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WATCH: Radiohead's Ed O'Brien plays Circle Guitar - a redesign of the electric guitar

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Stuart McDill, Reuters

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/reuters/10/14/2020-10-13t100946z_1237824495_rc2mhj9fp85t_rtrmadp_3_music-radiohead-circle-guitar.jpg"/><figcaption>Radiohead guitarist Ed O&#x27;Brien plays a Circle Guitar, a radical redesign of the instrument that strums itself, in a studio in London, Britain, October 1, 2020. Picture taken October 1, 2020. <em>Stuart McDill, Reuters</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>LONDON - British band Radiohead&#x27;s rhythm guitarist Ed O&#x27;Brien has been putting a radical redesign of the electric guitar through its paces.</p><p>The Circle Guitar features a rotating disc that can be fitted with plectrums to strum the strings, freeing up one hand for the guitarist to experiment with new sounds.</p><p>O&#x27;Brien described the instrument as one of those he had been &quot;longing to find.&quot;</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s like learning a new language, really,&quot; O&#x27;Brien told Reuters during a session at The Church studios in London. &quot;I want to spend a lot of time with it ... I think it&#x27;s extraordinary.&quot;</p><p>The spinning wheel can rotate at up to 250rpm and allows the musician to program different rhythmic patterns with magnetic plectrums that fit into 128 slots in the disc.</p><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=625055361326585" data-width="auto"> </div><p>Created by designer Anthony Dickens, it was inspired by the search for new sounds.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s not really a guitar to be honest. It&#x27;s a different kind of instrument,&quot; Dickens said. &quot;It&#x27;s like Frankenstein&#x27;s cousin.&quot;</p><p>The guitar can be synchronised with a computer, drum machine or digital interface.</p><p>&quot;I like electronic music and drum machines,&quot; Dickens said, &quot;so taking the organic, lovely sound of a guitar and making it so precise is creating this different kind of feel and vibe to music.&quot;</p><p>There are plans to make two versions of the Circle Guitar: one with a single output for the classic rock guitarist and one where each string is a separate output for record producers like Oscar and Grammy award-winning Paul Epworth.</p><p>&quot;I think the Circle Guitar is an incredible innovation which really does challenge how you play an instrument,&quot; Epworth said.</p><p>&quot;This is really in a league of its own.&quot;</p><p>Two years in development, Dickens said he hoped to start commercial production of the Circle Guitar next year.</p><div><strong>(Editing by Mike Collett-White)</strong></div>

<p>LONDON - British band Radiohead's rhythm guitarist Ed O'Brien has been putting a radical redesign of the electric guitar through its paces.</p>

LONDON - British band Radiohead's rhythm guitarist Ed O'Brien has been putting a radical redesign of the electric guitar through its paces.

WATCH: Radiohead's Ed O'Brien plays Circle Guitar - a redesign of the electric guitar

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WATCH: Radiohead's Ed O'Brien plays Circle Guitar - a redesign of the electric guitar

Stuart McDill,

Reuters

Published Oct 14, 2020 07:10 AM PHT

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