Thor, introduced last year, is my masterpiece. Following Thor, I proudly announce Valkyrie. It shares the electronics of Thor, but avoiding the more expensive Carbon Fiber construction. It took us months to refine Valkyrie. There’s a story behind Valkyrie x001 I’d like to share later.
I am pleased to announce that we are officially offering OEM discounts (up to 30%) to all professional guitar and other instrument builders.
Have you ever wondered what the actual coil inside the Nu capsule looks like? Here’s a close-up. There’s 1300turns, gauge 46AWG, in that miniature, bobbin-less coil. We don’t have the capability to wind those ourselves! These are custom-made for us by an inductor company. Some people ask us about buying Nu capsules without the cover. …
The Nexus-GK… From the start, we only do limited production runs based on demand. This time, however, we intentionally produced a bit more, with the goal of having continuous stocks and a more streamlined logistics flow. And so… after the recent April pre-order sale, we still have some sets available. And here’s the deal — …
Here are some close-up pictures of the guitar after installing the full Nu-XR system. It was a joy installing the electronics for this guitar. This non-traditional guitar has no cavities at all. It’s just a full wide open space for the components and wiring. I think this is the easiest installation I’ve ever done. Every inch of this guitar is a RADICAL declaration.
Pictures paint a thousand words. Watch this space…
Stealth radical ergonomic acoustic guitar designed by Rick Toone and Fabio Mittino. Carbon fiber, aircraft aluminum. Element™ extended range single billet machined aircraft aluminum neck. Patented Intonation Cantilever™ individual string bridges. Cycfi Research™ Nu-Multi and XR pickups.
A nice little secret with virtual pickups is that each virtual coil reduces random noise due to its inherent averaging effect. Comb filters have that very welcome effect! The more virtual coils you use, the better the noise reduction.
The Nu pickups are installed in all forms of instruments from electric guitars, bass guitars, cellos, harps, pianos, xylophones, etc. Now, the Circle Guitar, invented by Anthony Dickens, gives us a new avenue for exploration. A wheel underneath the strings spins and strikes one or more strings in a rhythmic fashion allowing you to transform …
Recap Last week, I presented the 4th part of the Virtual Pickups series. The article continues the series with the introduction of the preprocessor and how it negates the actual pickup’s natural comb-filter effect, with a result that is exceptionally rich in harmonics —very much like an acoustic guitar, with a sufficiently flat frequency response …
A few years ago, I wrote a three part article series about virtual pickups: emulating guitar pickups in software. Now it is 2020 and after a long journey, I am continuing with parts 4, 5 and 6 of the Virtual Pickups series, in anticipation of the release of the Ascend VPU plugin — the first …
