MUSIC INVENTION: CAPOSONIC – THE CAPO FOR EVERY CHORD

Local Santa Barbara inventor finds the “missing link” for musicians learning and performing guitar.  Ben Ryan, avid music lover and guitar player, invented the CapoSonic out of necessity.  The CapoSonic “First Generation Classic” device, similar to a capo, attaches to the neck of the guitar; allowing guitarists to alter the sound produced by the instrument.

Ben Ryan became infatuated with the endless possibilities created by tuning a guitar to “open” chords as opposed to standard guitar tuning.  He began writing and performing songs that required these special tunings on a regular basis forcing him to carry numerous guitars and traditional capos to each event.  The problem that most technical guitarists face: writing, practicing and performing songs new sounds and arrangements requires multiple tunings. Avid guitarists, like Ben Ryan, would rather carry multiple guitars to live events, than limit their catalog of songs.  The CapoSonic solves this problem by allowing musicians to configure chord shapes by positioning the six individual hammers on the capo; producing “open tuning” and alternative sounds, without needing to re-tune the guitar.  The CapoSonic allows guitarists to play with the familiarity of standard tuning, using regular chords, absolute fret notes, normal scales and patterns yet arrive at the richness of open tuning sounds.

Before inventing CapoSonic, Ben Ryan searched high and low for a product to meet his need. He went to all the music stores – local and regional – in his extensive travels from New York to LA and many points in between, but he still couldn’t find a solution.  Over time, Ben developed the CapoSonic through rigorous experimentation. Ben was able to associate with a Santa Barbara local machine shop and engineer to bring his design concept to reality. The result is a one of a kind product that solves a real need through the application of a revolutionary concept.

The CapoSonic “First Generation Classic” device designs have been finalized and Ben Ryan’s innovative solution will be made made available to guitar lovers everywhere later this year.

Ben Ryan has developed a KickStarter Campaign to raise funding necessary to produce and ship the first round of CapoSonics. The CapoSonic will be made available EXCLUSIVELY through Kickstarter.com with unique sponsor packages offered to those who back the project. The Kickstarter Campaign is running from now until October 28, 2012. Kickstarter campaigns follow the “all or nothing” funding model, meaning that CapoSonic must meet this fundraising goal in order for the product to ship to backers.

The CapoSonic benefits are numerous.  Not only does CapoSonic bring to the world a new device using precise technology and state of the art manufacturing, it brings to bear a new, valuable method for teaching and learning guitar.  The CapoSonic solution enables orchestrated inversions, stacked chords and an exponential number of ways to bring new life to the guitar.

Find CapoSonic on Kickstarter and check out the product video for a live demo of the prototype.

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For Information:

CapoSonic Project
Ben Ryan, Artist / Inventor / Musician
1187 Coast Village Rd #110
Santa Barbara, CA 93108
(805) 565-8900

Email: backstage@caposonic.com
Website: www.caposonic.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapoSonic
Twitter:https://twitter.com/caposonic
Kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/caposonic/caposonic-the-capo-for-every-chord

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