http://www.switched.com/2007/12/06/switched-reviews-the-gibson-robot-guitar/ Switched Comments for Switched Reviews the Gibson Robot Guitar http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2007/12/06/switched-reviews-the-gibson-robot-guitar/http://www.switched.com/2007/12/06/switched-reviews-the-gibson-robot-guitar/The Phantom Of Rock, here....
I've invented my own "Secret-Recipe" guitar tunings throughout the years, and I mean to tell ya,they are some "Left-Field" tuning that no Guitarists would be able to even figure out unless I told them my secret tunings!
No Wonder I'm Crazy!
I'm curious if this Robo Guitar could even handle it!? ]]>Feb 2nd 2008 2:33PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/12/06/switched-reviews-the-gibson-robot-guitar/http://www.switched.com/2007/12/06/switched-reviews-the-gibson-robot-guitar/It is a multitude of failures just waiting to happen.
I wish I knew how this concept was ever approved at Gibson...or better yet, what kind of drugs were consumed prior to this approval ?
The best play is to get one and keep it for it's ultimate value as a freakish mistake. Who knows ?
As far as using it live for alternately tuned songs.....see how long your strings last going back and forth between tunings...hell, you could pay a guitar tech with the money you'd spend.
Buy two Mexican strats, tune one drop d, DADGAD the other, play your regular one otherwise, and spend the remaining $1,400.00 on a good electronic tuner and fast women.]]>Jan 28th 2009 7:36PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/12/06/switched-reviews-the-gibson-robot-guitar/http://www.switched.com/2007/12/06/switched-reviews-the-gibson-robot-guitar/Dec 7th 2007 1:39PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/12/06/switched-reviews-the-gibson-robot-guitar/http://www.switched.com/2007/12/06/switched-reviews-the-gibson-robot-guitar/Dec 6th 2007 6:13PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/12/06/switched-reviews-the-gibson-robot-guitar/http://www.switched.com/2007/12/06/switched-reviews-the-gibson-robot-guitar/I play well and do know how to tune my guitar. I still found this to be a really useful/practical instrument for the gigging professional.

It worked as promised. I bent all sorts o' notes, and then talked while it was tuning itself back up so I didn't have to take even a second doing that. Going from DADGAD to standard and back was without thinking. No losing a beat. I've generally shied away from composing songs with retuning in the middle because of the easy chance to not get things right on pitch during a song. With this toy, I'd be more inclined to do that.

Also I compared it against a Fender VG strat (built in synth to change tunings). I liked the Robot better. The Fender changed tunings faster but the tracking wasn't perfect and sounded synthesized. Plus at soft volumes I could hear that the pitch from my guitar was different than what was coming from my amp. With the Robot it was pure Les Paul...
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I had that problem plus a few others. I sent the guitar back 12/26/07. Their custom service is nothing to write home about. My robot broke 3 strings while attempting to tune. Plus the B string problem and the A string tuner moved at 1/4 the speed as the others. The tuners wouldnt stay locked in place...What a headache. At this point I would take my $$ back and hopefully a new EVH guitar will be out soon!

Matt D
NYC]]>Jan 4th 2008 10:01AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/12/06/switched-reviews-the-gibson-robot-guitar/http://www.switched.com/2007/12/06/switched-reviews-the-gibson-robot-guitar/I bought one of these guitars and have nothing but good things to say about it. Mine didn't have the B string problems mentioned above. I did contact Gibson customer support with a few technical questions and they were really quick and helpful.

Sorry to read about some other people's less than ideal experiences.

This is my first Les Paul and I think aside from the technology, this is a great and well built guitar. It's not just easy to play...it's enjoyable! The tone is excellent, the set-up immaculate.

As for the technology, that has been working a treat. I've found it especially useful when recording as I can get 100% perfect tuning much faster than I would normally. Which means I can concentrate on playing and recording, instead of tuning between takes. That alone is worth the price of this expensive guitar.

Of course I can already tune a guitar. But, even with a sophisticated tuner and near perfect pitch, it would still take me a while to get it absolutely spot-on.

I have a relatively heavy playing style, but prefer lighter gauge strings, which means my guitars tend to go out of tune each take.

My guess is that we'll see this technology rolled-out and it will become very widespread in the next few years.

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Completly aside from me having the capability to tune the guitar myself, I play in a band. We play numerous songs in numerous recorded tunings.

Pro's get numerous guitars that are maintained by a tech to any tuning they need. Even if I had 10 guitars (which i do by the way), it is not practical to take that many to a club and it would be a huge pain to maintain.

There are only a few options to play the songs:

1. Rig it by playing the chords in a different position in your current tuning or maybe drop D.

2. Bring and maintain multiple guitars

3. Take 3-4 minutes between songs to re-tune, but feel good because you played the song right;)

4. Buy a ROBOT and still feel good because you played the song right!

-rich]]>Jan 17th 2008 10:02AM