GREENLIGHTING: The Road Ahead

11/28/2023 --- In early 2023 I began having multiple dreams with dead people. They'd come up to me telling me they were sorry to hear of my upcoming death in November of this year. It had been scheduled they said. No way of getting out of it. REDRUM in reverse! Kenneth David Bryon Webber was going to die in November of 2023. I suppose someone in the Spirit realm wasn't happy with my output or performance? I began telling the dead I'd see them alive and well... in December!

But it did light a fire up my ass and in mid November 2023 I began dreaming up a new model TRUTH TM guitar based on the recent hardtail neck-through model guitars I purchased through Sweetwater. And once I had perfected the 3D model I could immediately see that this was THE GUITAR I would put into production upon the success of my 333 oil paintings and music project. A success in 333 would greenlight both Augmented Reality applications for my art and music and this new line of guitars. TRUTH TM is in fact, one of my bucket list items of things to accomplish while still here on Earth, alive and kicking!

I would LOVE to one day sit down with the CEO of one of my favorite guitar companies and ask them some questions. Michael Ciravolo comes to mind. First, I'd want to know how long their company has been looking for a new attention-grabbing design? Are they shooting for a short term limited edition release or a long term product? How do they plan on attracting and keeping top guitar talent to their team? A very important question I'd want to know the answer to is how much time and energy do they currently put into the process of developing and finishing wooden guitar bodies? If that step were to disappear, how much more additional revenue would they stand to earn?

I've had many years experience as a digital 3D designer and even more as an actual guitarist. I'm 57 now and I've been playing since I was 17 so I know what works in a guitar design and what doesn't serve the guitarist. I remember when the Artist known as Prince created his symbol guitar (manufactured by Schecter if memory serves me correctly) and I thought it was cool but I couldn't see the average guitarist shelling out money to play a guitar specifically made for one person. The Tree of Life (Kabbalah) symbol I've incorporated into my guitars is thousands of years old and is universal. I've spent much of my adult life learning and appreciating the symbol's vast array of hidden ancient knowledge. One of my favorite players, Steve Vai, created something awesome when he created the Jem models for Ibanez that incorporated the handle into the body. Very cool! TRUTH TM guitars also feature this ability to reach out and GRAB a guitar. But there is a glaring difference between their guitar and mine. When you grab a Jem you're holding wood and wire, nothing more. However, you grab one of the guitars you see on this page and you're literally grabbing a 10,000 year old IDEA - and ideas, like rock-n-roll, NEVER DIE!

TRUTH TM guitars started to manifest into reality in the year 2000 when I became homeless. For a year and a half I lived on the streets of San Diego and camped out at the bottom of a hill in the brush. To my name I had a plastic chair, a camp shower, a backpack, and a notebook. TRUTH TM began that year in numerous pencil sketches within my notebook. It was in 2006 that I officially began to market the TRUTH TM brand world-wide on the Internet, long before the Honorable Donald J. Trump came up with his TRUTH Social website. The name I gave it is TRUTH TM because that's literally what that symbol is - for all who have eyes to see and ears to hear.

An Artist is someone who thinks of something not yet in the physical and through application of their WILL enables that dream to manifest in this world. I am aware that life is precious but I am filled with hope. SPIRIT is well known, from time to time, to be quite the little liar. I get to December 1st then we'll see what the future shall become together.

I am Kenneth David Bryon Webber, the CEO of Plague of Smiles LLC, and I wish you much love and beauty!

UPDATE: 12/01/2023 --- I made it to my future! The last night in November, SPIRIT informed me - in a dream - that the powers-that-be issued a new 30 year extension for me! SPIRIT can plan, they can talk, they can influence the weak, but they cannot carve a date on a tombstone. Remember that.

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GAME CHANGER - The Virtual Jeff Pro digital tremolo!

1/5/2024 --- I have today made a simple change to the TRUTH TM design. I flattened an area right beneath the Hipshot Bridge to accommodate the new Virtual Jeff Pro digital tremolo system. Named after famous guitarist Jeff Beck, the Virtual Jeff Pro allows a guitarist to add a fully functioning tremolo system to hardtail guitars.

The thing all floating tremolos have in common is that they easily go out of tune. Throw in the locking nut and you have major problems. The Virtal Jeff Pro solves these problems. It is my expert opinion that the Virtual Jeff Pro digital tremolo is a game changer that will soon replace all floating tremolo systems. It makes them irrelevant, obsolete, and outdated. In fact, the Virtual Jeff Pro does far more for the guitarist giving them the ability to pitch shift, set up custom parameters, easily incorporate alternate tunings, and more - while allowing them to always keep their guitar in tune without fine tuners or undoing locking nuts.

The Virtual Jeff Pro digital whammy bar attaches to TRUTH TM with a simple adhesive mount. This mount allows you to take off the Virtual Jeff Pro and use it on your other guitars. There are no other alterations to the TRUTH TM guitar you need to make in order to use the Virtual Jeff Pro. The reviews are astounding! I leave you with some links to Youtube video reviews and the home page of the Virtual Jeff Pro.

Youtube Review by R.J. Ronquillo

Youtube Review by Riffs, Beards, and Gear

Youtube Review by Darrell Braun Guitar

Home page of the Virtual Jeff Pro

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