Leave a Review Fret Zealot
So close
I love the concept but there are a few problems.
They must and I repeat must better fit the fretboard better. This is a real problem...I had to raise the action to get it to play right. Because it doesn’t fit right...and the strips being made of rubber bending the strings as you go up the fretboard makes a difference in playability. The connection from the fretboard to the unit is a crucial connection and it is way to fragile...my connection severed when it got caught on a mic stand...it was a day old! They charged me $53 to replace the led strip!
The app is too basic. I like the scales but the songs? Seriously? Every track has 5 or 6 guitar parts and they don’t all play at once. Not only that but if you are trying to learn a song you have to cycle through all the parts and try to figure out how they fit together to try to make a single track from end to end.
Did you guys look at successful tab apps (tab pro) before making yours?
I understand the complexity involved (I made the same thing for my keyboard...but you probably went with a binary protocol making conversions from midi or tabs a freakin nightmare.
Cmon guys get it together. You spent a lot of time on the hardware charging us $200 to recoup costs...but you have compromised the usability by cutting corners!
You can still recover, but if you want to cater to serious players you need to make a pro level product.Show lessRSH-iPad
Developer Response
Hi RSH- thank you for the feedback! We'd actually love to talk to you directly if you email support@FretZealot.com (or we'll try and email you) so we can continue to fine tune Fret Zealot (both hardware and app). Regarding when you caught your unit on a stand and broke it- we have questions. We purposely made the audio cable able to disconnect at either end for exactly that reason, so we're surprised the cable broke instead of the cable just releasing. For songs, we spent 1000s of hours on a transcoder and it's getting better every month. We don't source from tabs (they don't have timing data), so we're coming from MIDI. It is not a simple binary protocol by any means. Yes- we know tab pro. We're trying to talk to them to have them incorporate our SDK rather than us trying to reiterate all the hard work they've done. It's a great help if you email them and say you want them to support us! Our SDK would let you use Fret Zealot right from their existing app :-). We already have a few other partners lined up for this, including GuitarPro files. That's next on our development plan! Hopefully we'll be in touch to discuss these items further!Love having the visual element!
I am a beginner at guitar and have only learned a few chords and songs through the years. I find that it is very easy to lose focus and put down the guitar. Since getting my Fret Zealot, I have love seeing the frets light up when I’m supposed to play them and it helps me engrain each chord into my muscle memory. As a visual learner, this has been an invaluable tool for me, not to mention the app, which is fun and user-friendly. I’ve been enjoying the song library and can’t wait to see some new additions! Keep up the awesome work:)!Show lessvinourbino16
Developer Response
Thanks so much for the kind words! We're excited to keep pushing out features as well :-)Seamless integration between the app and product
I’m a newbie at guitar, and just looking around the app, I can already tell I’m going to be able to learn so much faster than I have in the past. I’ve actually gotten to play on a Fret Zealot, and the connection between the app and product are seamless - you can play along to your favorite songs. They’re continuing to build the song library - can’t wait to see what shows up next!Show lessarlyogi
