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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Originally posted by Avatar4550:
Just back from a two-hour road test of the iDea pre-amp...
Once I memorized the functions, it was a piece of cake to use. Very easy!! Kids will love this thing!!
And what fun it is! My single most favourite thing about this guitar so far, is having the ability to play along with yourself. This alone is worth the price of the guitar. It's one thing to be sitting in the studio doing that (seems like work though, sometimes...), but to go sit in the park under a tree or on the deck and do the same thing... is awesome!!
Come up with a nice set of chords... PRESTO!! Turn on the play function and start working out melodies instantly.
Several musicians I know have mentioned not being able to remember song parts they have come up with when they haven't been recorded or written down.
The iDea guitar makes that super easy...
(OK, that does sound like an info-mercial :D ) That's pretty much what I thought when I tried it the first time. I wish I had the scratch to get the pre-amp and drop into my Adamas.
I took your review a step further... I see someone else play a riff, and want to learn it. With an idea... just drop the thing into record and hand them the guitar "Could you play that riff for me on this guitar?" then take it home and at leisure figure it out. Same for coming up with lead riffs for someone elses tune. Just have them play it... Of course if you have a recording, I believe you can just play along with that too, and not need to set up in the studio to do it.
I don't really think the full potential of the "iDea" pre-amp has yet to be realized. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I just copy mp3s onto it and have fun playing along with my favorite tunes. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | We'll soon see if any idiot can really use one. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Ordered from Al on Tuesday morning and arrived on Saturday. That's lots faster than I expected. Still haven't had the chance to see if it's idiot proof, but the preamp will be along for the ride to the Black Hills, so maybe someone there will have to show me how to use it. |
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Location: Utah | Somebody is bringing a 12 yr old to the Black Hills. |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by FlySig:
Somebody is bringing a 12 yr old to the Black Hills. I don't think Toby's going to be there..... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Originally posted by FlySig:
Somebody is bringing a 12 yr old to the Black Hills. Good. Maybe he or she can teach me how to use both the iDEA and my GPS. |
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Location: Michigan | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
Good. Maybe he or she can teach me how to use both the iDEA and my GPS. WOW, it has a built in GPS too!!?? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I hope not. I'm still looking for the on button. |
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FS idea guitar and preamp
