing pickups you play differently because the sound and what we perceive is different so we play different. I find this is the case with me too when I go from one guitar to another with different pickups.
@Edward st.antoine This is true.
I think sometimes we're not aware of how much we are listening to our sound and making little adjustments to our playing to get it to sound how we want. I mean if you think about it it makes sense but we often don't think about it.
I remember a while back I practiced a riff unplugged for a little while, then when I turned on the amp I noticed a bunch of stuff in my playing that I needed to clean up because it sounds different. I mean that's an extreme example but it's the same principle.
Yeah! Like a Thompson Contender. One body with a dozen barrels from a .22 to a 410!
As someone who hates soldering irons with a passion, this is a dream come true. I’m sold
When he stuck the active EMG in and A/B’d it with the passive neck humbucker, I lost it. So many possibilities. This has to be the future.
Looks and sounds great. Love the comments on the clicking sound of the reload. Who knew we can reload our guitars :-). Great video. Awesome product.
That is so awesome! We were talking about putting together a collection of guitars with many different pickups-and here you go giving us a guitar that makes this process soooo much more efficient. Thank you! ✨🎸
So last year, when I saw that EU company build something similar, I was like "wow that is cool". But you had to send the company the pickups you wanted and have them wire it into a magnetic harness (forget the name right now, but was featured on DBG). This new guitar concept blows my mind. What a great era to be living in! Thanks for showing this thing off!
That was the Relish guitar from Switzerland
I love that you can put any pickup from any manufacturer in it, others like it that I have seen require proprietary pickups.
Fine line between all talk, and self serving "listen to me play" with these things. Thank you for striking the balance. this info wouldn't have been the same without your application of both. Thumbs up.
Absolutely, without a doubt, by far THE best execution of a guitar with modular pickups I have ever seen. The deal breaker for me is the slim neck. I've had gorgeous Strats, 335 style,etc., guitars I cannot bond with due to the skinny neck, and sold. Give me a chunky to fat neck option and I'll start saving for this today. This is perfect One-Guitar-That-Does-It-All for me, and I'd be an early adopter but for that slim neck.
Done. It has a standard Fender-spec neck pocket, we can bolt a railroad tie in there if you want, just let us know! If you have an older neck that you particularly like and want to use it, we can do that too.
@@somniumguitars858 Thanks for the quick reply. I thought about this guitar all afternoon yesterday. It has been years since I went WOW! about a guitar. I love the mix of traditional and modern precision manufacturing
. Saving starts today, and I went through my guitars to see what might sell to move the fund along. Just that basic black Tele shape on your site, with a few pickup choices...
WOW! As an engineer I am super impressed with the pickup interchangeability design and the active-passive electronics system. As a player, the versatility this guitar would bring my playing experience is totally awesome. Like Philip, I'm blown away. A great video Philip! And your excitement displayed...well it is totally infectious! Well done!
This would be good for the session guy who needs a whole bunch of sounds but hates to mess with the feel of his guitar that hes playing
Oh man, that's such a satisfying sound when they click into place!
You need some wigs to swap with the pickups and playing styles.
MF Camillus I would love this video
You need completely different; pedalboard, amp, wardrobe, makeup, wigs, tatoos, pierced body hardware, & lightshows to go with each and every setup, as well as 5-6 roadies & two 18 wheelers to carry it all.
Fantastic ! Many have tried this idea but they succeed way better than anyone else !!
This is a great idea! Everyone has a different preference for how their pickups are configured. Allowing the player to change their own pickups on the fly opens up a whole new world of exploring tonal options.
Okay, I am officially really impressed!
Great. This series is going to be amazing.
Okay, for the studio session guitarist, it's fantastic. And it sounds great.
This is a must to have in any guitar shop to try different pickup!
I gotta get one this year I love it being a gadget pickup person.chasing tones will be very easy and being able to use different pickup configurations will definitely make a great choice to be able to change and get the sound you want with sooo many different pickups.This is going to be a great year.peace
I have been playing guitar for 57 years , this is the most innovative feature I have ever seen in a guitar ! My question is how is the quality of the actual guitar ? Unbelievable versitality in a guitar ! You could do a gig, and change pickups between songs ! This could be a lifetime guitar ( if the quality matches the features ). I am impressed and amazed ! The price is very competive , considering that NOBODY has these features ! Thanks for a GREAT video , I am still dumbfounded ! Unbelievable features !!
