Start of a Project
So today I walked into Maplin to find a Raspberry Pi 2 on offer. £32.99 in fact. I've always toyed with the idea of having a computer inside of a guitar, so I thought....why not?
And that's how I spontaneously bought a Raspberry Pi!
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Obviously I have no prior knowledge of them or its operating system so I bought a book that went with it...naturally.
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Managed to get it working after many a command line input.
So now to design the guitar to house it in. From my previous build 'Proto', I had a design I wanted to implement for a new guitar. I used that design as a base for new designs.
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Annotated (I think this site heavily compresses these images!)
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Looks very similar to my last guitar, except with many changes: - It will be white! - Huge portion of the guitar will have a fully functional touchscreen connected to a computer - Single coil pickups with a telecaster style bridge - No see-through acrylic on top of the guitar - No buttons or knobs on the top of the guitar - Simple uncluttered design