Ridley Scott’s 1982 Cyberpunk film-noir adaptation of the 1968 Philip K. Dick novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? changed science fiction forever. Similarly to how Star Wars and 2001: A Space Odyssey had done previously, and how later The Matrix would, the genre could never be the same after Blade Runner.
Since its inception in the early eighties, MIDI has cemented its presence as the standard communication method between electronic instruments. It’s well known for its studio applications for electronically composed and sequenced music, but what has MIDI ever done for the guitar?
Perhaps due to budget constraints, or a desire to always have something that few others did, I’ve always sought out music technology on eBay rather than buying new.