Verso instruments

[Alan W]

Well, I just killed 90 minutes ogling these! Not that I can even consider anything new right now, but it’s great to see someone really thinking of different ways of doing things. The Sine model is probably the most intriguing, especially when paired with the Lehle expression option.

COSMO - Verso Musical instruments

The electric guitar Cosmo is an instrument that offers an variety of sounds due to its freely movable pickup system. The pickups are magnetically attached to the steel body of the guitar and can be exchanged within seconds.

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C’mon, who else has time to kill looking at weird guitars?

 

[crashguitar]

I have looked at these guitars as well. As usual, my account says stick to the guitar you already own.

Always like to see someone trying something different, so I applaud what they are doing.

 

[Vicious C]

They’re……unique for sure

 

[joeyd]

Kind of getting Ikea furniture vibes. I don't hate them but they kind of seem like a solution in search of a problem.

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

Cool but way out of my budget. Been a fan for years. I’d love if they did a hexaphonic version with 6 individually positionable pickups

 

[Alan W]

Kind of getting Ikea furniture vibes. I don't hate them but they kind of seem like a solution in search of a problem.

Well it's not a problem, but I think the ability to move pickups around is a great way to get different sounds that is largely unique to this. (There are other designs with rotating pickups, eg some of Rick Turner's work.).

I recently got a new guitar that has the bridge pick up closer to the neck PU (not all the way into middle PU territory) and really love how it both sounds like a bridge pickup but also includes more harmonics—as an example. Or being able to swap out underwound and overwound so easily. I can fully get not liking the aesthetics (which I end up liking quite a bit, but there are plenty of guitars I find ugly as all getout that I know many people love, c'est la vie...).

And I also see the "Ikea" familiarity. It's a shared northern European "mid-century" style. The headstock really does this, and it's the one (to me) weak part of the design, but it is consistent with the other parts. (I mean, as long as you're going to throw out so many norms, having straight string pull is a pretty nice feature.)