An innovative musical instrument that incorporates guitar, keyboards, pad / percussion, multi-effects and other sound generators.
Tree Pad Key Guitar (multi function guitar-sculpture 2011)
Design, project and creation: Luka Zotti 2011
“..a unique guitar that stimulates the imagination and a tool with interesting and original solutions dedicated to musicians and multi-instrumentalists "(Musical Instruments specialized magazine on musical instruments, internal reportage and cover's magazine, June 2014)
“The Tree Pad Key Guitar is a unique tool for those who make experimental music. It is a creative guitar that stimulates the imagination. It should be recognized the daring and the result obtained: more than good.”(Musical Instruments, June 2014)
“The whole guitar is made with natural materials. The body is not painted mahogany. Body ornaments are a real tree bark and true leaves, fixed with an acrylic varnish, water-based. Electronics aside we might call it a eco-guitar”.
(Musical Instruments, June 2014)
“In addition to the electric sound we have the USB output, thanks to which pad and keyboard can drive external virtual instruments: a very interesting musical” (Musical Instruments, June 2014)
From the year 2011, year of the creation of this instruments, unique for originality and artistry, it was reviewed in many musical journals including one of the most important italian specialized magazines “Musical Instruments” (cover + with a big reportage of the instrument.), also on Yahoo, The Print, The Day, Classic Rock Lifestyle, Sounds and Instruments, ArtNews, to name a few.
Features:
Design and creation: Luka Zotti (2011)
Body: mahogany solid body (not painted, treated with natural oils)
Neck: mahogany (restored and recovered from a '70s guitar)
Keyboard: rosewood
Tuning machines: auto-locking Gotoh
Pick ups: single coil Fender vintage ‘75, Humbucker DiMarzio vintage ‘78
Bridge: permanent, independent saddles with passing through strings (Telecaster style )
MIDI controller: Akai LPK 25, Akai LPD 8
Multi Effects: Alesis Air Fx (infrared)
Sound generators: two music-boxes (with piezo pickup selector and push / pull dedicated for the on / off )
Outputs: jack (guitar), usb (keyboard and MIDI controller), sustain (to control the keyboard sustain through pedal), power jack multieffects.
Finishes: Acrylic water for ornaments, Body unpainted (treated with natural oils)
Weight: 4,5 kg
Video of the construction of the instrument (year 2010-2011)
Live looping with Tree Pad Key Guitar – video demo (2015)
Video live demo #1 (February 2012)
Video demo – “all together jammin’ on the Tree Pad Key Guitar” (2014)
The “Tree Pad Key Guitar” in Forgotten Dream official video (2014)
Playing simultaneously on the Tree Pad Key Guitar (2014)
Video live demo #2 (year 2013)
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