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electric guitar sine by verso instruments creates ‘swelling’ sounds by pressing the metal body

Verso instruments reveals electric guitar ‘sine’

 

Verso Instruments introduces Sine, a solid-body electric guitar that can make ‘swelling’ sounds by pressing down the metal body. The musical instrument has two main parts for the body: the solid ash body coated with traditional linseed oil paint, and the pliable powder-coated metal sheet that wraps around it. It has the same style as the brand’s Cosmo guitar, but this time, the pushable metal sheet allows the instrument to produce sounds that can gradually increase or decrease, as if they were fading in and out.

 

This part is the Sine Pad, which Verso Instruments founder Robin Stummvoll has developed for the electric guitar. There aren’t any springs behind the metal sheet. The material is pliable enough for it to bounce back when the player presses it. Once they push this metal part down, it changes the distance between the pickup and the string. The closer the pickup is to the string, the louder and more sensitive the sound becomes. This results in fade-in, fade-out sound effects. For a tremolo effect similar to a shaking or pulsating sound, players can rapidly press the metal sheet.

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all images courtesy of Verso Instruments

 

 

Moveable pickups for the vibrant musical instrument

 

Another design feature of Verso Instruments’ electric guitar Sine is the movable pickups. By letting them move in multiple directions (not just up and down), they allow for mechanical control over the volume the instrument generates. Players can then manipulate or play with the electric sounds they make as they move the pickups and press the Sine Pad metal sheet. The Verso Instruments team, led by Robin Stummvoll, says that there’s an optional add-on for the Sine electric guitar. They’ve developed it with LEHLE, a German pedals and switchers brand, and the compact module uses a wear-free magnetic hall sensor to measure the distance to the Sine Pad.

 

This module lets the player control two pedals or synths. Secondarily, it handles parameters in their digital audio workstation via a USB, analog synths that accept control voltage, and the switches between the amp and pedal using an internal relay. Robin Stummvoll handpicks each piece of wood he uses for the body of Verso Instruments’ electric guitar. For Sine, he says he only chooses native German wood, which is carefully stored and dried for years, sometimes even decades. The instrument has a solid ash body, a set neck, and a fixed bridge, while the Sine Pad is made from powder-coated steel. While orders for 2025 are now closed, the ones for 2026 are still available.

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view of the Sine Pad or the pushable metal sheet around the wooden body

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rear view of the musical instrument

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the electric guitar can have six or seven strings

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rear view of Sine

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the solid ash body is coated with linseed oil paint

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the pickups are movable in multiple directions

side view of the instrument
side view of the instrument

even the knobs are made of solid wood
even the knobs are made of solid wood

there's a compact module that uses a magnetic hall sensor to measure the distance to the Sine Pad
there’s a compact module that uses a magnetic hall sensor to measure the distance to the Sine Pad

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the pushable metal sheet with springs allows the instrument to produce ‘swelling’ sounds

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