David Halliday is a self-taught guitarist and has been playing the electric… Read Full Bio ↴David Halliday is a self-taught guitarist and has been playing the electric guitar for over 17 years with a finger-picking style similar to the man who inspired him to learn the instrument, Mark Knopfler.

Tom Kater has many years of musical experience and is a multi-instrumentalist. As well as 12-string acoustic guitar (his main performance instrument), he plays the mouth organ and mandolin.

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01Strange Old Game3:43

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Eclectic Guitar

02Sunny Hill4:32

03Waiting On the Shore3:58

04The Clown Came In4:17

05Sunrise Over Bluestown4:54

06Mistakes Were Made4:21

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TheRichestHobo

4y↑5.5K

This could be genuinely useful when writing a retro game soundtrack

Sonictrainkid

I have the same thought about the Casio CA 100 @TheRichestHobo

AlexTheBaba

THE RIDDLER?

0ddSavant

Intriguing…How often does that come up?

KJ

Absolutely. And as a guitarist myself I'd imagine it would be a lot more fun to make tracks this way then by clicking buttons on a screen.

Toomuchritz

Forreal! Sounds like I could make some stardew valley type soundtrack work

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Michael Day

3y↑2.3K

"I've got the acoustic guitar setting selected..." - Proceeds to generate the most digital sound I have ever heard in my life.

Lonely_soul XD

2y↑1

Its a digital acoustic not a model of a real one. most of them sound like that.

Juicebox Jr.

2y↑1

@Staple i asked my dad, he says it's true.

Staple

2y↑6

@Juicebox Jr. that’s just how the acoustics sounded in the 80’s 🤷🏼‍♀️

OblongDude

2y↑1

I mean it is a digital guitar so it's going to sound digital

Bruce Oort

LMFAO

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FLUX 08

3y↑1.5K

Ichika Nito recently played a song with this thing and it’s actually amazing

Anandini Sahu

Ichika can make mayo sound good

will fowler

@anonymous man his math rock is quite good but he is very overrated

Les Salazar

2y↑2

@anonymous man He's overrated because there are so many people that don't know that he's not the person that invented that playing style at all. There are so many guitarists that are better/on par with him. His fanbase consists of kids who know close to nothing about guitar and then defend him religiously.

That being said, he is, technically speaking, a great guitarist. Not my cup of tea though.

Davi Ribeiro

2y↑2

Ichiko can play a microwave and will sounds beautiful

zeaL

2y↑5

Just people finding reasons to hate

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Paulo Nideck

3y↑2.2K

In our current VAPOR WAVE era and aesthetic this would be pretty cool to play today HAHA! lol

snow-kyo

elevator music

Soviet Stupidity

It is.

Silver47 Official

@Braden Young Duuuuude!!!

Braden Young

2y↑1

Dude there are some indie game developers who would kill for that.

Silver47 Official

2y↑1

AaaarrrrggghhhhhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!

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James Ortiz

3y↑301

As a certified synth nut I was writhing with frustration at how you never mentioned the midi capability of this awesome piece of kit. Use the midi out to control any midi controllable sound engine. You know that Roland SH-01a you featured in that one video? Yeah you can use it on that.

Gilbert

1y↑6

@Christopher Blair if someone’s main instrument is guitar then they’re usually going to be much more capable of expressing themselves on a guitar than anything else. I think that’s the use case that makes this a dope midi option. Of course you can translate it on to a keyboard, but this looks more fun lol

Christopher Blair

2y↑3

Yeah but it's not practical. It's a clunky interface when you could just be using a keyboard considering the the guitar shape doesn't actually add anything acoustically. At the end of the day it's the Roland that's great, the guitar is just a wonky guitar shaped interface that doesn't really feel like a guitar to play.

tangente00

2y↑12

this has really midi out? i need this thing.

Maximus Lockhart

2y↑186

Imagine this, but made today with more modern technology, it could be so damn cool.

333 Tarot

Jamstik

Haji2nd

There is also something called the LAVA ME.

FelixFTW

@Jadimatic keytar vs synthtar

difference

(i'm aware that synth is just the name of the sound produced and not a proper differentiator between keys and strings but thats what i like to call it)

Jadimatic

You mean a keytar?

