Topic: Guitar
A few days ago, a friend of mine showed me some info about this new Robot Guitar from Gibson. I actually hadn't heard about it, although (having checked since) I see it's all over the Internet.
But is this cool or what? A guitar that tunes itself. The worst part of playing just taken right off your hands and taken care of by the guitar itself. You can just give it a strum and say, "You tune up and I'll be with you in a minute."
What I really like, though, and what not a lot of people seem to be commenting on on the blog pages, is the Intonation Mode. The LEDs indicate how many turns the bridge screws require, and which way to turn them. So you can tweak your intonation a bit yourself, with the guitar telling you exactly what to do. ("A little more to the left...ooo, yeah, that's nice."
)Here are Gibson's official promo pages about it: http://www.gibson.com/robotguitar/
And for anyone who might be wondering what the in-action pros and cons of the guitar might be, I found a couple of test drive, hands-on reviews:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/document/gibson/robot_guitar?doc_id=103152
http://www.switched.com/2007/12/06/switched-reviews-the-gibson-robot-guitar/
And if you'd like to see the guitar in action some more, there's plenty of video of it on You Tube:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gibson+robot+guitar&search=Search
When my friend checked his local dealer, they told him they had received five of the guitars, and they were sold out. But I'm sure there'll be a second run of these Robos if the first run is selling this fast. So if your music store is sold out of Robot Guitars, just tell 'em, "I'll be back."
Posted by planet/zerofret
at 2:24 AM EST
Updated: Monday, January 21, 2008 2:29 AM EST
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Updated: Monday, January 21, 2008 2:29 AM EST
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