As someone who is a slave to Gibson Guitars ( I've four of them ) I think that this guitar/system is just as ill fated as the L6S of the mid 70's. It's a novel idea, but if you forget to push the button back in then real problems would arise. The system also it seems can alter the positions of the bridge saddles for better intonation, which seems a bit silly as the bridge saddles are factory set and unless you seriously mess with the action then there is no need to adjust them. Gibson have lost the plot with some of their latest products.
Could be interesting if they applied this to the Lute - but would it look ugly!! - given that the biggest problem IMO is keeping the Lute in tune and getting it in tune. Even with a digital tuner it can take me up to 40 mins, mind you I am a rank amateur when it comes to the lute. -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Gibbs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 16 November 2007 01:09 To: [email protected] Net Subject: [LUTE] [Lute] Gibson robot guitar From the Harpsichord list (of all places): > Gibson is producing a 'robot guitar' - see their site > http://www.gibson.com/robotguitar > "Pull out the Robot Guitar's Master Control Knob (MCK) and watch the Powerhead Tuners spring into action. It takes only a few seconds for the Powerhead Tuners to tune the Robot Guitar to any desired tuning. Each tuning peg is equipped with a tiny but powerful servo motor that kicks into action once the system is activated. The Powerhead Tuners rely on the strings themselves to send the signals." Andrew To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
