Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Holden McGroin on December 04, 2007, 02:25:48 AM
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So electronic tuners go the way of the buggy whip?
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.
For users who purchase the add-on technology, the guitar recognizes pitch. Then, its processor directs motors on its six tuning pegs to tighten or loosen the strings accordingly. Tronical has offered its "Powertune System" online and through retailers in Germany since March, according to the company's Web site.
The Gibson Les Paul guitar model with Blue Silverburst finish goes on sale globally this Friday
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i wonder if it would compensate for all those tunes i play using "Drop D" or open tunings?
GADGBE??
:D
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Originally posted by Mr No Name
i wonder if it would compensate for all those tunes i play using "Drop D" or open tunings?
GADGBE??
:D
D'oh!
Hey.. its 1 am and a bit past my bedtime...
and I usually play banjo, and ... a few other excuses too.
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A few years ago I recall Gibson was putting together a Les Paul with a cat5 output...
Haven't heard about that idea in a few. But I have seen the flood of "reissues" out there. It's a funny culture. Most everything in high demand these days is a reproduction of "old school" technology. The most expensive guitars are antiques and bear the same technology as the higher priced equipment in the showrooms.
For guitarists, solid state is out, everyone's demanding tube signal paths (for the most part). And even the old stomp boxes are demanding big bucks over their modern counterparts.
For me, an auto-tuner would be cool but it better not affect the balance or looks of the instrument, and it better not cost a lot.
The other issue is programmability. It would need to allow for not only alternate tunings but also standard tunings alternately stepped to accommodate singers' pitch demands.
Sounds like a lot of buttons on my axe that I have long ago learned to live without.
Now if someone could effectively design a decent anti-suck processor.......
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My korg tuner has worked for over 15 years so robotic tuners will have to wait. Besides I still have the ones I was born with. Ears.
When it comes to the actual guitar I prefer the traditional. A guitar with two or three pickups a tremelo floating or fixed and strings. Like a Gibson Les Paul, or a Stratocaster.
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I remember Jimmy Page having a self-tuning Les Paul about 10 years ago that he used with the mini-Zep tour with Robert Plant. It had a soft-touch keypad built into it so he could automatically tune the guitar to those odd tuning Zep songs.
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Just got some music store propaganda in the mail and as I was flipping through it I notice Fender has a Strat that apparently switches to drop and open tunings. Looks like a digital pitch correcter or something, not motorized tuners.
I was thinking, if you used a locking trem then there'd be no way to continually tune and if you were doing some heavy trem work, what would that do to the auto tuner?
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holy cow, something I never thought of......
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Originally posted by Thruster
Just got some music store propaganda in the mail and as I was flipping through it I notice Fender has a Strat that apparently switches to drop and open tunings. Looks like a digital pitch correcter or something, not motorized tuners.
I was thinking, if you used a locking trem then there'd be no way to continually tune and if you were doing some heavy trem work, what would that do to the auto tuner?
Fender VG Stratocaster (http://www.fender.com/vgstrat/home.html)
Impressive...