FretPen Is the Tiniest Guitar You Will Ever Play
 

FretPen Is the Tiniest Guitar You Will Ever Play
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The urge to RAWK OUT really can hit at any time or place, but who wants to be that weirdo who's always lugging a guitar around?

**w there's FretPen, which makes even your hipster ukelele look big and clumsy.

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Pop off the cap, snap the ball-point end into the guitar body and pluck the tiny string; a Bluetooth-connected smartphone acts as a wireless amp that can make a host of sounds, from clean acoustic to dirty garage.

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FretPen uses your smartphone as an amp.

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Since there’s only one actual string, you also need to play a directional pad on the body to move across the strings, which isn’t all that hard for a seasoned player. Though FretPen is too small to create actual string vibrations — electronics in the fretboard recognize your finger positions instead — its external materials are just*like a real electric guitar. The fretboard is wood, the frets are steel and the string is also the real deal: Read more...

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