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[theillmc]

Wow, way to not play guitar...

[chase1410]

Sweet Reverse Gibby V dude....Nice little quirky midi action going on! Those guitars play phenominally, and people just love to make fun of it, when its a actually a great guitar...

[foxtrot889]

Kind of interesting, actually.  Do different notes trigger different clips or am I just retarded? 'Tis what it sounds like. If that's the case, it seems like the other people commenting are missing the point.

[handen]

@foxtrot889 Yep, I set up certain note values to trigger a different parts of the song.

[MrBokai]

@handen Well done!

[deftones615]

@foxtrot889 I think his shirt is confusing everyone... not the notes hes hitting...

[zbarneyz]

can you tune that shitty ugly ass guitar? Seriously....I can hear the strings and...Shit..

[mattmilnes]

Weird, tone deaf.

What the HELL were Gibson thinking when they created this guitar..

[handen]

@mattmilnes People asked the same thing when Gibson came out with the original V and the Explorer. Only 22 Explorers were made in 1958, and they fetch up to $300000 when they come on the market. So, maybe give it 50 years. :P

[flchorton]

sorry you suck at guitar, really really bad

[handen]

@flchorton You're the second person who posts pokemon videos to comment at how terrible of a guitar player I am, but you can solve a rubik's cube, so I'll give you credit for that.

[nezmaster1]

Literally the most ugly guitar I've ever seen.

[BowserBoy500]

I play a warlock, i only imagine how uncomfortable that shit is. must be hard to shred on that piece of lolzy.

[Soilwar]

Only a guitar mother could love this guitar!

[Glockenator]

That is a damn cool looking guitar. They're way more comfortable to play sitting down than the traditional Flying V

[GASMan1957]

Some cool shit. Cool guitar too. ;^)

[grymmr34p3r]

Dude, that guitar is awesome!

Love it, man xD

[mohdasar12]

misbreed Flying v hahaha Noobshit motherfucker ur guitar looks FUCKING UGLY!!

[handen]

@mohdasar12 You post videos of fan-made pokemon sprites set to trash metal, ergo I don't think your opinion counts... But thanks for trying. :D

[bassmasteraek]

@handen lol u just got served

[Fifa11FUN]

@handen trash metal ?

its called thrash metal =)

[handen]

@Fifa11FUN yeah that was a typo :)

[ThePencil901]

@handen suprised u know what a pokemon sprite is.

POKE`TARD

[Papolada666]

this guitar is .... fucking ugly

[RossGeller79]

this guitar is such a bullshit

[herny158]

fake

[Timbubu]

@herny158

Youre obviously retarded. Stop posting.

[Jarizono]

Awesome!! :) Must be tough to play that

[JoshSilva1]

this sounds awesome and thats a sweet guitar

[Keeeeeeeeth]

that guitar is soooo badass! i want it, give it to meeeeee!

[bassmasteraek]

DUDE FUCKING YES... I APPROVE

[TIM3TOSHR3D]

That guitar is extremely ugly.

[filthyrich270]

Needs work, but you're on to a technique that Tom Morrello would be jealous of

[retroguy02]

good playing but that is one ugly ass guitar -.-

[mullacy2]

Haha you crazy bastard. I'm buying a guitar and the ghost hexpander to do this exact idea.

[dalealpley]

esa guitarra no esta alreves?

[Orangejuice404]

lol guitar pro

[graffsk8er]

thats awesome!... its like a dj table in a guitar! xD good one!

[xLesPaulx92]

This guitar looks terrible

[handen]

@xLesPaulx92 no u

[ThePencil901]

@handen no actually u.

[handen]

@ThePencil901 no.... acturally, u.

[ThePencil901]

@handen GRAMMAR FAIL actuRALLY

[codejoe1]

I don't usually bother to post, but I wanted to give you some cred for doing something different. Most people don't understand it, but that is truly their loss. Go on to help pioneer the future of music =)

[GoFuckYourself131]

my head just exploded...........wtf is this????

[aliensporebomb]

The only way you could generate more resistance and hate against your video is if there was a Gibson Dusk Tiger in the background on a stand. Highly approve of this kind of insanity!

[JHgamer101]

gay

[Apothis]

thats cool as shit... i wonder if DP would ever preform like this live

[handen]

I wondered the same thing when I flew to Seattle to see Daft Punk play in July 07. Life changing experience that was. ;)

[LoForIAmColby]

Keep fighting the good fight.

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible. -Frank Zappa

[SouthpawdShredder]

you should give me that guitar since it looks like you dont even play it.

[restlessone]

god damn yankees should keep playing with their little dicks...

[TanandGreenSoilder]

Dats coooool

[guenther11krass]

ugly guitar ! omfsm

[wakod2002]

You've gotten some shit from people but I don't think they realize that you're actually triggering those samples. Honestly, I think the idea of using the guitar to trigger samples is brilliant and represents the first steps to an absurdly expressive future for live performance.

[handen]

thank you wakod2002: i seem to be catching a lot of flak for doing something no one knows is now reality with today's technology. i actually kind of revel in the ignorance of some of these comments though, it means I'm relatively left alone as far as competition is concerned. i could pioneer a whole entire new style of guitar-oriented electronic music and the people posting here would still be picking their noses calling it fake. :D

[charrascream]

@handen I was kinda weirded out at the beginning i was thinking what was the point of that? But then i got it and it's an incredibly good idea. How did you do that? Can you trigger more samples at the same time (for instance, playing a chord)?

[handen]

@charrascream You can play as many samples as you have strings, but the tough part would be getting each note to ring long enough for those samples to all play simultaneously. In my Evil 9 video there's a few parts where I'm playing two samples at the same time.

[pinholedstars]

\m/

[TheMusicManDan]

Fake

[takanaka2]

dude read the title.... MIDI test ...

[pianogurl1786]

i cant really hear you playing

[handen]

the point is you aren't supposed to hear the strings playing. on a stage the idea would be to trigger samples only, perhaps with an ABY switch to route guitar only/synth only/combination levels to amplifier.

[Phonometrics]

What midi interface are you using with the GK-3 pickup?

[Phonometrics]

Handen, this is the best guitar midi controlling on YouTube now.

I understand you're midi pickup is the GK-3, but what MIDI INTERFACE are you running it into.

Are you using the Roland GI-20 to run into the computer? Or perhaps you're running the GK-3 into a GR-20 and then Midi out to your computer?

Please advise!

[HALLEgoddamnLUJAH]

holy crap..

Ive been looking for that guitar (Gibson reverse v) for ages.

Where did you buy it from?

How much was it?

[handen]

a store in town had it for $1100cdn back in nov 07, one of the original GoTW models before they did the re-issues at like $3000, but i hated the single volume knob in such an awkward place and re-did it with a fender jaguar/jazzmaster roller assembly for volume and tone.

[zapawow]

You ethier love or hate this guitar.... i personally hate it lol

[ThatsUncanny]

That is the coolest guitar ever! I want one!

[OscarCousin]

Crazy guitar man :D

[TheHusky9]

that guitar is the mother of ugly =[

[crissangel156]

that guitar is the worst guitar of gibson

[handen]

says you chumps :p

[phlizmo]

@TheHusky9 Thats what makes it soooo awesome!

[thebambooo]

Sorry, but that guitar is freakin fugly!

[workinclasszero]

fucking awesome

[handen]

thanks JJ :D

[jjpistols]

I don't understand MIDI for shit but this is fun!