Can you imagine how cool this would be for a session cat ! Bring in one guitar and a bag full of pickups , you could play any style of anything ! I am still watching with my chin on the floor !
That is seriously well crafted, fits better than Lego
Now this is innovation! SO glad to see someone thinking outside of the box and coming up with a real practical solution. Kudos to Somnium. They may actually get me to buy one of their guitars as it truly does what my current guitars cannot do. I like the quick and easy swaps between pick up configs.
Wow... awesome guitar... Thanks for the review
Cool idea. The maker should make the “wings” of the guitar body swappable too. Slide the tele-top off and slide a strat style on.
Somnium actually has a full modular body too...you would have to contact them about that.
That's actually a very good idea!
Well I can't say that's something I want, but the creativity/ingenuity is stellar.
Did not expect you to pull out the guitar pickups and put another set in, quite the surprise!
Very, very cool!! Especially the active option.
This pickup switching system is incredible and the guitar is nice also. Seems like a solid investment.
Very interesting concept. They should further strengthen the modular idea by offering a 24 3/4 scale option, and a neck width at the top nut of about 45 mm. Of course not to switch the neck in a few minutes, but to get an instrument fully tailored to your needs.
This is one of the coolest things I've seen in awhile!
Certainly makes life easier for pickup Monday.... really looking forward to that series!
Cool dude I used to shop @ your store in chandler AZ a few years ago.. & thanks you tube for the recommend .
Very cool. It all sounds the same no matter what pickup you switched out.
This is truly great Phil! Rarely comment but this was very interesting. The reason why this is great is because it is very easy to swap, unlike other similar products like this that I have seen before. They should patent this and license it to other guitar companies.
It is patented
That's gonna be the coolest expirment ever
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Some things here are mind blowing
It truly is an amazing guitar and the innovation inside is tremendous. However, there is no better salesman in the world than a guy who is truly excited about it and Phil, you sell it. :) Honestly, you need to get a piece of the company, however small, for what you're doing for them and I hope it really takes off. I love seeing you so amped up about this. Great video.
I expect to see this guitar now on every Guitar YT channel. Glad I saw it here first. Nice review, Phil.
Fender engineers have to fear for their jobs! WHAT are you guys doing! This is mind-blowing for creativity and versatility!
I was thinking “wow” when you flipped it to strat and played. Cool cool.
HOLY SHIT, this is remarkable, this is game changing in so many ways
I completely love this - what a fantastic system
Hey Phil, when testing pickups, it would be cool if you could do cleans as well.
Wow these guitars are made in Brooksville Florida ...about 45min north of Tampa... I'll be going to check this place out for sure!
Really cool idea. Not to diminish the value and versatility of this instrument cuz it’s very cool. I’m listening on high quality head phones and the pup swaps sound far too similar from on to the next. I’d love to try one out with a variety of pups as in this video. Thanks Phillip
that click is like setting up a engine, a impressive idea.
Like a rifle ^_^
@@shaalis yeah ! that's more like it.
What's the point, when you make them all sound the same, with tons of distortion?
Every pickup has a different reaction to distortion I don't know how you can't hear the tone change of the pickups even with distortion
All guitars should be like this from now on. Best innovation yet.
Man....this is what tech can do
1 guitar with so many possibilities PU configuration 👍👍👍
Looks like they’ve nailed the design. The guitar looks really ace too
yessssss. no solder
If I had the scratch to grab one of these, it'd be perfect for what I do, playing multiple styles in different projects. I dig that!
This is unbelievably cool. I am looking foward to seeing what all pups you run through that thing over the next year.
This is amazing! And yes the tele body is perfect for it!
That looks like a fantastic idea. Relish does this too but with really weird body shapes. A regular tele look will help to sell this imo.
Very innovative and creative piece of art
Mondays just got a little better. I am fascinated to see how the pickups change your playing cause I agree, that would be a weird feeling and a cool one at that.
Just about the perfect studio guitar.
Never actually seen something like this, such a genius idea! Think I better start saving up for one
Mr.Mcknight, you kicked butt in this vid nice job!.
That is cool and innovative. Probably one of the most innovative guitars I've seen in a very long time. Seems very well thought out.
Mind blown! Gear is just too freak'n good these days...
Very cool guitar and I have a used ESP LTD M-1000 I got used a few years ago that came with an EMG 81 in the neck and a Seymour Duncan JB in the bridge. Like you, I really like the combo of the active and passive like that. This guitar would definitely be a nice tool for gigging musicians, pickup builders and those who demo pickups as well.
