<![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> @carmen89: well, I can only go on what I can see...

@nutbastard: a convenient excuse :P ;)

Step666

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> crap im logged in at my buddies house too... wiggledunk comment != me

nutbastard

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> @Step666:
I don't think so.

Carmen turns 19 in 2 days!!!

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> @nutbastard & LindsayJoy: is this some sort of tryst?
Hiding out in old stories, commenting to one another?

Step666

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> @nutbastard:

"Nutbastard likes his bum wiggledunked like a schoolgirl!"

Disturbed.

Thinks...

Gets over it...

Phew...worried for some other girly now!

LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> Nutbastard likes his bum wiggledunked like a schoolgirl!

nutbastard

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> I ordered mine today - very excited...should be here next week. Stores in town sold out the first day. By the way, i've been playing for over 10 years and can tune my own guitar. But going from a standard to open tuning in 10-15 seconds is too nice to pass up. And the fact that it will allow you to tweak your intonations without paying for guitar tech is excellent.

targatop

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> Yeah, but can it play Freebird?

gadgetfanatic

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> But what happens when these new robotic guitars become sentient and for the good of music and mankind both start executing shitty guitar players?

Oh. Right. BRING ON THE ROBOTIC GUITARS!

chinesedentist

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> @calaverasgrandes:
"nothing i hate more than pulling my johnson" - really?


nutbastard

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> That's one fugly guitar. The tuning is nice though, but I wish they would have just put it on something without a horrofying paintjob. And the knob looks cheap too. And besides that, I think it's the worst idea ever. Sure, leave it to machines to be musicians! Learn to tune goddarnit!

hezz05

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> thats kinda nifty that they built it into the guitar.. good bye spending 3 min to tune your guitar.. honestly a pretty bad ass guitar (good guitar anyway.. but now has a small added feature). will be interesting to see if this idea plays out into more guitars..

mikeysnipa

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> The price is going to be $2199.99. I work at one of the stores that will be carrying ten in stock. Its going to be a pretty cool thing.

JBoyles

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> it seems pointless to me to put this on a fixed-brige gibson without a bigsby. you have to really wail on your strings to get the things to go out of tune in the first place. now a guitar with a bigsby or a Fender Strat, then I think it would be great.

drewheyman

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> erm, ... let's see:
It's sure to make the base-model LP at $1300 and fairly heavy -> even heavier and more expensive, like ~$4000.

Not like a Korg DTR-1000 and a set of great tuners couldn't suffice.

If Gibson could only make Epiphones that don't explode and regular SGs that don't have cheap, loose tuners with improper string height at both ends and a warped fretboard -straight from the factory.

Even a base model Schecter at ~$400 is better assembled and set up than a sub $2000 Gibson. -I love fixed-bridge electrics that need Acoustic level action not to buzz. The only american company I can think of resting on its past laurels more is GM or maybe RCA.

This thing is like the people at Yugo trying to build the next version of the SR-71.

wonkydonky

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> this has got to be one of the coolest guitars I've ever seen.

gadgetfanatic

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> Video on how it works:
[www.youtube.com]

Apparently no, it won't tune your guitar while playing.
But this is awsome nevertheless.
Forget about the high price... everything is expensive when first released.
Wait some years and this will be readily available on standard electric guitars.
And it's great, because it shure is a pain in the ass either tunning the fucking guitar all the time you pick it up, or listening to some moron who doesn't know how to tune the guitar spend 15 minutes doing so.

Anyone who played a guitar long enough will know what I mean...

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> One thing i always tell new musicians to do is learn how to tune their damn guitars! Nothing I hate more than pulling my johnson while the guitarist trys to figure out which one of his strings is off. If you have been tuning for a number of years you shuld be able to just go eadgbe and HEAR which one is off, then pluck the appropriate harmonics and get that sucker back in the corral.
Gibson kills me though, they can barely make a passable guitar without any finsh flaws and they want to add more complexity on top of that?
Make a bass that doestn suck, make a les paul that wont snap in halfif ti falls over. Make an SG without any orangepeel or unsanded edges. Than come back to the computer thing.

PS it would be funny to see one of these malfunction onstage though. Sure to inspire Townsend-esque destruction.

calaverasgrandes

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> @huygir:
You can instantly switch between different tunings using the selector knob. It comes set to 6 different presets, all of which are customizable and you can revert back to the original settings. While I'm sure it will carry a hefty price tag at first, I can see this being amazing to use during live sets.

danms6

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> Old news - I think even Giz covered it awhile back.

I'll say it again... unless it comes preprogrammed to do all of the useful alternate tunings, what good is it (unless you really play in a band and can't keep tuned between sets).

