The Woody B Internal Combustion Guitar claims to "vibrate your hands, rattle your bones, and speak to your soul." Exactly how and why it does this is complicated. In essence, it tries to recreate the resonating feel of playing in front of an amp, without having to play in front of amp.

How it works

You'll need two amplifiers to get started: one standard and one small 6-watt model.

Touching the strings will send a signal to the small amp, the guitar's "proprietary driver system" then pumps the conditioned signal back inside the body, where its "internal power driver" re-energizes the signal even further. This causes your guitar, strings and fingernails to resonate before the "harmonically enriched" sound hits the second amp.

You can control the strength of the signal with the power throttle knob.

The Internal Combustion Guitar comes in two models: the V8 and V12. Both feature alder and mahogany bodies, Alumitone Humbuckers, bolt-on maple necks and a choice of three finish options and fingerboard materials. The V12 also comes with a Roland Hex MIDI pick-up.

Tom Porter MusicRadar

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