It’s Friday, and you know what that means at Axehole - sex, drugs, rock and roll and maybe even some Jesus and air guitar.
This week, we came across a promotional video from the eighties for the Stepp Guitar Synthesizer. The Stepp was a really interesting, powerful MIDI instrument. It had 12 “strings” - 6 neck strings and 6 strum strings. It has a whammy bar, which doesn’t move the strings; instead it sends a Pitch bend controller message. It also has two assignable rotary MIDI controls assignable. It also had two control pedals, and LCD display and programming controls on the guitar body.
Most impressive, though, was that this was a guitar synth that actually worked, doing things that most of todays guitarists still just dream of.
Unfortunately, the Stepp guitar didn’t sell well and disappeared into obscurity. We think this video may be the reason why:
Note: “You’ve even got the freedom to create your own WEIRD sounds!”
If you have any more info on the Stepp guitar, let me know!
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