Halo clips to your guitar and shows the line you’re on.
A curved e-ink strip on the soundhole rim, arcing over the strings. Your phone does the thinking; you tap the body to advance. No units exist at scale yet — this page funds the first production run.
This is a pledge, not a purchase. Nothing is manufactured or shipped unless the campaign reaches its goal by the deadline — and if it doesn’t, every pledge is refunded in full.
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- Goal
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- Backers
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- Days left
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Pick a tier
Each tier states its ship window and, where limited, how many are left. Reaching the goal is what turns a pledge into a unit.
Pledge tiers load when the campaign is live.
The phone thinks. The strip shows. You tap.
Halo curves onto the soundhole rim and sits just above the strings, where your eye already is.
Your phone interprets the tab and sends the current line to the strip over Bluetooth. The strip is a display, not a computer.
A tap on the guitar body moves to the next line. Your hands never leave the instrument to swipe a screen.
What exists today, stated plainly
Halo is pre-manufacturing. What that honestly means: the design and the interaction are worked out; the production run is what this campaign funds. We’d rather say that than dress a render up as a shipping product.
Manufacturing route is an ODM (an original-design manufacturer builds to the spec), which is the standard path for a first hardware run at this scale. Prototype status and the real timeline are shared with backers as they firm up — no invented ship dates.
If the numbers don’t reach the goal, the honest outcome is the one built into the page: refunds, no product. That’s the promise the all-or-nothing model makes enforceable.
What Halo solves that stands and scrollers don’t
Puts a bright screen in your sightline and your music behind glass you have to reach out and swipe. Halo keeps the line on the instrument and your hands on the strings.
Adds a pedal and a cable at your feet and scrolls a document you still read off a separate screen. Halo needs no floor space and shows one line where you’re already looking.
Paper doesn’t turn its own page and memory fails under pressure. A tap advances Halo without breaking the take.
Questions, answered here
What happens if the goal isn’t met?
Every pledge is refunded in full and no units are made. You’re never charged for a product that doesn’t get built — the refund is automatic at the deadline.
When would Halo ship?
The estimate is roughly six months after a successful campaign. It’s an estimate, not a promise — hardware timelines move, and we’ll tell backers the truth as it develops.
Will it fit my guitar?
Halo is designed for standard acoustic soundholes. Exact compatibility (body and soundhole sizes) is part of what the production run finalises; backers get the fit spec before anything ships.
How does it work?
Your phone does the interpretation over Bluetooth and the strip only displays the current line of the tab. You advance the line with a tap on the guitar body — hands stay on the instrument.
Battery and tab formats?
The strip is e-ink, so it sips power and holds an image without draining. Supported tab formats are finalised during development; the goal is to read the formats players already use.
What’s the return policy after it ships?
Backer rewards that ship come with a standard return window for a defective unit. This is separate from the pledge terms above, which govern the campaign itself.
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