Keywords: SynthAxe.jpg <br/>SynthAxe is a fretted guitar-like MIDI controller created in 1986 by Bill Aitken and manufactured in England in the middle to late 1980s It is a musical instrument that uses an electronic synthesizer to produce sound and is controlled through the use of an arm which resembles the neck of a guitar in form and in use The name SynthAxe is a portmanteau of the words Synthesizer and Axe which is a popular slang term meaning guitar Transferred from http //en wikipedia org en wikipedia<br/> Original text I Chrisfromcanberra talk created this work entirely by myself 2009-08-13 Chrisfromcanberra talk Original uploader was Chrisfromcanberra at http //en wikipedia org en wikipedia Released into the public domain by the author en wikipedia Chrisfromcanberra original upload log page en wikipedia Synthaxe jpg 2009-08-13 12 57 Chrisfromcanberra 282×469× 47011 bytes <nowiki> Synthaxe I ~~~ created this work entirely by myself ~~~ </nowiki> Keytars Guitar synthesizers Fret-switch instruments MIDI |