Less than a minute into this video and I'm already like 🤯.
Relish did this too, and in an incredible guitar. Played one in Gruhn's and was blown away at the quality. It's a pretty non-standard design tho, so may not be as accessible as the tele-shape.
Hi Phil,
I REALLY REALLY hope you are going to give equal time and tone testing to the CLEAN sounds throughout this experiment! 😊😊😊
Funny thing about listening to this with blocked ears on a laptop is that they all sound identical :-)
chris4072511,
How right you are!! If I wi-fi-ed these "comparison demos" through my Biamplified quad stereo system, I couldn't tell any difference. If the only use for this $3,000 electronic nightmare is to play horribly distorted ear-splitting racket, I'll just stick to my Tele, Strat, & LP with conventional pickups.
That would make the ultimate pickup test mule. The only difference being the pickup and you could flip them back and forth on any setting etc.
If you're going to do pickup reviews I'd use this going forward
G.A.S will never die I don't care what they invent! I like looking at all my guitars lol One could never do it for me!
me : find multiple holy grail pickup configurations via this gig then I wont be able to resist building full custom made ones since GAS is basically curiosity running the brain... what if...
SCAR-MY-GUITAR I think one could do it, in theory, and the tech is impressive, but I don't want that! I wan't more reasons to buy more guitars, not the opposite. I guess I don't believe in the concept of monogamy when it comes to guitars 😂
@@towerpower me neither and I'm glad that we agree!
I wonder if they will ever consider selling the kit so you can mod it into your own strat or tele.
@@johnkelly1577 That's more up my alley too
Oh man that thing is wicked!!!!!!! Imagine swapping pickups mid-song. I’m uber jealous, Phil.
I have a Relish Mary One and it has changeable pickups but it is not anywhere near as flexible as this one, as the pickups available are limited. Great video. My only criticism is that the aesthetic of a guitar is very important to me. I wouldn't want to be relegated to using the same guitar with a different sound over and over again and that is why My Relish Mary One is for sale on Reverb. (See what I did there....)?
Kevin O'Rourke
The emg, or actives in general, have far less magnetic pull on the strings which is probably why you feel it’s easier to physically play. They make a huge variety of pickups including passive and paf styled ones, I use them in most of my guitars. The very uncommon emg 58 pickup is magnificent and almost no one knows it exists.
Nice. Sounds great. Thanks Phil for the start of pickup heaven!
wow! genius! the black stripe was a great idea with the burnt orange, too. me likey. me wanty.
I had this same idea when I was 15 when I started playing guitar. Its about time I see it.
Active pickups were a game changer for me at first. They are great but i kinda went back to more traditional paf style pu's. They both have their time and place though. Totally know what you mean how it changes the way you play! Rock on!
It's a very versatile and smart solution.
Let the year of the pickup reviews begin!
That’s the slickest system ever made for PuP swaps
Really excited for the comparisons coming up!
It's a cool idea, and would be perfect for many, but I prefer that instruments that sound different also look and feel different, with different scale lengths and construction and all, because it all adds up to what makes a particular instrument do what it does the way that it does it. Super cool, though, I hope they sell a million of them!
I've never been too interested in Tele's....until now. What a great design Phil!
Wow! Way more professional then I expected...
I think of myself of a purist and old-school, but this is actually really cool and very impressive.
i'll only be interested in such a technology as soon as it is available for every builder, then that will be amazing!
I can hear the tonewood guys already.... But man, gotta admit this is a tremendous idea and what looks like extremely well-thought out execution. Game changer? And now, obviously, we know how Phil is going to do his every pickup test series :D
wow that sounds really good! nice video Phil!
I am definitely buying one of these guitars. But I am waiting on Thoman to release their version. As soon as a Harley Benton version exist, I am definitely getting one.
Super BAD love it thanks brother, and your playing very nice, much love from Huntington WV thanks
This is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen! I must have one!
A music store in Lincoln, NE had something like this, in 1984, to demo varioius pickups. But it looked more like the original Les Paul "LOG". different pickupswere mounted on wooden blocks that could be mounted from the rear, just like this guitar but with much less "finess".
Methadone for tone chasers.
Very much like the Boaz One! Somnium Pick-up modules are spot on!! Can't wait to see a shoot out between all of these modular guitars!
Mind blown. Very nice looking and amazing sounds. Why no links in the description, sir?