Tag: GIBSON

Just in time for the holidays, Gibson will release one of the world's most high tech guitars. According to Ubergizmo, the Firebird X features automatic tuning and Bluetooth-enabled, wireless pedal switching. (It's worth mentioning that the Gibson Robot Guitar was the company's first guitar that could tune itself.) Along with those features, the Firebird X -- which will be available as part of a ...

Stolen items routinely appear on online auction sites, and, occasionally, watchful victims will even discover their own missing goods. One burglary victim recently discovered the benefits of such eBay vigilance, although eight years had elapsed since his belongings were actually taken. When Minnesotan Doug Duncan's house was originally burgled, a 1957 Gibson Les Paul Special guitar was among the ...

CES is closed, and while we still have some news to clean up and hit after the doors have been locked and the sidewalks rolled up, let's give you a roundup of the notables from the last day of the show. CES Booth Tours - CES is a lot of news and announcements, sure, but it's also a lot of opulence. If you couldn't make it to this year's show in sunny (but cold) Las Vegas, check out this series ...

Saturday, hoping to give our aching heads a brief respite from the more complex tech items on display at CES, we headed on over to the Gibson tent, looking forward to idly strumming a few digital-ready guitars and spacing out. Really, what could be all that complicated about a guitar? In the case of the new Gibson Dark Fire, a whole hell of a lot, apparently. We had the chance to sit down with ...

Legendary guitar company Gibson filed a patent-infringement suit against Viacom and Electronic Arts, the makers of 'Guitar Hero,' alleging that 'Rock Band''s unique controller and gameplay are currently covered by a Gibson patent. This news doesn't come as too much of a surprise. Earlier this month, Gibson alerted Activision that its 'Guitar Hero' game infringes on earlier Gibson patents, ...

Hype Check: Gibson Robot Guitar On December 7, guitar enthusiasts around the nation will be able to get their callused hands on the Gibson Robot Guitar, a first-of-its-kind, self-tuning instrument packed with a computer and motorized tuners. This special edition Les Paul will initially only be available in limited quantities -- 10 guitars for each of 400 retailers across the nation. What it ...

If money is no object and your giftee just simply has to have one of everything, you might as well pick him/her up the Robot Guitar from Gibson when it goes on sale December 7. Price? We're not sure... but you can bet it'll be expensive. The Robot Guitar is available in a limited edition version only for now, with just 400 stores carrying 10 units each at $2,500 a pop. This axe hides a ...

This might be the most-lazy-behavior-inducing, and yet coolest, toy we've seen in a long time. Gibson's new self-tuning Gibson Robot Guitar launches on December 7th, just in time for the holidays. Now, giving this newfangled instrument to a beginner guitar student is probably not a good idea, since learning to tune is one of the first skills that must be mastered. But the Robot Guitar has ...