For all of us who have unashamedly played the air violin to The Verve’s Bittersweet Symphony wishing you could play it for real, this is for you. Industrial designer and slight genius Carlos Mendez has created an electric violin he calls the Squidolin. You can connect the Squidolin to your television set and it will walk you through a series of tutorials based on mastering violin fundamentals. Now don’t be confused, this is by no means a Guitar Hero Rockband-esque violin façade. Squidolin is crafted with real Maplewood and can be connected to an amplifier and played like the genuine thing. And once you figure out what your doing I’ve heard the sound is really quite beautiful. Oh, and the Squidolin gets its name from its squid inspired body design fitted into the violin motif. I wonder if there’s anything in the works for an electric stand-up bass in the future! Check him out at Crmendez.com I leave you with a little Joshua Bell playing “Avia Maria.” Feel free to air violin your heart out!
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