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- inactive, on 02/12/2008, -0/+45Oh, you have to tune them, that might be part of my problems........
- tomalexander19, on 02/12/2008, -2/+35I always actually thought it was pretty cool to watch guitarists tune their own guitars ... sort of like a ritual that they did to prove they were worthy to play, before they launched into it?
No? - mareacaspica, on 02/12/2008, -2/+32actually, it's very important for a guitar player to be able to tune his guitar
- cloudboy, on 02/12/2008, -1/+15I regularly want to switch between drop C#, drop D# and E, and I love Gibson guitars. Fantastic solution, but I'll stick with a tuner and my Les Paul until Gibson pays off the R&D and drops the price a little.
- demonstro, on 02/12/2008, -1/+14I guess it's useful if you want to change to dropped B or A etc as the guitar has several presets. However I can't think of anything better than to have several guitars all tuned differently - but then again, I am greedy.
- ProfessorSYM, on 02/12/2008, -4/+17Or we can play Guitar Hero and pretend we know how to play.
- enclaved, on 02/12/2008, -0/+11What are you talking about, can't replace a man? This thing had it's first run sellout before any even shipped, I've had the opportunity to play with it, and it's absolutely amazing, turn a knob, push it, strum play. If you think it can't replace a man plucking each string, and turning the knob until the electronic tuner they are most likely already using is close enough then you're downright foolish. The only thing you have to do by hand is adjust the intonation of each string and the 'brain' is able to tell you exactly how many turns you need to shorten or lengthen the string to the right length. It's downright amazing and saves a great deal of time.
- vibrokatana, on 02/12/2008, -3/+14Congratulations Mr. Obvious.
- SleepingOrange, on 02/12/2008, -0/+9You can uptune/downtune a full step without any real issues.
- drmobutu, on 02/12/2008, -0/+8You mean gangsta-rappers...HOHHHHH!
- dumpyhumpy, on 02/12/2008, -0/+7drop B tuning? forgive me for being a bassist/occasional fake banjo and fake guitarist, but would B be the root in that tuning? that'd sound like wet noodles.
- andystrummer, on 02/12/2008, -1/+8This is pretty old. Les Paul signed a bunch of these guitars too, and they jump in price about 2 grand from the original. It is a nice feature to have but completely unnecessary. The only positive would be busting out some mad dirty re-tune/delay to progress into a new song part. All in all though, just for show.
Here's a better video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WetVXbYRfWk&eurl=ht ... - inactive, on 02/12/2008, -1/+8Three socialites go into the latest, hottest restaurant in town. The host seats them and recites the specials.
"First, we have rocket scientist brains for $100 an ounce."
The women oooohed and aaaaahed. "That's exotic! What else do you have?"
"Next, we have Nobel prize winners' brains for $1000 an ounce."
The women ooohed and aaahed even louder. "That's VERY exotic! What else do you have?"
"Lastly, we have guitarists' brains for $10,000 an ounce."
The women were almost speechless. "My God! How exotic! Guit...wait! Why are guitarists' brains so expensive compared to the others?"
"Ma'dam, do you have any idea how many guitarists it takes to make an ounce of brains?"
(Yes. I'm a drummer. :)) - bobthegreat1224, on 02/12/2008, -0/+7That's not too far from the regular MSRP for a Les Paul.
- DirtyFrank, on 02/12/2008, -0/+7Bit of a gimmick but still pretty cool
- sixsicsix, on 02/12/2008, -2/+9guitar hero?
- astroman74, on 02/12/2008, -4/+11In Soviet Russia, Robot Guitar tunes you!
- kenplaysviola, on 02/12/2008, -3/+9I'm starting to wonder if kids these days prefer the easy way to play music. They don't want to take lessons. They don't want to practice. They don't want to learn how to read music. That's why we have too many drummers these days. HOHHHHHH!
- drmobutu, on 02/12/2008, -0/+6Dildos...it would sounds dildos...
- wiiittttt, on 02/12/2008, -0/+6im pretty sure they used a 7 string guitar with the low string being a B, not dropping the standard E to a B which would result in your wet noodle
- Coven, on 02/12/2008, -2/+8dropped B and A were popular among the late 90's KoRn and subsequent rip-off bands. All those 7 string mud sounding guitars were in drop B.
and yes it does sound like wet noodles. - doshindude, on 02/12/2008, -6/+12While we're at it, let's just have it play by itself...
- trghpy, on 02/12/2008, -1/+7Is there one that'll play it self to save me from becoming a musician?
- Minishark, on 02/12/2008, -0/+6one less roadie you need to pay!
- emptyo, on 02/12/2008, -1/+7Actually, I heard it was the keyboard that was in the wrong key, and everything sounded out of whack because of it. Proof though that ***** can go wrong even if you've done it a million times and played for millions of people.
- drmobutu, on 02/12/2008, -0/+6Most of the real pros have a guitar tech to tune their guitars...
This device would be great for beginners, but I don't know how usefull it would be, if you wanted to frequently switch between tunings, due to issues like string stretching and tensioning. - inactive, on 02/12/2008, -0/+6We love you James Kim.
- eddy23170, on 02/12/2008, -0/+6at $2000?........that's some toy...
