The Brian Moore iGuitar91.13 is one of the eye catching, innovative guitars of today. I appreciate that this is not just another repackaged S-type guitar. It is a well thought out and designed machine ready to play; and the iGuitar is ready for any task.

The thing that first caught my eye was the look of this guitar, it is very appealing. With a concave cut mahogany back and a contoured flamed maple top the Brian Moore definitely stands out. The curved top keeps the controls out of the way of over zealous strummers and also reduces contact between the guitar and the pick as it leaves the strings minimizing pick scratches. The back hides a recessed input jack, which keeps the cable tucked behind the strap keeping it out of your way.

The 22 fret maple neck with rosewood fretboard plays amazingly well and effortlessly. The dressing of the frets is great, offering free and clear neck movement the entire length of the guitar. The headstock also screams out to anyone looking at the Brian Moore. Its unique shape and route looks very cool; the string pull is also one of the straightest I have ever seen. The tremolo is very smooth playing and stays in tune. The setup on it was great, very exact and precise.

Now for the goodies. Anyone looking for an extremely versatile workhorse guitar, that does everything, plus wash the dishes, should run out and get an iGuitar today. Let's start off with magnetic pickups, H-S-H configuration, which sound very good delivering a huge sonic palette of tone, but it doesn't stop there. Next it has an RMC Piezo bridge which offers warm, nice acoustic tones for a piezo pickup. And lastly, though not least it offers a 13-pin RMC system via the piezo pickup allowing you to use any 13-pin guitar synth on the market. Yep, magnetic pickups, piezo and synth all in one guitar. Oh, did I mention you can play the magnetic and acoustic simultaneously? Or the magnetic and synth? Or all three at once?

The standard output jack is a stereo jack. Each iGuitar comes with a stereo Y cable so you can plug into an amp and an acoustic amp/PA at the same time. One output is the piezo pickup, the other is the magnetic pickups. Pretty cool. I love this guitar. The options are limitless to what can be done. You no longer need to carry an acoustic for that one part in those two songs. The iGuitar lets you do it on the fly. Need a flute or sax part? Just grab a guitar synth and you are ready to go. The Roland GR-33 and GR-20 are great synths to work with. For those a little more acclimated into the MIDI scene, you can run other MIDI devices and even use Finale or Sibelius and notate your playing on the fly (of course, you have to have an interface.) My next books will be written with this guitar. For direct to MIDI (notation and computer interface) I highly recommend the Roland GI-20.

I really like this guitar. I have only had one problem with it, my low E string got bumped around a little too much and the Piezo bridge started sounding distorted and buzzy. I sat it back in the saddle correctly and it was all better, so I guess the problem was really mine. This guitar has become my main guitar for everything recording, practice, teaching, everything. I may have to pick up another one soon. I recommend everyone run out and at least try it, especially with a synth (heck, you can fire the keyboard player then).

Cool: Good looking, great playing versatile machine. Magnetic and piezo pickups and 13-pin synth jack.

Not so cool: Can't play Magnetic, piezo and synth at same time, at least not via the 13-pin jack alone. (Although you CAN do this through a Custom Shop upgrade, and have a blender knob added so you can send a combo of magnetic/piezo thru the 13-pin "guitar out" so then you would have magnetic, piezo, and 13-pin all down 1 cable.) You can always play the Magnetic and synth via the 13-pin and use the ¼" output for the acoustic if you want. I have done it, and it works fine.

Overall Rating: 5 out of 5