The Laser Pitch Detection (LPD) Pickup system runs a beam under each string, from the bridge to the end of the fingerboard, and monitors its return to photosensitive receptors in the unit.

Long before lasers became staples of late-'90s raves and EDM-fueled stage shows, there was the original laser light show, Laserium.Then-filmmaker Ivan Dryer was so bowled over by a multi-colored ...

The installation’s 12 laser beams still manage to pierce through the fog if you see them from close enough, creating an ethereal glow that takes on shades of blue, pink and purple.