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    Oh my stars & little planets Pablo!
    I really had no idea such an insanely clever device existed . . .
    One would almost suspect there's a harpsichordist hiding behind the thing.
    Barring all the whirring stepper noise etc its' just staggering!
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    Looks like a robot and sounds like one, the machines are taking over!
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    Definitely sounds robotic.
    'As long as there's, you know, sex and drugs, I can do without the rock and roll.'

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    Damn thing plays beter than me. But that's not gunna stop me trying..... LOL

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    There's a whole band like that, look up Compressorhead

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    Quote Originally Posted by keloooe View Post
    It's been said many times here but I'll say it again, if you cannot tune a guitar properly yourself don't even bother having one, tuning was one of the first things I ever learned by myself.
    We will end up with them as standard on everything one day though, but for now, we need to make such horrible devices obsolete!
    I've been telling piano players for decades that if they can't tune their instrument they shouldn't be allowed to play in public....
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    This system really need a LIKE button...

    Quote Originally Posted by Fretworn View Post
    I've been telling piano players for decades that if they can't tune their instrument they shouldn't be allowed to play in public....

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    Quote Originally Posted by keloooe View Post
    We will end up with them as standard on everything one day though, but for now, we need to make such horrible devices obsolete!
    Ah Keloooe, you've gazing into a crystal ball! ... Gibson are now releasing their G-Force Automated Tuning System as standard on the majority of their range of electric guitars ... so far it's infected the most of the line of Les Pauls and SGs and word is that they'll eventually spread to their whole range of electrics

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    ... the end result being that within a year or two the only way you'll be acquire a new Gibson WITHOUT an auto-tuner will be by special order ... or remove the thing yourself and have to put up with the inevitable screw-holes and indentations from where it was mounted.

    Personally I'm inclined to quite a martinet on this type of issue ... if you can't tune the instrument yourself, I don't think it's so much a case of "you shouldn't be playing it" ... but more a case of "you don't deserve to be playing it!"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scott J. View Post
    Ah Keloooe, you've gazing into a crystal ball! ... Gibson are now releasing their G-Force Automated Tuning System as standard on the majority of their range of electric guitars ... so far it's infected the most of the line of Les Pauls and SGs and word is that they'll eventually spread to their whole range of electrics

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    ... the end result being that within a year or two the only way you'll be acquire a new Gibson WITHOUT an auto-tuner will be by special order ... or remove the thing yourself and have to put up with the inevitable screw-holes and indentations from where it was mounted.

    Personally I'm inclined to quite a martinet on this type of issue ... if you can't tune the instrument yourself, I don't think it's so much a case of "you shouldn't be playing it" ... but more a case of "you don't deserve to be playing it!"
    As far as aesthetics go the G-Force system is about as sexy as a rock but you know what...I'd own one, definitely.
    Having to fine tune after every take when recording is a pain in the ass and I'd embrace a technology that would eliminate that, plain and simple.

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    "It's been said many times here but I'll say it again, if you cannot tune a guitar properly yourself don't even bother having one, tuning was one of the first things I ever learned by myself.
    We will end up with them as standard on everything one day though, but for now, we need to make such horrible devices obsolete!"

    The reality of these things is you can still tune it yourself. that's why it still has tuner knobs..
    I used to tune by ear and touch(yes I could feel the harmonic) now-a-days I have a couple of little electronic meters that tell me when it's spot on, and I am sure most others do too.

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