Prompt's TechBlog

Chip makers Intel and guitar makers Fender claim to have joined forces to develop a guitar that connects to the internet. The idea is that you can use the guitar to send an email between songs, or to send or download riffs. The lavishly made concept photos show the back of the guitar having a large screen on it.

The story's been picked up by The Sun and Metro among others, although it's officially described as the 'Intel Concept Telecaster Guitar'. Usually the word 'concept' is a dead giveaway that they haven't actually made anything more than a few Photoshopped images yet. There is no date announced for when this might hit the shops.

The main drawback to the existing design appears to be that you can't see the screen while you're playing it. Anyone wanting a computer-connected guitar would want to be able to see the screen easily while using it, or at least to look at it without having to flip the guitar over.

Back to the drawing board then? Oh, you're still there... good.