Type V Guitarra eléctrica de viaje by Vladimir Shorin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Plata in Diseño de Instrumentos Musicales Competition Category.
PlataInstrumento Musical· 2022
Type V Guitarra eléctrica de viaje
Client: 2A instruments
A' Design Award de Plata Winner in Instrumento Musical Category
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The Design
About Type V Guitarra eléctrica de viaje
Type V es una guitarra eléctrica de viaje diseñada para practicar y componer en múltiples lugares. Su cuerpo ligero pesa 2,49 kilogramos y permite tocar cómodamente de pie, sentado o recostado en un sofá. Un cuerpo macizo de sapeli, un mástil de cinco piezas de arce y sapeli, un diapasón de ébano y trastes en abanico de acero inoxidable favorecen un sustain prolongado y tonos nítidos. Este instrumento de rango extendido cuenta con 24 trastes, un puente fijo sin pala (headless) y un acabado negro mate. Su forma se inspira en las líneas suaves de los yates y los aviones a reacción.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award de Plata
Type V Guitarra eléctrica de viaje ha ganado el A' Design Award de Plata, un reconocimiento extraordinariamente prestigioso concedido a diseños de gama alta, magníficos e impresionantes. Los ganadores de Plata son obras tremendamente brillantes y sumamente creativas que ilustran la destacada experiencia, el talento y la agudeza de sus diseñadores. Se espera que Type V Guitarra eléctrica de viaje sea una obra maravillosa y emblemática, notablemente profesional y profundamente innovadora. Este diseño ganador del A' Design Award de Plata es una invención muy notable y admirada que beneficia y hace avanzar las fronteras del arte, la ciencia, el diseño y la tecnología. Type V Guitarra eléctrica de viaje es una creación enormemente envidiada que evoca deseos, aporta sentimientos positivos y despierta asombro y admiración.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Lightweight and ergonomic, one can take it wherever one likes to practice or where one gets inspiration to compose some beautiful melodies. The body shape allows comfortably playing in a various range of positions, while standing, seating, even leaning back on a sofa. It's sonic delivery bases on a careful wood and pickup selection as well as structural features, providing long sustain and clear tones. This extended range guitar offers great playing experience in many different styles.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 815mm height x 280mm width x 45mm depth (body) 2,49kg weight
Sapeli solid body. Maple/Sapeli 5 piece neck. Ebony fretboard. Stainless steel fanned frets. Fokin Uppercut bridge pickup. Nova headless fixed bridge/headpiece. 24 frets. 25,5-27' scale. Matte black finish. Anchor access from the side of the neck pickup - Tags
- guitar, electric guitar, guitar design, travel guitar, electric guitar design, extended range guitar
- Production Technology
- The design started from concept sketches on a blank paper and continued with full scale drawings, CAD drawing, prototyping from extruded polystyrene foam, prototyping from MDF, and the fabrication with a CNC machine. Finally it has been manually painted, polished and assembled.
- Design Challenge
- The main challenge was to achieve an accurate balance between attractive futuristic shape and functional characteristics of the musical instruments, and finally get it build precisely according the concept.
- Research
- Though being a huge guitar enthusiast throughout the years I've never thought about designing one. This project demanded a deep research in various aspects of electric guitars in order to reach maximum comfortable playability, sound specifications, ergonomics and last but not least - manufacturability. From analyzing traditional shapes to studying contemporary trends in the guitar industry and spending countless hours to search for any kind of relevant information, the process took it's time. But due to the positive feedback from fellow musicians it was worth it.
- Inspiration
- The guitar design based on both ergonomic body properties and shapes of vessels such as yachts or jets which smooth gliding on the waves or soaring high above evokes a feeling of absolute freedom just like our favorite music.
- Project Duration
- The project started in the Fall of 2018 and finished in Summer of 2019. It has been developed in Moscow, Russia
- Operation Flow
- Use it with headphone amplifier or a powerful guitar stack, just the way you like to play music.
- Image Credits
- Video Credits: Filmed and edited by Den Mukhin, playthrough by Michail Semkov, music by Idols to Be Faded, all copyrights belong to Idols To Be Faded
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