FelixFTW

2y↑1

@Soup Doup the Jammy G sounds too acoustic for being a "digital" guitar and it looks like you have to plug it into software or a keyboard to get a sound

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Christian Mopas

4y↑6.1K

who else thinks this is kind of dope and secretly wants one

Eli B

Memememememenee

Jayjay

@Raymond Schwan they're floating around 500-600 in the use market now!!!

Go0vStEr

i do

chris millar

I found one for 450 not altogether cheap actually

Pat1234

Yesssss

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MrMjp58

3y↑103

I've had one of these for 30+ years. It is an interesting device and quite useful for recording backing tracks etc. Considering the era in which it was made, it's fairly miraculous.

Chris Liddiard

2y↑6

Yeah it featured a relatively simple rubber membrain for sensing the fret position and sting sensors which might have been taken from a WWII 'mine' trigger. Sensors which though mecanically based, was obviously very effective, as oppose to the pizeo strain sensors favoured now a days. I'd love to see this resurected without the pity sound module as a stright forward midi Bass guitar controller.

It's Probably the feds, but

3y↑63

I think a bass version would be really cool getting a sub bass sound with infinite sustain while being able to play live and not have to learn it on a keyboard

Hat Man

I dont have a DG-20, but I do have an old used Yamaha EZ-AG (similar concept), and stock, it has 8 out of its 20 different sounds as bass guitars. So the Casio DG-20 might well be capable of adding bass to it, if it doesnt come with bass as a stock sound already.

The EZ-AG incidentally is pretty cheap and also comes with a grand piano sound. And from what I've read, you can change the sounds out with a computer.

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Lukesbacon

2y↑50

Casio 100% need to bring another one out that allows you to input midi for recording. With the quality of midi instruments and samples today and the amount of people that play the guitar, it seems like a no-brainer.

Olen Soifer

2y↑10

Personally, I think this is great. It's a shame that it has been abandoned rather than being updated to improve the sound wave-forms, deal with the over-sensitive fingerboard and overly basic MIDI interface & so on. Because of the nature of the instrument, it could have been expanded to provide harmonics such that the instrument could duplicate a sitar; increase sustain such that it replicated instruments like a Rickenbacker 6/12-string guitar.

The instrument sounds could have been actual samples rather than purely digital, the strings could have extended the full length allowing the player to "bend" notes and, though with low tension, they could have been metal allowing the use of an actual capo, and even a slide. With the low tension strings relieving the issues of pressing down high tension wires (causing most beginners to quickly give up) and the fingerboard switches ensuring precise notes, the frets could be replaced with fret markers.

There are a ton of ideas that could expand this concept: The technology could have been adapted to other instruments like a violin or cello.

Perhaps, considering that there are now guitars that digitally modify the sound for actual string, someone will revive this instrument at some point. Some concepts are bad to begin with. But, this is one that should have been modified and improved upon rather than abandoned.

astrolover 95

3y↑24

I wonder what they could do if they seriously tried to make something like this with today's technology.

Camelotsmoon

4y↑1.4K

This thing was genuinely made 30 years ahead of its time; it's too bad.

FelixFTW

@MG Ultra 1987+50=2037

Kira Slith

2y↑1

No kidding, it sold back then for the same amount a midi pickup costs today too. I'd much rather have one of these, it's a complete stand alone instrument with a sound all it's own, even without the era-specific features like the Casio sample card support, it'd still be worth it today.

Warezz

3y↑5

Mate this was made in the 80s wtf? This was made at the right time where vaporwave and all that beautiful shtick came from.

butter

3y↑3

It was made in exactly the time it should have been made

Travis Jordan

3y↑20

I was looking into em for a bit and a guy at work said he knew a guy who owned one, so he brought him to me one day and he basically told me it's not a guitar. You'll be able to play it, but it's not a fuckin guitar. Lol.

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Dennis

3y↑108

"It's not really practical..." proceeds to put out a BANGER of a jam

1000 Jutsu

1y↑4

Thank you for revealing to the modern age that Electric Mandolin is what Contra was going for

Collin Bryson

3y↑602

“I spent $300 on this and now I sound like a Nintendo Wii menu.” ...Is that a negative thing??

donnerschwein

2y↑1

I checked the prices. Nowhere near 300 bucks 😭

TeeDeeArt

300 well spent

Casual Artist

2y↑1

@Notheaverage Joe imagine trying to run a system on youtube to earn royalties for people playing your game, as if you weren’t making enough money already selling them for over $60 per copy and selling overpriced consoles as well. (just shitting on Nintendo like you said to, but they are pretty cool sometimes)

Notheaverage Joe

2y↑2

How dare you reference a 1980s instrument to a damn wii. 😤 spit on Nintendo some more why don't you.

