Gibson Announces Self-Tuning Robot Guitar

By Geoff Duncan
November 13, 2007

Guitar-maker Gibson has formally announced its self-tuning robot guitar, a Les Paul-style electric guitar that uses robotics technology to retune on the fly.

If playing Guitar Hero has got you jonesing for the real thing but you don't think you can quite stand th drudgery of having to tune a guitar for yourself—or if you're a seasoned pro who'd like to reliably switch between different tunings on the fly, maybe even mid-song—then Gibson's new Robot Guitar has got something for you. The guitar integrates servo motors in its tuners derived from robotics technology to enable the guitar to automatically adjust its tuning on the fly, so players no longer have to worry about whether that B or G string is gonna be super-flat after that mind-blowing monster bend. What's more, a new top-mounted control enables players to switch between up to six alternate tunings on the fly.

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