Learning to play guitar with fiber optic LEDs

How would you feel about learning to play guitar through fiber-optic LED lights? Sounds cool doesn’t it, well now with Fret Zeppelin this is a reality.

Instead of relying on an instructor or a specialized beginner’s guitar, Fret Zeppelin fits onto an already existent full-sized guitar of a player’s choosing. Once on the guitar, players can pick whatever song they want to learn through the Fret Zeppelin’s companion iOS / Android app.

Then the magic happens, the lights will blink to denote what notes to play while the app listens to hear if you’ve hit them. The process makes sense.

Once you’ve mastered a few songs, you can set the Fret Zep, to light up in a more abstract pattern.

It will definitely be a party piece to talk about, as it will please party guests and subway riders who would be otherwise annoyed by your amateur guitar playing. Lights are crowd-pleasers.

Light-up guitars (and ukuleles) have been around for years, but Fret Zeppelin claims its product differs because you can pick whatever guitar you want without having to stick with Zep’s idea of what’s good.

Fret Zeppelins start at around $199 on Kickstarter.

More information: The Verge.