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• iodax

  

  Fri 18 Jan 2008, 10:28 am UTC

  Bought one of these 1st run robots and have nothing but great things to say about the guitar!
  The point isn't to avoid learning to tune, I doubt many novice guitarists would want to spend the best part of £1400 on a guitar. So, of course I can already tune. But, even with near perfect pitch, and a great electronic tuner, it does take time to tune 'perfectly'. I use hybrid gauge strings with a relatively heavy playing style, which means I have to tune between takes when recording. That takes time and detracts from performance.
  The real point is that it allows a player to concentrate on the music.
  Instead of having to spend ages tuning perfectly between each take when recording, this does it in seconds at the push of a button, so I can concentrate on performance.
  Live, it's excellent to switch between tunings in no time at all. And, because it's so quick, I've found myself experimenting with tunings I haven't previously spent much time with.
  Personally I love being able to jump to an open G for some slide playing, without having to keep an audience waiting or carry and extra guitar around.
  The intonation and string winding features are massive added bonuses.
  Above all, this stands-up as a great guitar in it's own right.
  I'm looking forward to when this technology is available on an acoustic 12 string!
  

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• Nu_Value

  

  Mon 31 Dec 2007, 6:39 pm UTC

  Nice guitar, does alot for you tbh, tuning, stringing etc.
  Though personally I don't think guitars that give you a hand in tuning is the exact direction we should be heading in. Yeah it is a really impressive guitar but, we've already got tuners for eg. And tuners don't exactly help much with your playing anyway, not actual playing-wise of course, 'cause it does lolz, but with your ear I mean. Learning to tune yourself, by ear, is much better than having something tune for you, helping you to recognize differant note sounds 'n etc. But if guitars like this for instance become the norm, it won't help budding guitar players, 'cause it'll be abit too tempting to have tuning done for you by somethin' that you want tuned... Lolz hope that isn't too confusing xD Peace.

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