- bobthegreat1224, on 02/12/2008, -0/+5Gibson started chambering all its guitars, so the sound is a lot closer to a Jackson or an Ibanez than it used to be. But the neck is still pretty freaking far removed from a Wizard II (more like a baseball bat), so you wouldn't be all too happy with it.
If you mean that you like the floating tremolos on Ibanez and Jacksons, you're going to be waiting quite a long time before a self tuner makes it your way. - pegothejerk, on 02/12/2008, -0/+5REAL musicians tell jokes and drink while tuning quickly in between songs.
- mbthompson, on 02/12/2008, -0/+5I'm all Ibanez myself (as far as electrics go). Well-built, look great, reasonably priced, and hella reliable.
- dumpyhumpy, on 02/12/2008, -0/+5@subliminalurge: Who the hell would try to use a bass string on guitar? That's idiotic. Even if you used a bass Gstring you'd have to file out the nut to accept it... thats moronic... not that rapmetal wasn't moronic... plus the pickups would pick that up horribly and imbalanced.
(yeah i know, hahaha "gstring" haha, "nut"...) - Calcularius, on 02/12/2008, -0/+5Musicians often switch guitars because they want a different sound, a different tonal quality, that a different guitar would provide.
- cam0man, on 02/12/2008, -0/+5There's other reasons why guitarists use several guitars aside from just for tuning reasons. All guitars have different tone, play different, and sound different. Just because this thing can tune itself into several tunings doesn't mean that it replaces several guitars.
I think this is pretty stupid, maybe good for practicing so you won't be changing the tunings between songs, but I'd have to laugh at any guitarist who performed with one of these. - inactive, on 02/12/2008, -2/+7Jesus, calm the ***** down. It may not be for you but I can see where this is a great product, and if you can't get over yourself to see that than you are an idiot.
- unicronband, on 02/12/2008, -0/+5I'd like one for my mandolin. Those things are a bitch to get in tune.
- tjv1tjv1, on 02/12/2008, -0/+4ackmm he's one of the best guitarist I've seen in my life time.
- inactive, on 02/12/2008, -0/+4Mmmaybe, I will like playing this guitar. But I would rather have guitars I know I like with this feature. I am a Jackson and Ibanez kinda guy.
- crapmatic, on 02/12/2008, -3/+7Looks like Van Halen could have seriously used one of those during that Greensboro performance last year ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjx_GjyXCs4 )
- gernblansted, on 02/12/2008, -0/+4As I stated somewhere else on this thread, many pro guitar players don't tune their own guitars before performances. Sorry to rock your angry boat. They have the skill to do it without a problem, and they adjust tuning as necessary, but doing the pre-performance tune is what the guitar tech is for, and nearly every major group has one, even if a particular performer may chooses not to utilize him.
- radish01001, on 02/12/2008, -2/+6I wouldn't really say so. Unless their first guitar happened to be THIS particular guitar, chances are they known damn well how to tune...I mean it's the first thing you learn when you start playing.
I know that going to shows where the guitar is the main instrument, tuning can take a long time in between songs (unless the person has several guitars). I see this as a big plus for live music. - keithburgun, on 02/12/2008, -0/+4wow you are a smart person
- dumpyhumpy, on 02/12/2008, -0/+4Like buying a baritone guitar
- gernblansted, on 02/12/2008, -1/+5You put a string in place and start it off, it winds it up and tunes it, and I'm assuming from watching it in action it will re-tune the other strings to make up for the implications of losing a string and restringing. It's not supposed mix your martini for you, it just is what it is.
I just don't get the hostility against this. It's not for everyone, but as long as the end product sounds 'worthy' it has a place. - SteveThePlank, on 02/12/2008, -0/+4'After selecting a key, a computer embedded in the back of the guitar takes over from there and automatically tunes the strings.'
Non-musicians shouldn't try to use musician's words. You don't select a key, you select a tuning. Just because you're in a certain tuning, e.g. D Standard, doesn't mean that that's your key. - gernblansted, on 02/12/2008, -0/+4Many successful performers don't tune their own guitars, that's a fact. They have someone to do the job for them - the guitar tech. When these groups tour, the guitar tech comes along. Now, the guitar tech does MUCH more than just tune, but I'm just saying it saves time for real performers who don't need to prove they can tune. It's hard not to be impressed, though, by performers like Todd Rundgren who can break a string while playing, adjust on the fly without tripping all over himself, and then restring and retune his guitar in a flash during a lull in the song.
- mllawso, on 02/12/2008, -0/+4Call me old fashioned, but in my day people had to crank start their car, mount their own tires on the rims, and break down and clean their own carburetors. Gimmie a break, major automobile manufactures!
- cwhitt, on 02/12/2008, -0/+4I don't think alternate tunings is the reason most guitarists have guitar techs and multiple guitars. It's the tone, man. This is a gimmick product and not likely to impact the way most bands operate.
- tringtring, on 02/12/2008, -3/+7Next will come a guitar that will play all by itself, and maybe after we will get virtual audiences...how I miss the good ole days when playing a guitar meant playing a guitar
- JustinTX, on 02/12/2008, -0/+3One Guitar = Ideal?
Author must not play guitar. -
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