Type V Kīkā Uila Huakaʻi by Vladimir Shorin

Type V Kīkā Uila Huakaʻi by Vladimir Shorin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Kala in Hoʻolālā Mea Kani Competition Category.

KalaMea Kani· 2022

Type V Kīkā Uila Huakaʻi

by Vladimir Shorin

Client: 2A instruments

A' Design Award Kala Winner in Mea Kani Category

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The Design

About Type V Kīkā Uila Huakaʻi

ʻO ka Type V he kīkā uila huakaʻi i hoʻolālāʻia no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa a me ka haku mele ma nā wahi he nui. He 2.49 kilokalama ke kaumaha o ke kino māmā a hiki ke hoʻokani ʻoluʻolu ma ke kū ʻana, ka noho ʻana a i ʻole ka hilinaʻi ʻana i hope ma ka noho paona. He kino Sapeli paʻa, he ʻāʻī māpela a me Sapeli ʻelima ʻāpana, he papa fret ʻebonī a me nā fret kila kūpaʻa i ʻōaka ʻia e kākoʻo i ka leo lōʻihi a me nā leo akāka. He 24 fret ko kēia mea hoʻokani laulā hoʻonui ʻia, he alahaka paʻa me ke poʻo ʻole a me ka pena ʻeleʻele mālino. Ua unuhi ʻia ke ʻano mai nā kaila mālie o nā waʻa peʻa a me nā mokulele.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Kala

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Type V Kīkā Uila Huakaʻi i ka A' Design Award Kala, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe loa, nani a kupaianaha. He mau hana ʻālohilohi loa a hana noʻeau nui nā lanakila Kala e hōʻike ana i ka loea, ka makakoho a me ka ʻoi aku o ka noʻonoʻo o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Type V Kīkā Uila Huakaʻi he hana kupaianaha, kūlana ʻoi aku, ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Kala he mea hoʻokumu kūpono loa, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. He mea i ʻeleu ʻia e nā mea he nui ka hoʻolālā Type V Kīkā Uila Huakaʻi e hoʻāla i ka makemake, lawe mai i nā manaʻo maikaʻi a hoʻāla i ka kamahaʻo a me ka mahalo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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