# Any experiences with MIDI guitar controllers?

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**Created:** [February 6, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experiences-with-midi-guitar-controllers/484712 "2009-02-06T15:57:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experiences-with-midi-guitar-controllers/484712/1 "2009-02-06T15:57:54Z")

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I’m wondering if anyone here has ever bought or used a full MIDI controller that looks sort of like a guitar – you know, with the buttons on the neck and the short wires on the body. As opposed to installing a MIDI pickup on a standard instrument. If you tried the latter, how were the results? Did you have to get it professionally installed? How was the tracking?

(FWIW, I used to have a guitar synth back in days of yore, which took a standard analog guitar output and turnnnnsqeeeeee fzzzzzzz woooooooooooooooo! splurchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh vzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz