selftuning guitar

[Nubus]

I saw this but on a better site last night where it had samples and videos. I can't find the other site I saw now. http://news.com.com/2300-11398_3-600...tag=ne.gall.pg

[dagosto]

http://gearwire.com/mov/Tronical.mov

[smopo24]

that sounds pretty cool to me; espically since i have a huge bank of alternate tunings from which to choose from. i wonder how much this will cost. i wouldn't buy it though, yet; because there are probably a million things that can and will go wrong with it.

[dagosto]

Originally Posted by smopo24

i wouldn't buy it though, yet; because there are probably a million things that can and will go wrong with it.

You're probably right

[Caturtle]

I'll be impressed

when they

make a tuner

for ears

[lukedavo]

Well, I think those guitars look really awesome. That is such an ingenious idea, tune at the touch of a button. I imagine it affects the sound as well as adding about 5 or so lbs to it. But if it performs flawlessly, well worth the sacrifice. Is the day of the guitartech coming to an end? Well, I guess we'll still need someone who can see straight to plug in our pedals for us and change our strings, right?

[Bellringer]

Interesting idea. If it can tune itself in the middle of a song while you are playing, then that is the plus. One of the worst feelings is playing through a song while you are a bit out of tune and not being able to fix it. Coming soon: The living organic guitar that will play itself for you and change its own strings.

[Whoopysnorp]

Maybe I'm turning into an old fart, but doesn't it seem like if people use those they'll just never learn how to tune a guitar for real? It would be nice to be able to press a button and be back in tune if you went out of tune in the middle of a song, but I don't think beginners should be allowed to use something like this. I don't think they should be allowed to use electronic tuners exclusively either--if you don't know how to tune a guitar by ear, you're missing some fundamental knowledge of the instrument.

[Nubus]

The thing is you can switch tunings in the middle of a set (or song) in a matter of less than one second. Not just tune back up, but completely alternate tunings. The video I was looking for he was playing a Jimmy Page song in standard tuning, then switched to to the alternate tuning Page used to wriite the song. Next he did it for a Keith Richards song, same idea. That was what caught my attention. Actually... I started thinking I wanted to write down those alternate tunings, cause there's no way I'm getting a self-tuning guitar.

[clineaudio]

Originally Posted by Nubus

The thing is you can switch tunings in the middle of a set (or song) in a matter of less than one second. Not just tune back up, but completely alternate tunings. The video I was looking for he was playing a Jimmy Page song in standard tuning, then switched to to the alternate tuning Page used to wriite the song. Next he did it for a Keith Richards song, same idea. That was what caught my attention. Actually... I started thinking I wanted to write down those alternate tunings, cause there's no way I'm getting a self-tuning guitar.

exactly what I was going to say. I think I remember seeing Page playing cashmere with a setup like this (w/ puff daddy...remember that track?) I remember thinking "what is that thing on his guitar?"