ABOVE: Richard Harrington -  with the one of his design prototypes incorporating an internal amplifier and electronic effects.

This unit has five speakers , an internal amplifier, a digital delay processor , an on - board MIDI music sequencer, a graphic equalizer/ pre-amp and rechargeable batteries. Some other features include:

HYBRID PICKUP COMBINATIONS
HEX Magnetic, Humbucking, MIDI and Piezo Electric Pickups 

LINE OUT- I/O JACK
Should you want to use the instrument as a conventional electric guitar

DIGITAL AMPLIFIERS
Digital Amplifier and Circuit Board with a controller and a power device which provide full digital audio preamplifier functions and power amplification. 

DIGITAL or ANALOGUE SPEAKERS
On-board Digital Speakers available for home theatre sound quality 

CUSTOM CONFIGURATIONS
Our patented modular construction makes it ideal for customized electronics and effects to be added inside the body. Rhythm machines, Digital delays, Phase shifters, etc.
 

Pictured above is our experimental model which incorporates a
high performance guitar modeling processor and CD player.
 

Custom Guitar Body / Enclosures are now in development which can contain all the required electronic components, speakers and batteries and are ISO compliant to most bolt on guitar necks.

LEFT: The test lab for digital amplification and recording.
RIGHT: The first prototype of "FA - Midi Master".

The guitars are first designed as computer models. Then style versions and colors are simulated. The files are then used for CNC production and patent filings.

ABOVE:  a computer design model of  "The internally Integrated Digitally Amplified Electronic Guitar"

Canadian Patent Pending No. 2,372,014      
Inventor: Richard Harrington
US Patent Application # 60/367,935

New Features Under Development:
MP3 RECORDER/PLAYER
An on-board MP3 player/recorder with a 6GB hard drive, which gives you real-time, on-the-fly recording of up to 6000 minutes of top-quality music in MP3 format. It can record directly from any audio source, including the digitally amplified signal coming from the guitar strings via the stereo, line-in jack. With the on-board MP3 recorder/ player, the musician can record the output of the guitar listen to it later and/or accompany the output of the MP3 player by playing the guitar as the MP3 player replicates what is stored on it's hard drive. compatible with a Pentium 233MHz or higher, Win 98 SE/ 2000/Me, 32MB RAM (64MB recommended), CD-ROM drive with digital audio extraction support, Mac OS 8.6 or higher, iMac/G3/ or higher. 



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