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Self-Tuning Electric Guitar

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the turn-it-up-to-11 dept.

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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  1. Silly technological overkill by Neon+Aardvark · · Score: 5, Informative

    It takes me (and most other guitarists) a few seconds to tune a guitar.

    It's a pleasant, harmless little ritual, and somewhat calming before you play a gig.

    This is a silly and expensive gizmo, IMO.

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    1. Re:Silly technological overkill by dgatwood · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Agreed, but there are five situations where it could be useful, IMHO:

      • Fast tuning changes mid-song (need to be in drop-D for a stretch).
      • If you left it on, the ability to instantly correct minor variations in pitch would make setting up the guitar almost a non-issue instead of a pain.
      • If you can make it cheap enough, it wouldn't matter if you didn't let the neck cure long enough (causing the axe to get out of tune constantly) so long as the hardware could keep up, so the crap guitars could get a lot better and/or the good guitars could start to really suck without anyone noticing.
      • It would be great when you're playing with four other guitar players and nobody seems to agree on the pitch.
      • Twelve string.
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  2. I already have a tuner... by Landshark17 · · Score: 5, Funny

    All I want is an amp that goes up to 11.

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  3. Re:Technical review... by Swampash · · Score: 5, Funny

    No vibrato bridge. Less scale length than a Strat. Lame.

  4. Re:Technical review... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd like Microsoft Clippy.

    "It looks like you're trying to play a D chord! Would you like to:

    • Play a D Chord
    • Play the chord as-is
    • Look up chord fingerings in the online help