Rob Flinn
Well-known member
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WetVXbYRfWk
Gibson Robot Guitar
- Thread starter Rob Flinn
- Start date
Help Support GroupDIY Audio Forum:
Echo North
Well-known member
I think this has been posted...or maybe that was another forum.
Never really thought tuning a guitar was that hard. :roll:
Mike
Never really thought tuning a guitar was that hard. :roll:
Mike
Ptownkid
Well-known member
Yeah, it's true, unneeded, but it would be pretty cool for live use.
Rob Flinn
Well-known member
[quote author="Ptownkid"]Yeah, it's true, unneeded, but it would be pretty cool for live use.[/quote]
I don't know about uneeded. HAve you heard me tune a guitar !
I don't know about uneeded. HAve you heard me tune a guitar !
Svart
Well-known member
no that totally rocks. I would buy one for sure..
Svart
Well-known member
holy crap.. Not for 3K$ I won't..
Mbira
Well-known member
that is rediculous. Do you see all the steps just to tighten the string?!?
How frikkin many batteries does it take to wrench geetar strings up and down several times a set???
Intonation too. That's a hell of a lot of machinery to play Cinnamon Girl.
> Do you see all the steps just to tighten the string?!?
Yeah, that part is ill-thought. There's ways (perhaps patentable) to sense that a string is zero tension. You do need an "OK" from the operator, to signal that a string has been placed and locked... then all zero-tension heads should turn until their motor pulls 0.123A current (whatever implies a nominal torque and thus approximate string tension). Or until 10 turns with no increase of current, implying that the string isn't present or is slipping bad.
Hey.. you can test zero-tension by blipping the motor with a small current. A current too small to budge a string which is up to tension. If it turns (back-EMF), then it is slack and you can wind er up.
Or: monitor the pickup. Strum. If 5 poles make waves and one is silent, guess which string isn't singing.
$3K is an Early Adopter price. They will find enough suckers.... er, Serious Customers, to at least get the concept out there in front of everybody. This model may not cover development costs (that one knob may be many kilo-dollars of development), but once the market is primed they can get a Gitar Centre contract for a million units at $999 retail.
Intonation too. That's a hell of a lot of machinery to play Cinnamon Girl.
> Do you see all the steps just to tighten the string?!?
Yeah, that part is ill-thought. There's ways (perhaps patentable) to sense that a string is zero tension. You do need an "OK" from the operator, to signal that a string has been placed and locked... then all zero-tension heads should turn until their motor pulls 0.123A current (whatever implies a nominal torque and thus approximate string tension). Or until 10 turns with no increase of current, implying that the string isn't present or is slipping bad.
Hey.. you can test zero-tension by blipping the motor with a small current. A current too small to budge a string which is up to tension. If it turns (back-EMF), then it is slack and you can wind er up.
Or: monitor the pickup. Strum. If 5 poles make waves and one is silent, guess which string isn't singing.
$3K is an Early Adopter price. They will find enough suckers.... er, Serious Customers, to at least get the concept out there in front of everybody. This model may not cover development costs (that one knob may be many kilo-dollars of development), but once the market is primed they can get a Gitar Centre contract for a million units at $999 retail.
Ptownkid
Well-known member
Yeah 3K for a LP studio is garbage, hell, I paid 3.2K for my 79 LP custom...
Rob Flinn
Well-known member
I just noticed that Thomann in Germany are doing a Gibson Robot SG special Ltd edition for a mere £1184 UK. Almost a bargain !
okgb
Well-known member
yup rich & bored , what else you gonna do ?
same ugly blue one i saw here
guess they want you know it's different
same ugly blue one i saw here
guess they want you know it's different
