Gibson Guitars and Ethernet

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday December 4, 2001 @06:33AM from the pick-up-my-guitar-and-play dept.

Gordon_Cabaniss writes "Gibson, the country's second largest guitar manufacturer, teamed up with twelve Silicon Valley engineers and modified the ethernet protocol to link audio between instruments and the mixer. Gibson is calling the technology MAGIC and they are boasting 'both a cleaner sound and a simpler setup.' 'Gibson's Magic carries up to 64 signals per cable, thus saving space and time.' The technology is licensed royalty free and tech giants Sony, Phillips, and Cisco are already showing interest. Gibson also says to not be surprised to see Ethernet ports on guitars within the next 12 to 18 months." I love the idea of my SG having 100mb/s ethernet on it. I'm sure all 3 of my chords would sound ... well, just as bad, but digital.

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Re:RANDOM NUMBER FIRST POST! by Meefan · 2001-12-04 06:38 · Score: 0, Offtopic

No... electric guitars are electric.

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Re:RANDOM NUMBER FIRST POST! by pivo · 2001-12-04 06:40 · Score: 1, Offtopic

No, electric guitars are not normally digital they're just electric (and analog.) Not everything electric is digital.
ob:Hackers the movie by drivers · 2001-12-04 07:28 · Score: 0, Offtopic

"You want a righteous hack, you gotta hack one of those Gibsons baby, oooh ya."