Guitars with effects built in have been done before however this one looks interesting with how the effect controls are laid out on the guitar.

I wonder if it is powered by the tip ring sleeve powering.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWuee1Gct_Y

Cute!
I've always been a sucker for onboard effects ever since I first saw a Vox Invader.
I have the circuits for that somewhere. The Invader used a 9V battery stuffed into the body cavity.

I've been saying it since 1979: don't install/build into a guitar what you can do more easily and better with a floor pedal.  If it needs to be on the guitar in order to work as intended (e.g., sustainers), fine.  I *like* knobs and switches, but most effects can be their best version in a floor pedal.

Do people get the "Smuggler" reference?

What to do if you have 2 guitars ?

Quote from: Phend on January 06, 2024, 05:25:59 PMWhat to do if you have 2 guitars ?

And if one guitar starts affecting the other (room for a Twighlight Zone episode ... add music outtake .)

Quote from: Mark Hammer on January 06, 2024, 05:16:54 PMI've been saying it since 1979: don't install/build into a guitar what you can do more easily and better with a floor pedal.  If it needs to be on the guitar in order to work as intended (e.g., sustainers), fine.  I *like* knobs and switches, but most effects can be their best version in a floor pedal.

Do people get the "Smuggler" reference?

Mark I agree however good inexpensive guitars are available now so routing out an inexpensive tele type guitar and adding circuits might be fun to do

It might be fun to make the circuits in modules that plug in with a short cable to an inside buss

I do like the old style AM radio type controls

Quote from: Mark Hammer on January 06, 2024, 05:16:54 PMI've been saying it since 1979: don't install/build into a guitar what you can do more easily and better with a floor pedal.  If it needs to be on the guitar in order to work as intended (e.g., sustainers), fine.  I *like* knobs and switches, but most effects can be their best version in a floor pedal.

This is of course right - and other than inherent sloth is what has kept me from putting effects onboard.

But I still find a fascination with the things.

Quote from: GusIt might be fun to make the circuits in modules that plug in with a short cable to an inside buss

QuoteThat's something l like what was inside the various Vox guitars with internal effects. The modules were two roughly 1" square PCBs with resistors, caps and transistors stacked cordwood-style between the PCBs. These were then soldered into a motherboard of sorts, although it wasn't a very generalized bus design.

Quote from: Mark Hammer on January 06, 2024, 05:16:54 PMI've been saying it since 1979: don't install/build into a guitar what you can do more easily and better with a floor pedal.  If it needs to be on the guitar in order to work as intended (e.g., sustainers), fine.  I *like* knobs and switches, but most effects can be their best version in a floor pedal.

Do people get the "Smuggler" reference?

My argument is pedal on the floor can be used for *any* guitar.    I'm even urged to get rid of active electronics on basses.  No batteries to go flat or leak.  Always a passive option.  However, there is something about the convenience of twiddling the knobs locally.

Quote from: Phend on January 06, 2024, 05:25:59 PMWhat to do if you have 2 guitars ?

Do like Pete Cosey supposedly did — plug in one guitar through the other! (I have no idea how he may have actually done this, so please don't listen to me.)

Quote from: R.G. on January 06, 2024, 05:46:37 PM

Quote from: Mark Hammer on January 06, 2024, 05:16:54 PMI've been saying it since 1979: don't install/build into a guitar what you can do more easily and better with a floor pedal.  If it needs to be on the guitar in order to work as intended (e.g., sustainers), fine.  I *like* knobs and switches, but most effects can be their best version in a floor pedal.

This is of course right - and other than inherent sloth is what has kept me from putting effects onboard.

But I still find a fascination with the things.

Quote from: GusIt might be fun to make the circuits in modules that plug in with a short cable to an inside buss

QuoteThat's something l like what was inside the various Vox guitars with internal effects. The modules were two roughly 1" square PCBs with resistors, caps and transistors stacked cordwood-style between the PCBs. These were then soldered into a motherboard of sorts, although it wasn't a very generalized bus design.

Oh it is definitely "ship in a bottle" how'd-they-DO-that fascination.  Trust me, I wouldn't turn down the cheapest clone of a Les Paul Recording, or Epiphone Professional, Danelectro Innuendo, or Vox Guitorgan.