They're here-best guitar feature ever, or....

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...the start of guitarists becoming lazier and having less ear training?

http://www.peavey.com/products/at200/

I saw this in Guitar World and hadn't seen it on the board yet, so I thought I'd see what you guys think! My gut feels like it's a cheap way to get out of learning to maintain your guitar properly, but god knows on stage every one of us has wished for this feature at some point or another when your guitar isn't behaving for whatever reason!

Happy Friday everyone. Got the flu, so posting on the board rather than out getting drunk as usual :lol: :LOL: Cheers,

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Saw one at guitar center, but didn't have time to play it. Would be a great tool for a cover band or someone that doesn't want to haul around lots of guitars for various tunings.
 
Call me when they develop this for a Floyd equipped guitar!

Cool technology for sure!
 
Nothing new here, Jimi Page was using the Transperformance DTS-1 in the early to mid '90s on his Les Pauls. Same shit.
 
ffs... this is not transperformance or gibson's robot system. those two things physically change the strings' tension. this is digital pitch correction. the same software singers are using these days on every shit pop record released. your guitar could be horribly out of tune but still sound fine through the amp.
 
warren":3qvev4fa said:
ffs... this is not transperformance or gibson's robot system. those two things physically change the strings' tension. this is digital pitch correction. the same software singers are using these days on every shit pop record released. your guitar could be horribly out of tune but still sound fine through the amp.
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You got me...i was thinking of a different system. Whether DTS-1, Gibson Robot, or the Roland VG-8...they were all do some kind of guitar tuning before this. WGAS? Nothing new here, just a different way to do what has already been done. Next you will tell me they came up with a drill that has a tuner built into it that can wind your tuning pegs...oh wait that came out in the '80s.
 
the pitch shifting in the roland stuff is archaic compared to what software like antares and melodyne are doing today. that's what's new. i don't like the idea of it being used on guitars but it is fun as hell to play with in pro tools.
 
It's a slightly different way of doing what the L6 Variax guitars do. I think it's amazingly useful for those who use a lot of different tunings like myself. Probably not for the guy who stays in standard and maybe goes to drop D every now and then. The downside is that it's a digital "simulated" output. I like the Gibson Robot idea better, in that it physically retunes the guitar. If only it worked better.
 
At first I was wowed by the video but after seeing the replies :doh:

I thought it literally tuned the guitar which would have been great but it doesn't do that lol.

I guess Gibson tried it and failed? They should fix it. Also for Floyds as stated.

Let's say you do play in all those tunings and it did actually change the string tension flawlessly, would that be enough tension to pull the neck? If so you now need auto truss and auto bridge.


Might as well have autoaxe and not even play your fucking guitar. Jk :)


Its a good theory that needs work, I would definitely pay for something that automatically intonated my guitar correctly. Edit: I do really agree to training of the ear but for the intonation and live show purposes it would be tits.
 
Remember too that actual tension/pitch changes are going to affect your truss rod and intonation also. So if you went from one extreme to another not only would intonation be off but your string action and relief amount would be whacked too. I had a steinberger with transtrem that worked fine, but it had no truss rod and the relief never changed since it was a graphite neck. A regular neck would be a nightmare IMHO if you even went from Eb to E, at least if you kept your guitars set up just right.
 
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