If Ya Can't Even Tune Your Guitar? Tronical PowerTune

[Afghan Dave]

WTF?

http://news.harmony-central.com/Newp/2007/Gibson-PowerTune.html

Technology is leaving me behind... Why would I want this?

I know what... I'll pay £25000 for an EVH Fender then get this system fitted so that I'll never be out of tune!!!

...Oh, sh1T.... EVH was out of tune (A440) on the first album... Thank god the  Tronical PowerTune software can learn that too!!  :shock:  :shock:  :shock:

[noodleplugerine]

Dear lord why hath you forsaken us?!

I don't know whether to laugh or cry xD

If it does work though, could create some interesting pieces with tuning changes every bar xD

haha, found this - Much cooler xD http://youtube.com/watch?v=o7ibF4c6JTE

[JamesHealey]

if u've ever owned a new gibson and pushed on the neck joint u'd understand why this is a good idea to keep them intune.. because they're absolute shitee.

I have a trem setter, locking tuners and LSR nut on my strat and still have tuning stability problems.. go figure why this is a good idea?

[FELINEGUITARS]

They were at the London Guitar show last year!!!


It's clever , it's a good idea but it's overkill

It will automatically retune your guitar to a whole range of stored tunings

So you can flick a switch and retune to open G - and it's quick too

I can see where they are coming from but as I said it's overkill

Mind you if all guitars had it you could maybe eliminate the arguements about who is out of tune at rehearsals

Or get a version with a remote control and retune your friends guitar while he is playing - just to piss him off

[MDV]

I can see this doing to pitch recognition what the pocket calculator did to mental arithmetic.

[FELINEGUITARS]

I can see this doing to pitch recognition what the pocket calculator did to mental arithmetic.

Iagree 100%

I still like to add up and stuff mentally

[dave_mc]

I can see this doing to pitch recognition what the pocket calculator did to mental arithmetic.

heh

[Mr Ed]

If you can't tune a guitar yourself, you shouldn't even be playing.

This thing is a disgraceful piece of kit for lazy (yet trendy) gimps.

(one of the gimps)  :?     :shock:  (me)

[TwilightOdyssey]

Over time, I can see this being a standard feature on guitars. Like it or not, this is the future, once it gets into the realm of 'everyman' affordability. (ie, Korea or China can mass-produce it) Why? Because it will sell itself to the legions of n00bs picking up the guitar for the first time. And that is what all those music super stores focus on. (The last time I went into a Guitar Center and actually looked for a guitar that was aimed at the professional working guitarist, I found ONE, but it was the awful Floyd Rose guitar)

Being able to hear A440, tune, and intonate your instrument should be required for all guitarists.

[dave_mc]

^ you mean hear a440 as in perfect pitch?

[FELINEGUITARS]

^ you mean hear a440 as in perfect pitch?

No - if tune up often enough you can instinctively know a certain pitch
I can pretty much do it with the high open E

I have made myself hum/sing along with it when I have tuned up and over a period of time your body actually remembers it and can reproduce it at will

Yes - you do feel a bit of an idiot doing it but you learn the pitches pretty quickly.

In fact humming or singing notes along with the guitar should be part of practice as it will greatly accelerate your ability to copy stuff and play melodies and solos (although some soloing seems bereft of melody)

[dave_mc]

^ that's pretty much the definition of perfect pitch, though (though granted you're doing it with only say one note). I guess with doing tune-ups the amount you are you can get it.

I have relative pitch, not perfect though.

[_tom_]

In fact humming or singing notes along with the guitar should be part of practice as it will greatly accelerate your ability to copy stuff and play melodies and solos (although some soloing seems bereft of melody)

Perhaps one day your ear will be as good as this guys - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3JGuNc48HY

 :lol:

I think this tuning device is just stupid. Theres really no need for it, even I'm not that lazy. Crazy Joe might like it though, until he breaks a string ;)

[Bird]

Isn't it just a version of this

http://transperformance.com/index2.htm

They've been around for years early/mid 90's I believe. Page used a guitar equipped with this on the Page/Plant tours.

[38thBeatle]

Like Jonathan, I can pitch an E in my head and tune a guitar accordingly.I think that just about anyone can do it with practice.Years ago I locked the Beatles song "Norwegian Wood" into my brain-works for me. My son, however, does have perfect pitch-can recognise and recite any note and whilst he can't necessarily name a chord, can play it on piano after just one listen-I hate him.