I saw this on the news the other day; http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/12/04/selftuning.guitar.ap/ http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6221226.html http://www.news.com/2100-1041_3-6221226.html and the official word from Gibson; http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/Introducing%20Powertune_%20Gibson_/ I dunno about this though. Years of ear training to stay in tune, and a certain skill that builds up over time has been kinda nullified. The creepy part is the tuner moves the tuning pegs for you. I have very mixed emotions about this (and the air guitar T-shirt too!) Hell I don't even like electronic tuners! (I have a tuning fork!) Also this type of guitar ain't cheap either ($2,500 smackeroos!) Maybe if they made one for a Rickenbacker 12 string I might think about it though (they are such a PITA to tune!) Lemme know whatcha think about this?

i think its clever buty know ill stick with my tuner as my ear tuning is awful , but i do leave it a bit out of tune so its not irritating but just a few strings a tenny bit out

I still use a phone.

I still use a tuning fork!

Gimmick!
Probably going to be really problematic at some point too.

Fuck these stupid gimmicks. They're just trying to sell more guitars with these stupid contraptions.

I can see it being useful if your were in a sonic youth cover band and you didn't want to lug around 20 guitars... Pressing a button and switching from standard to an open A or a custom tune is kinda cool... However, EAGDBE (flat) is all I write in, and I personally don't care that much about being in tune to be concerned with it in a live setting... I carry 2 guitars to shows because I tend to break strings...

Mostly it just seems kitschy and I would feel like a total tool being onstage with one.

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