Most rockers are fine spending the 15 seconds it takes to tune a guitar, especially if it saves them $900. Not to mention a tune-o-matic Gibson stays in tune for decades (my SG gets tuned every 2 weeks whether it needs it or not). Its the newbies who can't tune by ear who will be buying this guitar. Still, its a cool technology. They should really put it on guitars with Floyd Roses where it would actually be useful.
Well, I'd imagine it might be useful for those who change up guitar tunings very frequently... unless you're very experienced and can change all the strings from one chord to another very quickly. But it is pricey.
The people will be buying this are professional musicians who need to change tunings quickly on the fly during gigs.Want drop C or DADGAD tuning?Just turn the knob and strum the strings lightly and there you go.NOT for newbies.
your verse can be DADGAD and your chorus can be an open tuning, the bridge can be standard etc. And in a professional performance theres no need to have a tuning break or to change guitars. it's not for beginners.. beginners wouldn't know what to do with the different tunings.
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J Ozer @ Oct 3rd 2007 2:03AM
Rockers rejoice?
Most rockers are fine spending the 15 seconds it takes to tune a guitar, especially if it saves them $900. Not to mention a tune-o-matic Gibson stays in tune for decades (my SG gets tuned every 2 weeks whether it needs it or not). Its the newbies who can't tune by ear who will be buying this guitar. Still, its a cool technology. They should really put it on guitars with Floyd Roses where it would actually be useful.
Mike @ Oct 3rd 2007 2:11AM
Well, I'd imagine it might be useful for those who change up guitar tunings very frequently... unless you're very experienced and can change all the strings from one chord to another very quickly. But it is pricey.
McGinley @ Oct 3rd 2007 2:59AM
The people will be buying this are professional musicians who need to change tunings quickly on the fly during gigs.Want drop C or DADGAD tuning?Just turn the knob and strum the strings lightly and there you go.NOT for newbies.
elsydeon @ Dec 3rd 2007 2:03PM
it can change full tunings in 10 seconds, you can use that compositionally
elsydeon @ Dec 5th 2007 4:49PM
your verse can be DADGAD and your chorus can be an open tuning, the bridge can be standard etc.
And in a professional performance theres no need to have a tuning break or to change guitars.
it's not for beginners.. beginners wouldn't know what to do with the different tunings.