July 22, 2006

The Tritare is a Y-shaped guitar-like instrument, custom made by Claude Gauthier and Samuel Gaudet. The strings twist through three necks (Spinal Tap, eat your heart out), all of which project from the body of the instrument at different angles. When strummed, the result is a "network" of vibrations that yields a sound somewhere between that of a regular guitar and a gong. For we who are about to rock.... All hail the Tritare!
Listen... Tritare
posted by The Engineer's Monkey 17 years ago
  • Not to be a spoilsport, but a regular guitar with a bunch of effects pedals would sound the same and look less ridiculous...
  • Maybe I'm a purist, but I like my guitars simple.
  • it looks like conjoined triplet guitars....utterly freaky!
  • This guitar only has three necks! It's of no use to me. We'll have to burn the lab!
  • Wow. What an interesting sound.
  • Can it generate the brown note?
  • Soooooooo... Do we call it an axe or a pulaski?
  • Not to be a spoilsport, but a regular guitar with a bunch of effects pedals would sound the same and look less ridiculous... But it wouldn't be so mathematical. This is really neat - ancient harps turn out to follow principles of calculus, albeit "a very easy application of calculus."
  • Can it be played with teeth, or on fire? Is there a headless, fretless version for the 80's? Looks pretty cool though.
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  • Music lovers the world over might argue that there is ample cause for organizing time into the opening strains of Beethoven's Fifth or Bach's Minuet in G minor—and without mathematics, neither would be possible. Bullshit!! Fucking evil math fucking fucks! Back! Back I say!
  • This would be a fun instrument to smash. The music is pretty cool, though.