{"id":13012,"date":"2025-07-30T22:30:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T15:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/the-kuzma-self-playing-guitar-system\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T22:30:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T15:30:02","slug":"the-kuzma-self-playing-guitar-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/the-kuzma-self-playing-guitar-system\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kuzma Self-Playing Guitar System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They say it takes 10,000 hours to develop mastery, but Michael Kuzma may have pulled it off in 9,400 hours. That&#8217;s how long it took the guitarist and electrical engineer to develop his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.selfplayingguitars.com\/\">Kuzma Self-Playing Guitar System.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Kuzma&#8217;s invention, which can be fitted to any guitar, consists of 3D-printed parts, motors, belt drives, cable drives, actuators and picks. The device can both pick and fret, and while it can&#8217;t yet play Hendrix, it can do Oasis covers:<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_wrapper custom_embed\">\n<\/div>\n<p>While it may rankle traditional street performers, Kuzma has used his invention for hands-off busking. And because his invention is technically a robot, it can of course do things no human can do. In this video he cranks it up to play 44 notes per second, far faster than us fleshbags can manage:<\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kuzma custom-builds these for customers and has a waitlist. Since delivering his first unit in January of last year, he&#8217;s now up to seven. The price starts at $40,000, with the ultimate total depending on customizations, chosen base guitar and delivery location (Kuzma delivers the units himself). <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"at_end\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They say it takes 10,000 hours to develop mastery, but Michael Kuzma may have pulled it off in 9,400 hours. 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