Admiral_Crown

3y↑2

No, not really. Funnu quote tough LOL

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Fabio Falossi

3y↑23

As a bedroom pop and dream pop lover this is just fucking amazing, all those lo fi shitty retro sounds, and u can still play it as a guitar

Phayzyre105

3y↑11

I remember when these synth guitars came out back in the late 1980s and I knew they were doomed to failure from the get go. A friend of mine who ran a guitar shop in Houston, Texas acquired one in 1990 from somebody he knew in California. Long story short that thing sat in his shop for over 10 years and did nothing but collect dust. He said maybe five people in the entire 10+ years he had it came in and tried it out and that was it. Last I heard he sold that thing in 2002 and he practically had to give it away selling it at a big loss because nobody wanted it.

Linden Arden

4y↑14.6K

"I spent 300 dollars on this and now I sound like a Nintendo Wii menu" hey why did you say this like it's a bad thing?

Galatic Enterprize

Where can I buy one of these from

No_guard_X

Wtf its only 300$

9C Matthew

More like a Mii channel lol

MathR Desenhos

4y↑1

@The Lady Shavers (Band) how dare you

Júlio Lima

lol

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TonyPuppets

3y↑6

I've had one since the 80's. Still works (mine runs on batteries). However, I am missing one note on the second fret, so I have to keep a capo on it. It is great for leading kids in songs, because of the drums. But, it does not allow things like hammer on or bending strings. Even bar chords are difficult to get to sound correctly.

Dean Lamb

2y↑4

I played one of these recently, and it was very fun to mess around with. Obviously there are better options now, but still a neat piece of gear.

mopishlynx23

2y↑6

I love how he is constantly negative towards this guitar, despite how many possibilities something like this opens up for people with external synths

Raymond

Can't figure out if I should laugh or just shake my head. Its SO fitting that its a CASIO. It sounds like the Napoleon Dynamite soundtrack.

Kaberi Gomes

3y↑1

While showing how muddy it is without precision, he plays chords and then does finger picking while showing with precision. Real genius.

Dmdeal

4y↑1.4K

As a musician who also makes his own games, one of these would be incredible with a few takes and some editing, I'd make a soundtrack with it.

SmoothPickle

Please, PLEASE share whatever you make if you end up using this thing. I love what I've seen here already lol.

Hugh Jass

@Dmdeal if you need another voice hmu, I'll do it for free along with this man 🤙

Rondee

That makes a lot of sense!

GOOMBA

I'd check our your game

Karimaru

4y↑1

Everett Cussler “Breath of the Wild, but played on guitar”

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Blias Treb

4y↑1

DG 20s were sold in discount box stores for $109. I tried one out and was curious, but my college income couldn't afford it.

N.I.A DM

1y↑1

If you love 8bit chiptunes , this thing looks so golden

Tantacrul

1y↑1

I actually have one of these. Bought it from a mad neighbour who lived near me when I was 15 or so.

Fun fact, I once played a solo gig in Limerick (Ireland) where I used this bad boy to play the Chocobo theme from the Final Fantasy series.

creepingnet

2y↑1

I have the DG-1 which I believe was the first version, which looked sort of like a cartoon broom, which had no transpose, no MIDI, but you could fine-tune it via a trim pot in the back with a jewler's screwdriver. I Stil have it and use it on recordings periodically though a noise gate is needed.

I also had a DG-10 back in high school, which was the budget version of the one you're using. No drum pads, no MIDI, fine tuning was via a small pot on the bottom where the headphones plug in, and the pickguard was a metallic medium blue color instead of black.

The best one of these ever sounded to me was running it through my Bugera halfstack at rehearsal and writing a Ballad with it right there with the rest of the band something like 10 years ago. Something I probably should explore again.

Draynged

It's like creating 8 bit music! I love it!

Allagí

4y↑5K

If you're wondering why this thing exits, you're severely underestimating how much cocaine was done in the 80s.

Geoffrey Perks

I disagree. This was a stepping stone between pure acoustic and digital guitars. On the shoulders of giants.....

Screaming Fly Productions LLC

And how much money there was to throw around... Wheeee!

