Type V 旅行電結他 by Vladimir Shorin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 銀獎 in 樂器設計 Competition Category.

銀樂器· 2022

Type V 旅行電結他

by Vladimir Shorin

Client: 2A instruments

A' Design Award 銀獎 Winner in 樂器 Category

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The Design

About Type V 旅行電結他

Type V 係一款專為喺唔同地方練習同創作而設計嘅旅行電結他。輕巧嘅琴身淨重2.49公斤，無論站立、坐低定係攤喺梳化上都可以舒適彈奏。實心Sapeli沙比利木琴身、五片式楓木同Sapeli沙比利木結合嘅琴頸、烏木指板，加上不鏽鋼扇形品絲，締造出綿長嘅延音同清晰嘅音色。呢款擴展音域樂器設有24品、無頭固定琴橋以及啞黑色飾面。整體造型汲取遊艇同噴射機嘅流暢線條靈感。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銀獎

Type V 旅行電結他是 A' Design Award 銀獎得主，這是授予頂級、華美而令人印象深刻的設計的極為崇高的認可。銀獎得主是極其卓越、極具創造力的作品，展現出其設計師傑出的專業技能、才華與敏銳。預計Type V 旅行電結他將成為一件出色的典範之作，兼具非凡的專業性與深刻的創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銀獎的設計是一項備受矚目、令人欽佩的發明，造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Type V 旅行電結他是一件令人羨慕的創作，它喚起渴望，帶來積極的情感，並激發驚嘆與讚嘆。

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