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A guitar that tunes itself?
According to one of the major NY Newspapers: Robotics Technology developed by German company Tronical Gmbh, in partnership with Gibson Guitar Corp., enables Gibson's newest Les Paul Model to tune itself in about two seconds. AP
I don't know. I would still rather have a Peterson Strobe of some sort.
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Kline made an acoustic guitar a few years back that would do the same thing.
Don't think there was much of a market for it.
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I don't know where I got the link, [Powertune System] but I saw a video about it, and it's true. A dedicated piezo bridge-area pick-up which sends a signal to some sort of processor that tells the six tiny servo motors attached to the tuners, which way to go and how far.
Neat idea, from a technical standpoint, but will it really catch on? Sure would help with temp changes on an acoustic, but I doubt it would be practical unless the processor is very, very small or is a seperate outboard unit. Might be nice though. Bob, are you listening??
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I don't get it....
I'll be the stick in the mud on this one.... with all of the potential innovations for guitar, i just don't get this one really. I work with lots of "youth" for our Youth Group praise band and my experience is that learning to tune, and learning to keep yourself in tune as you play really help with your ear and your playing in general.
I guess I'm showing my age. Back when I was boy we had to tune our guitars in 3 feet of snow after walking 42 miles to school.... |
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http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Division...itars/LesPaul/
My friend tried it, and thought it pretty cool to change to alternate tunings with the essentially a knob turn. Haven't tried one myself yet. The videos show how it works pretty well. Last edited by Guest 720; 12-08-2007 at 03:51 PM. |
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The inventors here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI934KFn1Ls This is the other one. This one cost about three times the other one. http://transperformance.com/index2.htm This is a pretty good article, good pictures. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Guita...ar-70522.shtml There is a thin circuit board behind the tuners that must connect them together electrically and the power comes through the strings to drive the tuners. You can install this in a Les Paul without having to do major surgery on it. |
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The thing must be topheavy with all them servos in the headstock.
Can you say neck-dive?
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That's old technology. The Transperformance Guitar has been around for years http://transperformance.com/index2.htm. Endorsed by the likes of Graham Nash, Peter Frampton, Jimmy Paige, Eddie Van Halen and a whole host of others.
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In looking at the info on the sit - they say the tuners actually weigh LESS than a standard Grover tuner.
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Thats what i thought at first too but then i was told of artists who, using a similar product, changed to alternate guitar tunings within the same song on the fly to get interesting sounds.
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Wow........I stand corrected BUT not convinced.....yet.
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Makes more sense to me on guitars which use a whammy bar. Despite locking nuts, balanced levers, etc. the whammy bar throws tuning to crap most of the time, in which case it would be nice to have something that tunes outside of that consideration. Of course, it will throw a lot of roadies out of work...
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How much would you be willing to pay?
I'm a little surprised by the number of negative comments about this technology. If it works well, it resolves what for me has always been the biggest irritation of playing guitar -- trying to keep the instrument in tune. Also, I'd think that any player who uses alternate tunings and would like to regularly alternate between tunings during a performance would be willing to cough up some bucks for something like this.
The Transperformance system looks especially impressive, given that it allows you to change tunings in the middle of a song. I'd expect that would open up all sorts of new possibilities for composers. This article indicates the Transperformance system has been around for 18 years (16 years at the time of the article's writing in 2005) and has been used by many of the world's best-known guitarists. It appears the major sticking point is the cost. It would be interesting to look at this technology from a slightly different perspective. How much would you be willing to pay for a self-tuning system on your favorite guitar (electric or acoustic) if it allowed accurate mid-song retuning; supported multiple user-programmable alternate tunings; did not alter the guitar's appearance; and had no adverse effect on tone, playability, or feel? Bryan |
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I like the idea but I'm not yet sold on this technology for one simple fact: Strings don't like to change tensions drastically. I find it hard to believe that you could change to an alternate tuning and have those strings stay in their NEW tune for the duration of a song. So for that reason I am skeptical of it's live use potential.
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