It might have just about the worst name ever, but the iTar looks like it could also be just about the bestdock-that-turns-your-iPad-into-a-guitar ever.
The iTar comes from Starr Labs, custom builder of electronic instruments for the likes of Lou Reed and the Chemical Brothers. The iTar is based on Starr’s Ztar, a midi-controlling push-button fretboard with a set of strings to strum.
The trick is that Starr is using Kickstarter to raise the funds to mass-produce the fretboard, and then further dropping the price by replacing the electronics with the iPad’s brain. The result is a device that will cost $200 instead of $2,000 (plus the price of your iPad, of course).
The iTar will come with companion software, and Starr Labs wants to work with developers to make even more compatible software.
If any of you has played with Garage Band on the iPad (and if you haven’t — shame on you) then you’ll know what crazy fun it can be. Turning the thing into a guitar could only make it better, right?
You can kick in your Kickstarter pledge now. The target is $50,000, and there are still 49 days to go. Easy.
iTar product page [Kickstarter]
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