Technology is all about making life easier for the average consumer, but how far does that go? PCs and mobile devices allow you to run business and entertainment apps that put information at your finger times, TVs have new technologies like DVRs that allow you to record your shows for later, and … well I could go on but you probably get the point.

What if technology could make learning how to play an instrument easy too? That’s exactly what the Tabber Guitar system aims to do. Essentially, it’s a sleeve that contains thirteen LED lights that communicate with an Arduino Uno Processor and are recharged through a lithium-ion battery. It interfaces from there with your mobile device through Bluetooth. Combined with a special phone app you can download songs, cords, light patterns, and even regular lessons that will light up the appropriate LEDs to help you play along.

For now though, its not a commercial product, at least not unless enough funds are achieved through Kickstarter. To get your pre-order now all you have to do is pay $150, but keep in mind that this project will only come to pass if the total goal of $45,000 is reached. Right now? They are a fraction of the way there with $5,356. Honestly, at $150 it is a pretty cool concept, one I wouldn’t mind trying out myself, actually. Tabber is set to change the way people lean how to play guitars, and we can’t wait to see them do it.

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Fellow buskers: Would you pay $70 to be able to record your music with the same sound and body available to electric-wielders? If so, Alesis AcousticLink might what you’re looking for.  With a clamp-on acoustic pickup, Cubase LE software and integration with GarageBand, Protools or Studio One, Alesis’ new acoustic recording equipment also eliminates the need for costly and troublesome mic-ing trials.  The company claims their digital recording solution retains all of the body and resonance of an acoustic guitar for CD-quality recording, capable of interacting fully with effects at the post- or production-level, rather than at the pedal stages like some electric guitarists prefer.

The full digital acoustic interface is presumed to cost about $70 at its release, though Alesis hasn’t confirmed that price yet.

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Ever imagined turning your iPhone in to an electric guitar? Well, sort of. The Ezison 100 released today by Bird Electron in Japan, has created an interesting iPod touch/iPhone dock that will allow you to jam out in a wood and acrylic looking guitar thing.

Once you place your iPhone in to the speaker’s housing, connect it to the headphone jack, you can run the guitar app which will show the strings on your screen. A speaker is built in with a 2W digital amplifier. The whole thing measures 18 x 6 x 1.3-inches, and weighs a mere 650g, the amplifier is powered by three AA batteries. It goes on sale January 30th for $290 USD, apparently only 50 units will be sold.

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