Abstract: Herein disclosed is a hybrid stringed instrument. The instrument may have at least one body, at least one string disposed on at least part of the instrument, at least one sensor effective to sense at least one motion of at least one string or the motion caused on another member by operating the at least one string, and at least one neck having at least one electronic interface effective to sense at least one user input or a lack thereof. Further disclosed are methods and programs for creating, receiving, analyzing, sending and converting signals associated with at least some embodiments of a hybrid stringed instrument.