There's real satisfaction in hand-tuning a guitar.

huygir

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> I will only consider getting one of these if they implement a "wrong sample rate on the keyboard track" transposer preset. You never know when you might be on tour with Van Halen.

johnnyabnormal

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> I believe that you press a button to activate the tuning function and then strum the strings and then hit the button to turn off tune mode.

nospamsam

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> I didn't do a lot of research but my question is this:

1) Can you let is constantly re-tune your guitar (by selection, meaning you can turn it on or off depending on what you want).

2) If so, how does it deal with harmonics and bends. I'd hate to be shredding and have the guitar go nuts because I bend the string and it "thinks" I am out of tune. This could seriously suck.

Perhaps it could take a look at your overall tuning over... say 30 seconds and tune accordingly... am I asking too much?

chafnerjr

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> Does this mean we wont have to see the roadies walk around on stage for 30 mins before a show constantly sound checking? Gawd I hate those mouthbreathers.

SeattleTed

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> Yes, but does it have string install mode, so you don't have to get out the string winder?

Y2KGTP

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> Also, don't forget that initial products are always much more expensive. I can see a time when 90% of all new musical instruments will have some kind of technology like this. Consider wifi incorperated into Marching Bands or Orchestras with this. The conductor can retune everyone in anyway that he wants on the fly.

nospamsam

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> @johnnyrandom:
yeah i looked - definately NSFW!


nutbastard

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> @deathbychichi:
its $899. less than one excellent guitar.


nutbastard

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> @nutbastard: Uh oh:

[www.urbandictionary.com]

johnnyabnormal

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> "A player can strum all six strings at once, and the process should have them in tune within a few seconds."
THAT would be trippy! anyone whos ever picked up a friends guitar and open strummed it to a cacaphonous horror can't deny that it would be awesome to hear that transform into perfect tune. This is the power-laces nikes of guitars - sure you can do the work yourself, but why when not doing it is so much more friggin awesome?


nutbastard

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> But does it go to 11?

EBone

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> While it would be kind of cool to push a button and have the guitar retune to C# so you can play along with Dethklok, Cannibal Corpse, Saliva, etc, it will probably cost more than two excellent guitars.

Also it's gotta have a lot of moving parts, so repairs and spares will likely be pretty impossible over the near unlimited lifespan of high-end guitars.

Chichi's Heavy Metal Strat, you roughly tune it, then lock down the strings and turn these little micro-tuner knobs on the bridge -- it stays in tune for hours.

Who needs a capacitance-sensing circuit to tell you when you've pulled far enough into your garage when a fishing bobber on a piece of string will do the same? If that's you, then you need this.

deathbychichi

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> huh - i just noticed that if you google "nutbastard" it asks if you meant "nutmustard" - i wasn't brave anough to actually find out what nutmustard is, but my inclination is that whatever it may be, it's probably NSFW.

nutbastard

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> @Brian B:
look i don't know this shit; i have someone who does it for me. don't ask me about wiping my ass, either.
: )

(actually i was aware of that - just being facetious - and i've heard turning a bottle of cab periodically will age it faster (much in the same way that wine on a ship at sea will age faster))



nutbastard

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> @jmurph05:
"As the strings are played, the Powertune processor compares their actual frequencies with the desired notes and sends instructions--tighten the string this much, loosen the string by that much--to tuning pegs equipped with strong, tiny servo motors mounted on the back of the guitar's head."

looks like a winner. I too was concerned youd have to stop playing and "let" it retune.


nutbastard

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> @nutbastard:

Good points, but it's still pretty damn cool.

Never turn the wine. You only do that with Champaign, and only when it's being made (riddling) - before the cork is inserted.

Brian B

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> actually, this is kinda cool. if it keeps it tuned as you continue to play that will help out a lot. after playing bass for 7 years, having the guitar fall out of tune while playing is the greatest pain the ass ever. automatic tuning just makes getting ready for a show 10 times faster, and switching between say dropped D or into a flat will make it even faster

jmurph05

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> Dangit. My Roomba is going to impress anyone anymore.

But seriously, you'd think they'd figure out how to make it do a little more something than just tune.

jetexas

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> C'mon guys, hardly innovation here. This stuff has been around for a decade!

altus

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> Indeed, one less thing for my lackey to do.

Atrahasis

]]> <![CDATA[Gibson Intros "World's First Robotic Guitar": Tuning May Be a Thing of the Past]]> who the hell can simultaneously:
be rich enough to afford this,
play guitar well enough to justify it,
yet can't be bothered to tune the damn thing,
and doesn't have a servant to turn the wine, dust the windows, and keep the guitars tuned?





nutbastard

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