[Andy] came across this guitar midi controller project from way back ... pickups but instead of extrapolating fret data from the pitch picked up on the string, there is a second sensor mechanism ...

[Robert] wrote a program using Max/MSP that lets him make music with his guitar hero controller ... and allows a sort of ‘live play’ or midi mapping mode. In the midi mode each key can ...

The heavily modded guitar is showcased across his 2015 'Via Zammata' album, where he demonstrates the value of its unusual features ...

This concept will work beautifully with lots of different types of instrument, from piano and guitar, through to synthesisers ...