Alright, put that Hi8 camcorder away, stop listening to those cassette tapes and for the love of Blu-ray, hide that Betamax player!
There’s no reason to hang on to technology from the 80’s (or the 90’s for that matter). We understand, years ago, before AOTS, there was no way you could know that laser discs weren’t going to make a comeback.
Now, there are people here to help you sort that kind of stuff out. Please, accept their help. You don’t want your friends and family to perform a gadget intervention, do you?
Today, they'll review the Gibson Robot Guitar.
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Gibson Robot Guitar
- You just pull the knob out, turn it to what tuning you want, strum, and the guitar does the rest
- The on-board CPU detects which strings are off pitch and the motorized tuners then turn to increase or decrease the pitch of each string until the whole thing is in tune
- Real time-saver: preset tunings like Drop-D, Open-D, etc.; the only other way to do that quickly was to switch guitars
- Plus you can customize the presets to be a tuning of your choosing in case you're looking for a specific sound
- Intonation mode where the CPU helps you adjust the string saddles until you have perfect intonation; normally you'd have to pay someone at a guitar shop to do that
- Everything worked like a dream, not to mention this particular Les Paul sounds as good as ever
- Sometimes it would be faster to tune by hand, but that wouldn't be nearly as cool
- The $2500 price tag is hefty, and the availability of these things is scant
- Repairing this would be a real hassle
- Made for the intermediate to advanced guitar player who plays a lot of gigs
- If you're a beginner, hold off. You should learn how to tune with your hands first