Randall Greynolds

🤣🤣

Mark O

It is very difficult NOT to underestimate that quantity.

Rianclaird

Lmao

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Oliver Karenga

2y↑1

That "someone somewhere on a Sunday morning" was me in Nairobi, from 1989 onward. That JAZZ ORGAN setting best worked for me with my YAMAHA 100watt bass amp. I would use a phase shifter where I felt necessary. The setting I loved best was STRINGS, which I would pass through a flanger, and if an extra amp was available I would use the MIDI OUT into my YAMAHA DX 30's STRINGS setting. By now you must have guessed that I was trying to imitate the HAMMOND B3 sound that I grew up listening to in the 50s and 60s (not to much effect though, in my own opinion) I still own it.

Emilio Monroy

3y↑1

This is so cyberpunk, has great potential, i hope they'll make one today and explore the full potential of this concept to make it actually amazing

false dreams

2y↑1

I think a way to improve this is to make the strings adjustable so you can tighten them or loosen them.

Aydan Murata

3y↑8

that first chord progression just made me smile, kinda makes me realize life isnt so bad

frankie467

4y↑1.8K

Wondering if the person who chose to name the mode “mandolin” had ever actually heard a mandolin.

Izhan Zubir Vlogs

4y↑1

You remember that Godfather theme? That's what they were going for..

Austin Shoupe

4y↑1

Again, emulating a mandolin tremolo (something very specific to the instrument).

Hirk DeKnirk

A "mandolin" is a Russian two-stroke engine, right?

MrInitialMan

4y↑2

@Everett Cussler: The second sentence literally says: "Today we are checking out a monstrosity from the 80s." So, yeah, in a way he did specify the thing is over 30 years old.

David Cassette

4y↑4

It's pretty common for old 80's casio keyboards to have a similar thing going on with the Mandolin setting. My Casiotone MT-65 is very similar. They were trying to emulate a fast tremolo picking sound I guess.

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Seth P

3y↑5

I would love to see some sort of guitar/synthesizer making guru take this concept and improve upon it. Maybe give it nylon strings with actual string tension for playability. I think it would be sweet if there were alternate tuning settings on it too.

George Penwell

3y↑1

I like the Moog synth sound and the ability for infinite sustain. Looks like a lot of fun to me and I´d bet I could incorporate it into a song or two.

SeraphsWitness

2y↑1

This is so cool, and I can hardly find anyone playing it decently. Ichika Nito has some insane videos with it, but those are so short.

Inverted Name

3y↑2

This is literally all you need for a whole album. We got it guys. It’s time for us all to be famous.

Shield Captain54

I don't think I've ever seen a guitar that accurately fits the phrase "Massive giggle factor" more perfectly than this absurdly cool guitar

Doctor Doubt

4y↑1.3K

"What would happen if a cheap keyboard had a child with a guitar?"

A... keytar? Those exist.

Sneek Sheets

2y↑1

I remember those.

UberGamer 01

@F SH its just breakup smex from their relationship in 80s rock

Ron Dunaway

4y↑1

The people in this thread obviously didn't live their teenage years in the 80s if they think Keytars are in any, way, shape or form "cool"...lol...they aren't even cool in an ironic way...Keytars are cool like roller blades,
Milli Vanilli , and dayglow neon clothes... smdh

TheSnarkyBoi

You can use a keytar for tax write offs.

Ricky Rahma

Well keytars are actually really good, as they also being the icon of 80's along with synthsizers

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MosquitoBite82

2y↑2

Oh this is hilarious!!! 😍 I love how you manage to keep so serious while demoing and reviewing. Mandolin? Really? 🤣 I love it! And kudos to you for being able to play it so well! 🥳

Jolan XBL

3y↑6

That sounds really good on its own actually! If you'd like to hear it plugged into a synthesizer, check out LOOK MUM dg20

Alex Laird

2y↑4

Makes everything sound like 80's-90's era videogame music!

Dad the Wise Plays!

I love this thing I need a modern version of it!

Izera Stephen

Nice work man and I really liked the song you made with it. Its great if you use the midi out for better sounds.

Cristian Brasca

4y↑2.4K

Incredible, I never seen anything like that in my life, a guy with his own face in his t-shirt

Kieran

What about the 6th grader from South Park?

