Next-generation domestically produced fighter jet-shaped guitar

Being a pilot was, along with being a baseball player, a dream job for many boys. Fighter jets, in particular, with their flowing, streamlined designs and speed, still captivate the hearts of men. This particular aircraft, known as Shinshin, has long been attracting attention as a demonstrator of advanced Japanese technology.

From the initial sketches to this project, which is fitting as the next installment following our domestically produced original guitar "TACHIKOMAGT," and aligns perfectly with our intentions as a purely domestically produced fighter jet, the men in our shop are very excited about this project.

When we first created the rough design, we pursued a cool style without considering balance or anything like that. We placed the distinctive main wings, horizontal wings, and canopy image at the center of the body. For a jet-plane guitar, it's a guitarist's instinct to want to produce a spacey sound with the tremolo arm. If you imagine the headstock as the nose of the aircraft, the overall design is complete.

Initially, it was planned to have two humbuckers and the fretboard could feature designs such as national flags. The headstock design was abandoned, opting for a more conventional V-shape, and an engine-like air intake was also envisioned for the top of the body. The prototype was also built with an arched body top that was raised in the center.

Now, let's make our dreams a reality.TCGAKKIA delivery ceremony (with a beer toast) was held for the first mass-produced aircraft, and the aircraft's condition was checked. The main wings, which are designed with the Japanese flag running from the center to both sides of the aircraft, and the bright red horizontal wings are joined together with different materials on the left and right sides, and some parts have been lightened to increase combat capability.

The canopy features a powerful, masculine single humbucker pickup. A rear-mounted FX5 Turbo Kahler engine allows for versatile, variable tremolo arming. Combined with a heavily distorted amp burner, the thrust can reach the screaming 80s heavy metal era. Furthermore, the black-painted nose features not an AESA radar, but the ultimate KKTS (Black, Hard, Pointed, and Awesome) tip.

The X-2 is an experimental aircraft developed by Japan's Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency to demonstrate advanced technologies applicable to next-generation stealth fighters. With Mitsubishi Heavy Industries as the prime contractor and cooperation from 220 domestic companies including Fuji Heavy Industries and IHI, it successfully completed its maiden flight from Nagoya Airport on April 22, 2016. Before the designation "X-2" was announced, its official name was Advanced Technological Demonstrator-X (ATD-X), and the nickname "Shinshin," meaning Mount Fuji, which was used internally in the early stages of the project, is popular among the media and aviation enthusiasts. Incidentally, the Komaki South Plant of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' Nagoya Aerospace Systems Works (formerly Nagoya Aircraft Works), where ground tests are being conducted, once produced the Zero fighter, so there is something special about Shinshin as the first "Japanese stealth aircraft."