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Rock God PC
Fretlight Guitar
$600, optekmusic.com

Wouldn’t it be great if you could which means that you can not back to the guitar that light up
pick up a guitar, plug it in to your only use this guitar at home to the fretboard corresponding to
computer, and have it teach you perfect your playing but can take finger placement.
to become a rock god? That’s it on the road as well, with no one Optional software is available
the premise behind the Fretlight the wiser. (for more moolah) to teach music
guitar. The Fretlight plugs directly theory and download tablature
The guitar itself is pretty sweet. into your computer via USB, the files from the internet.
It sports a Fender Stratocaster other end into a special 8-pin DIN With a price equaling 20 or so
body style, with a unique fretboard jack in the body. (It also has the guitar lessons, you not only get
that hides the true nature of this standard amp jack.) Its software to skip out on the smug guitar
piece of technology. Underneath shows you the basics of scales, teacher in the faded Styx T-shirt,
the fretboard lie 126 LEDs, and chord location, and all the stuff but get a quality guitar as well.
until you plug it into your computer, I slept through in high school And while it helps if you know
you’ll never even know they’re there, music class. Picking a chord on your way around the guitar, with
the computer sends a signal a little patience you too will be
jamming in no time. For a full tour,
check it out online. It rocks!
—Rob Bullington