G-Sharp Guitar

[Austin Bob]

NFI here, but I just saw this and thought it was kinda cool.

I don't think I'm going to order one tonight, but if I were in a band, and looking for a way to add some color to keep the second set sounding too much like the first, I might consider it.

http://g-sharpguitars.freesite.host/

[DavidKOS]

It looks interesting but I think I'd tune it to G rather than G#, then it would match Eb instruments and also match terz guitar/requinto tuning.

[BrianWilliam]

Now we get to say it: is that a ukulele

[Jim Garber]

Is this at all revolutionary? I don't get it. There have been other small guitars and there are some out there even now. Tacoma made the Papoose with a slightly shorter scale (about 19 inches) and tuned to A instead of G#. Joe Veillette makes short scale guitars electric and acoustic. So what is the big deal?

[allenhopkins]

I have a Bruko octave guitar, which is basically a six-string tenor ukulele with six (very light) steel strings. I play it annually, just to remind myself that I own it; the Bruko never found a niche in my repertoire.

The Yamaha Guitalele has been around for quite a while, and Strunal has been making "mini" instruments for a long time.

Now, a Martin 5-18 --that I'd really drool over...

[DavidKOS]

Is this at all revolutionary? I don't get it. There have been other small guitars .... So what is the big deal?

Maybe it's the pickup that is special and it's the plugged-in sound that is "the big deal" with these guitars.
I do not know, never played or heard one in person.

[Austin Bob]

Is this at all revolutionary? I don't get it. There have been other small guitars and there are some out there even now. Tacoma made the Papoose with a slightly shorter scale (about 19 inches) and tuned to A instead of G#. Joe Veillette makes short scale guitars electric and acoustic. So what is the big deal?

Yeah Jim, there are a ton of niche instruments out there, including too many little guitar type of thingys to list.

I just thought this sounded kinda cool with the pickup, and the price wasn't something that would break the bank.

But in the end, it's probably like the ukulele basses out there; fun to play for an hour or so, but hard to justify owning one.

[zedmando]

I know someone with a "half scale" guitar--same scale length as this one--and it's normally tuned A to A--instead of G#--so merely a half step different--And it is fun to play--and being A instead of E makes it simple to transpose between regular guitar music.

[David Lewis]

Wouldn't G# be a third up?

Which at least would be harmonious. The fourth? A bit more thinking. But transcriptions are easier yes

[crisscross]

What a coincidence! I recently got a Cordoba Mini nylon string guitar, that I tune a major third above regular tuning. Thought I was the inventor of the "Major Terz Guitar"...
And now the G-sharp, well at least it would be the perfekt steel string companion to my Cordoba.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmqYF4JyVzg

[DavidKOS]

Wouldn't G# be a third up?

Which at least would be harmonious. The fourth? A bit more thinking. But transcriptions are easier yes

Yes, a major 3rd.

Although tuning to A is a better idea than G#, I suggested G tuning to match already existing guitar parts for terz guitar.