Alexander Damanscos

4y↑1

Looks like a early '90 Mortal Kombat character

Moustache Mountain

Orange Cassidy

K Jonks

4y↑1

Samuraiguitarist wearing a shirt of Samuraiguitarist wearing a Samuraiguitarist shirt

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RetroDrew

I'm gonna be honest the only reason I know what this is, is because Kevin Parker from Tame Impala used this to play It's Not Meant To Be for an acoustic session years ago. Always thought it was neat but didn't think I'd be blown away by some of the lush square waves this thing is pushing out

TheGloomining

If i could only find one near me for cheap. i love the sounds it makes!

Robert G

3y↑1

Well I use to have this in the 80s ..and let me tell you it was fun playing and creating songs..imagine the 1980s and you play this at a gig. And you have lots of Gibson les Paul's flying v s and firebirds..and then you bring this..the definition of cool its like something maybe Devo or the Cars would play..this is a musical instrument and bad ass

LofiWackPainting

This is sick as fuck dude! This needs to be a bigger thing! It sounds so different!

Dominions

2y↑1

My father is a thrift store/antique reseller; He found one of these about a decade ago and I got a chance to play around with it before he flipped it for under 100 bucks.. Interesting device that I wish I could still experiment with.

He recently picked up an old Suzuki Omnichord from the early 80s that I've been having fun running through guitar pedals (mainy a droptuner, bitcrusher and looper) since it has a 1/4 output. Hopefully he does not try to sell this one (but probably will because current inflation is insane lol)

Ahmet Ibrahim

4y↑2.2K

Looks like a SEGA console
Sounds like a SEGA console

...It's a SEGA console

Cosmic Ray's Shots into The Light

Crocodile Dundee inflection... "That's not a disc drive!..."

Bluzigo

The SNES used sampling, if you want to compare it to a SEGA console you should compare it to sonic CD past themes

Dib Irken

4y↑3

@Zeithri blasphemy! SEGA made the best sound. The hardware allowed for such.

† ScaƦecrøW †

4y↑3

@Zeithri Sega has some great music. One of my favorite retro game tracks is Tidal Tempest from Sonic CD.

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ApplesPapples

Considering how musically sophisticated most of the Wii menu music is, sounding like that is kinda compliment.

sapherno11

See the thing is you say it's just a more of a toy than a serious instrument, but considering I'm a huge synth nut I love the sound of sense and chip tunes, the fact that I could pick with this and just have fun on my own I want this guitar.

holden forrest

Absolutely love your DG-20 original "jam" at the end of your video. Very cool song man!!!

Freddy Zapata

2y↑1

This is perfect to make a full album of synth wave music 🎵

RAVEONDAVE

3y↑1

It's got MIDI out. That's quite an important thing to fail to mention. Basically it's what ever instrument or multi instrument or sample you want it to be. In effect it's a stringed MIDI controller. In fact, just putting it direct through a guitar amp or distortion and reverb makes the 80s Nintendo sound quite epic. Pretty cool in other words.

johnny deck

4y↑304

You can actually do a lot of interesting things with this device he didn't mention.
One is that it has infinite sustain on some of the sounds-including the jazz organ he used briefly. Also it has a midi out and can be used to trigger any midi keyboard or even a sampler-making the sound base pretty broad and way better than the tones produced by the thing itself. I've gotten lots of use out of mine, even on stage...

Samuel Córdova

4y↑5

It's because technology is the Achilles' Heel of most guitarrist. I play several instruments and performing on guitar is one of the hardest for me, but the easiest to set up. On the opposite side; sound designing for keyboard/synth is very hard and the set up for live vs studio can be very different and convoluted, but the amount of creative control and granularity over my sound is overwhelming!

lefty nope

4y↑6

Honestly surprised he didn't talk about the midi out functions, i've seen these used as controller for analog synths several times.

mark kenward

2y↑1

I had one when they were new. It also had a MIDI connection which allowed you to play through other MIDI devices. And the Casio could sound like a trumpet, violin or most common instruments.

The moist clown

I love this freak of nature. Just somthing charming about how it sounds and you can just vibe to it.

James Running Wind

2y↑1

I played one of these way back in the day. The guy got the settings kinda like Def Leppard, but slightly distorted, and a small bit of delay. It was friggin awesome.

Steven Blake aka #burns

One of these is for sale on a local Facebook page, this video has helped me make my decision. Thank you Sammy Samurai

SWHmusic

3y↑2

I really want this instrument. I would love to mess around with them, might finally be able to do some proper synth solos :D

Everett Cussler

4y↑117

For those who didn't get it: This was in fact a coveted instrument THIRTY THREE YEARS AGO. Pretty good for the time, and capable of serious business with its midi out port. Mine still works.

