Neato!<OL><B>Guitar In A Phone</B><br><br>If you have an iPhone (or iPod Touch), try this: Pocket Guitar.<br><br>You can finger chords, and pluck the string by touching them.<br><br>It was created by a Google employee.</OL>http://j-walkblog.com/index.php?/weblog/posts/guitar_in_a_phone/<br><br>

Have you tried it yet? It looks like fun.<br><br>

Don't have the hardware, Donna.<br><br>But I dashed the same note off to my brother. I'll bet a dollar he loads it tonight and emails me about it tomorrow.<br><br>

It requires a jailbroken iPhone or Touch too, I'm sure.<br><br><br>M i c h a e l (OFI)

yep. apple is opening things up for apps, so i am content to wait and not mess with jail breaking my iPhone now.<br><br>

It's a novel idea to be sure. There is a choice between a Distorted Guitar, Acoustic-Electric, and Electric Bass. The sound is pretty good but there are no other settings available besides a choice of instruments.<br><br>The fretboard provides notes for the first six frets. The distance between each fret is 3/8ths of an inch.<br><br>In the picture I am attempting to play an Em. I tried to play an Am but that proved to be too difficult.<br><br>It has potential and I'm sure the developer has fielded a lot of input on ways to improve PG. For instance, I would find it much more useable if only first three frets could be seen and if they were spaced much like a regular guitar. Since most open chords can be played within those three frets, with proper spacing, one could easily develop the coordination to "jam" so to speak.<br><br>It's interesting to note that it supports hammer-ons & offs, which fade out. It's not possible to play a barre chord though. While laying my index finger across the neck, I could only get it to hold down a single note.<br><br>I will keep an eye on his wiki page to see how his project progresses.<br><br><br><br><br>M i c h a e l (OFI)