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Geeta | Electric Guitar Toy

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Geeta | Electric Guitar Toy
The fun, easy-to-use, electric guitar, Geeta, plays a customizable series of 12 notes through MIDI-controlled software. The toy was rapidly prototyped in 2 days for a course on interactive device design.
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Watch the video to hear Geeta in action!
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Laser cut body and 3D printed pick.
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The guitar uses a soft potentiometer and limit switches to sense finger position and strumming, respectively. Software for mapping the analog and discrete switch signals to MIDI software was done by Corten Singer.
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Pick in neutral position.
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Pick in down position.
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Pick in up position.
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Pick in neutral position.
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Pick in down position.
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Pick in up position.
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The finger pick pivots within a bracket that is screwed onto the laser cut guitar top. The limit switches also rest in pockets within the same bracket.
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Geeta | Electric Guitar Toy
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Geeta | Electric Guitar Toy

Geeta is made from laser-cut Balsa wood using two limit switches for bi-directional picking action and a soft potentiometer to change the notes p Read More

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