Everett Cussler

@RhinoTank87 I think they did not dare, at least to my knowledge. But it would be fun to play.

Everett Cussler

Came to see the samurai. I just don't like the bias on some reviews, sometimes shitty old gear is portrayed as classic vintage treasure, sometimes as "plastic freakshow", according to the hype.

RhinoTank87

Did they come out with a bass version?

doggo doggo

That thing is SICK. It sounds GREAT. Dripping with charm. Its like an omnichord sorta

Amaruq's Scrapyard

Well if you think about it, if you can pass it through a Midi module, you can just connect it through a Roland MT-32 or a Roland SC-55 and get a massive quantity of 80's/90's definite Midi modules.

This Channel Is DEAD

3y↑25

I love how serious you stay during all the jokes lmfao

Seth Benson

3y↑3

He probably took lessons from Davie504.

Lautaro Pajon

Really like the energy and vibe you put into this videos and your other vids... The ''this is the only thing I have in life please sub and buy my course. here is a promo code''... lmao Keep up the good work

Matt Hutson

Would you ever consider making an album of music using the DG-20? It could very really cool! Write music that just uses one setting. Then increasingly more complex ones. And you could get to make your Funky Clavinet album! I would gladly fund a Kickstarter/Indiegogo/Patreon of yours if you undertook this!!

Bird Up

You could definitely play the original Doom theme with this - really cool instrument!

Leopoldo888

4y↑588

I used to have one in the late eighties. He forgot to say that it has a MIDI OUT and could be put in mono or poly. I used in a series of gigs, where I played my fender guitar, but in two or three songs I had to play bass or other instruments, using the midi out, and my Roland D-110... when you learned how to play it without glitches, it could be very useful, especially if, as it was my case, it was not your main and only instrument...

Ventura IT

2y↑1

how much did it cost in 1987?

Screw Yøuth

3y↑1

How did you managed to play yours without glitches? I currently tried to use it to record in Ableton but it only catched some of the notes played. I read in some thread that it has to do with the "note off" command the guitar is not sending. Would appreciate any tip to make it work :)

cloudy

3y↑2

this is probably the dopest thing ever

AshGCG

3y↑11

I'm late to the show but my first question was going to be if it had MIDI capabilities. Curiosity sated. Thank you.

Doc903

3y↑26

Honestly, with MIDI, this thing could be quite fun.

chester lestrange

I like the idea and I bet if they made a more modern one with better synthetic sounds and made it respond more like a guitar it would be pretty sweet.

Angry Cat

2y↑7

I feel your pain regarding the differences in playability (although I'm on the Funky Clavinet train as well!).
However, that's a problem many keyboard players encounter if they play anything other than their primary instrument. A pianist will have problems with an organ's lack of a sustain pedal, for example. And when it comes to synths and samplers, it can get even worse. I watched a piano player playing a string section on my sampler, and having a sustain pedal didn't help him at all! It was a big muddy mishmash of what I can only call "string stuff".
I learned shortly after buying my first Mini-Moog in 1975 how important it is to (a) understand how the waveform is constructed, and (b) to know how the player of a real instrument does it. Put those together, and some amazing things can happen!

Creative Minds

Wow this brings me back to the good ole days of early PC games/fm synthesis.

Also I first heard of this 'guitar' back when watching Flight Of The Conchords on HBO's One Night Stand in 2005. it was so ridiculous. Glad you made this video

Bernhard Wall

It makes me smile because I totally wanted something like that back in the day. But what an instrument like that could sound like today...

Esam Salleh

2y↑5

My old man bought this off my cousin back in the 80s.. Took awhile to master the playing.. lol.. I used it on one song for my first demo .. put it through some delay pedals.. some distortion just for laughs
Hehehe

Sharrer

4y↑952

Boss: Hey how's the mandolin sound going?
Worker: Great!
Boss: Is that what a mandolin sounds like? I've never heard one.
Worker: Neither have I...
Boss: Eh send it.

