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Self-Tuning Electric Guitar
avirrey writes "The Technology Review has an interesting article on a Gibson Self-Tuning Guitar. Purist argue that you shouldn't need a guitar that self-tunes. Others argue that this will allow an artist to change tuning with one 'favorite' guitar, instead of having to swap out between songs." Ok I know what I think- freakin' sweet. Only technology will guarantee my sucking on the electric will at least be reasonably in-tune suckiness. Dear Gibson, Slashdot really needs to review your guitar. We'll need several review units and we lost your return address.
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I hope this helps us to build the bridge between us geeks and these cool guitar types.
O RLY? I totally didn't know that! Thanks bro!
Go to a torrent site, grab a recording of the Greensboro concert from September 29, and listen to Jump. You'll hear his guitar is out of tune, especially when he's playing rhythm. The synthesizer track was loud, which ameliorated it a lot, but it's there.
Didn't matter at the show, of course, it was too completely awesome to let a bit of dissonance get it down.
ResidntGeek
There's a solution for that, of course. The solution is to be a member of the Grateful Dead. They often took a full minute or more to tune up in the middle of a gig. The audience was too stoned to care, the band could have given everyone a picture of a murder victim and they'd have still been entertained.
ResidntGeek