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I, For One, Welcome Our New Guitar Overlords
KharBevNor:
Real rock stars just spend the insane amounts of money this thing undoubtedly costs on a number of different normal guitars, keep them all in different tunings, and hire a lackey to run the required guitar on stage.
I'm presuming that that is what this auto-tune thing is mainly for, non-standard tunings at the twizzle of a knob. That would be quite nice. I can definitely see musical utility there. I want one of these auto-tuners for my Spanish guitar. I keep snapping the high, pure nylon strings by playing it with metal picks and coins, and those fuckers take like, a fucking week to stretch to a point where they do not go out of tune in under a minute.
Also, guys, when you mention the model numbers of guitars and such forth everyone else just hears you jacking off.
Wayfaring Stranger:
Seems to me like a robot switching the guitar in and out of alternate tunings would be a fantastic recipe for strings breaking. I guess it depends on what kind of strings you're using. If it worked, that'd be awfully handy.
I think the finish on that guitar is sort of ugly...
KharBevNor:
Why would going to alternative tunings using servo motors be any more wearing on the strings than turning the tuning pegs by hand? If anything, its better for the strings, because the computerised system hits the right tuning exactly first time, without twiddling the knobs back and forth a couple of times and playing scales.
Wayfaring Stranger:
I think I would just personally feel free to change tunings far more often, thus putting more wear on the strings than I currently do. You're right, though, it probably wouldn't be all that different.
KharBevNor:
At least we can agree it's probably a good thing this guitar wasn't invented in the hey-day of prog rock.
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