Bruce Oort

ROFL! When he started using that mode I cracked up hard 🤣🤣

Zoe

3y↑2

This is very late, but it's actually trying to emulate the "mandolin" stop on an organ, which is a tremolo percussion stop

Carter Drake

3y↑3

Is it supposed to be like... tremolo picking or something lol?

ppXjp

3y↑4

🤣🤣 drunk mandolin. 🤣

Deron Witmer

3y↑1

Hahahaha! This got me

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UNYU - Cyberstorm64

1y↑1

What would be kinda cool would be to connect it via MIDI to something like an MZ-2000 or WK-1800 keyboard and see how it does when connected to a more powerful sound engine

Mr. Gilbert

I’m pretty sure Kevin Parker used one of these in some live recording session. Sounded pretty cool

Staghorn The Druid

it takes some talent to write a banger with a toy

Horse_fast

3y↑2

Freakshow?

That guitar is absolutely amazing

Jonathan Crossley

I love your jam at the end - made a mission and got a DG20 from amazon marketplace in Tokyo - also loved the DG so much I got a Casio MG 510 as well!

The Superfluous One

4y↑706

Its full potential can only be achieved with the use of the power glove.

rascal30

Add the power pad for sweet foot pedal/ track & field action

Atticus B

I actually had one at one point...

Travis Duran

superHAPPYrocks its bad af.

AtlasRedux

4y↑1

superHAPPYrocks Not that old. The Power Glove is referenced constantly in games and nerdy media. Even in movies.

Invidious Ignoramus

4y↑5

Now you're playing with power!™

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TrumpetMunkie

Oh man @samuraiguitarist that piece at the end putting it all together was totally mesmerizing and I would love to have a file of it!

Rob webnoid

Just remember that this was from the 1980's. And it was basically a novelty. Had the intrigue & passion kept going to today, then it would have kept up with technology thru the years, adding more features etc & then it wouldn't sound so cheap-sounding today as it was back then. Plus this was from Casio, known for making mostly affordable music instruments. Of course there are other types of experimental electronic music instruments out there that look like hybrid guitars-keyboards-wind instruments, et al.

Bumhollow

This fellow I knew used to come to blues jams with one of these Casio DG-20. It was surreal to watch him play it, but it sounded good.

Sealgair Folús Studios

This is something I would legitimately use... AND I LOVE IT.

Adam

I kinda hate myself for really really wanting one of these but it just looks like it would be so much fun to play

Sami Gülbağ

4y↑363

Am I the only one who thinks that guitar is the coolest of all?
Imagine making techno or edm music without computer damn

Defunct Channel, New One In Description

4y↑1

@alex wolf Be that as it may, theres 300 people who agree with him. And he can type out proper english..

alex wolf

Makes sense, if you've never been closed at least 1 meter to a real guitar

Sami Gülbağ

@charles reid this is what I call being narrow-minded

Defunct Channel, New One In Description

4y↑4

@charles reid maybe its not your place to choose who stays in whose lane, Charles. Music will be music, experimentation is necessary for advancement. Thats just a fact.

charles reid

no. just no. yall stay in your lane... we guitarists will stay in our lane :P

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TheLetsagogo

This dude is legit funny, looking forward to using his lessons too

Steve Froiler

I used to have a guitar magazine from 89, and they advertised an instrument VERY comparable to the synth guitar and they were $9,000 and by 2017 that guitar would have been like $29,000

Nick

3y↑1

That trumpet solo sounded wonderful

Cheddar Bae

2y↑2

With modern tech and more money in it this could be an amazing modern piece.

Tamas Kalman

2y↑1

it's actually a pretty cool machine. there is also a similar unique build based on a commodore 64, you can find on youtube. :)
the design is unapologetically 80s, fantastic.

Bronev Za Hiro

4y↑300

"I spent 300$ on this and now I sound like a Nintendo Wii Menu"

Soooo... where's the bad side of that

This is actually amazing for composing the soundtracks or Indie games, tho. Love it!

Nipulkrad Msinatagras

1:47
Not complaining.
Sounds badass to me.

JohnM

get into a nintendocore band duud XD

Facundo Luis Chappuis

It reminds me to shit

_Suburban_

4y↑1

@5:38 - Reminds me of an Apple II fighting game. Double Dragon, maybe?

They Said I'm Asian

3y↑2

Every single sound this thing makes gives me heavy nostalgia, id buy one just because of that lmao

Dante

Essential to a stythwave/retrowave band live performance. Very cool.

Schrodinger's GAT

Thank you for this.
It was as if I were hearing all of my favorite notebooks and binders coming to life.

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