guitar that will have the same characteristics of an existing one.
"One of the most powerful but restricting aspects of the classic electric guitar is its authenticity. The original vintage models are the most acclaimed ones with an entire industry that preserve these respectful values. The nostalgia and preservation should stay in the hands of the original manufacturers, but there should also be a model for new and innovative features. Innovation is about progress and new ventures. The Zoybar kits are for those who are looking to enrich their sounds and repertoire in a low cost process, without the need to buy completely new instruments every time there is a new trend."
Why did you develop Zoybar?
"Our focus is on innovation rather than preservation. Hardware hacking is not a new concept but until now duplicating hardware innovation was a fragmented process. You needed to start over every time. The collaborative level was more of a reaction rather than interaction. Today there is still almost no thought in open hardware, over recycling and reusing the parts and materials after the mod or hack was made. That is mainly because of the way hardware is designed and manufactured.
"For many years people have been building amazing music instruments that couldn’t be shared or duplicated by others. Continuity of creativity is at the core of this innovation model, with the ability to duplicate or extract hardware functions as part of the creative process. We believe that only open decentralized approach can provide tools for the different needs and abilities of these scattered creative musicians. We consider every user as a potential unique developer that can come up with ideas that no one else would have thought of. Overall there will always be more smart people outside any company than within their limited and restricted conventional R&D labs. The end instruments are in the users hands, making each user a unique developer that can share ideas, solutions and even sell their own applications and instruments to other users of the community. We aspire that our up growing community of users will become the largest and most productive R&D lab in the field of music instruments innovation."
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