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Gibson to Embed Guitars with Ethernet

Posted by michael on from the bass-is-lagging dept.

caseyuw writes "Gibson is planning to roll out their Magic this year with the delivery of guitars using Cat 5 instead of analog cables to connect instruments and amplifiers. The debate over the quality of digital vs analog signal processing is not new, but using a 'Magic' Les Paul would force you entirely into the digital domain." We mentioned this last year, but the above article has much more information.

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  1. Please, lord. . . no! by Skadet · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    "They are more focused in finding ways to recreate the sounds Led Zeppelin or B.B. King laid down in the '60s or '70s," said Thompson

    And there's my big problem with digital amps. Jimmy Paige didn't need them, nor did B.B. or Eric Clapton. Why do you need a computer's help getting killer tone? Hint: It's because you don't know how to do it the 'real' way. It's expensive to get real good, real loud tone no matter what instrument you play, and this digital crap is just a shortcut -- a pretty lousy sounding facsimile of a shortcut for the most part.

    In other words, this is for the script kiddies of the music world.

    Besides, my cat5's connector inevitably snaps off after a decent amount of use. Could you imagine the number of connectors a gigging band would go through, plugging and unplugging those a hundred times a day? As said before, it's a solution looking for a problem. Unless Gibson has something else up their sleeves we don't know about... Hmm...

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    Sony ha
  2. Pretty dumb.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I am still in the air on this one. I can't figure out whether this is "the" stupedest thing I've ever F'in heard, or just one of the stupedest things I've ever F'in heard. The movement within the Guitar/amp community is one of regression. Vintage amp clones are currently the most highly regarded ( Vox AC/30's, Bassmans, and ole 1970's JMP's).

    I do take comfort that this may be the final nail in the coffin for Gibson. It has been over a decade since they last produced a decent guitar. Paying $2000 for a piece of wood that was made by a machine strikes me as odd. Paying $2000 for a piece of wood that won't work with the majority of amps in the world strikes me as being insane.

    For tube amp reference, I recommend www.ampage.org .

    Thank you for your time,
    Anon