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We all hate it. People still do it... bleh. Anyways. I just saw some spam on my friend's band's comment wall and it really annoyed me.
Since I work on this site I can and will do something about profile spam. But, first, I need to ask you guys a question... What do you consider SPAM?
Here's an example: Do you consider "dude check out my band" as SPAM? How bout if the artist leaving the comment plays your fav. genre of music?
So lemme know what you consider spam and ill try n make sure to get rid of it.
-Arin
Since I work on this site I can and will do something about profile spam. But, first, I need to ask you guys a question... What do you consider SPAM?
Here's an example: Do you consider "dude check out my band" as SPAM? How bout if the artist leaving the comment plays your fav. genre of music?
So lemme know what you consider spam and ill try n make sure to get rid of it.
-Arin
Good shit boys!
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here's the good version
Below this pile of text there's a video of Gibson's new self tuning guitar. On the surface the concept is pretty cool. But really, is it just overkill and lame?
I'll ramble on but check out the video and see what you think. First off... The guitar can tune itself to multiple tunings: E, drop D, A etc. Now, I dunno, maybe i'm a fucking guitar nerd but any "big" change in tuning, to me, means you need a different gauge of strings. I could NOT imagine using 9's and being in standard tuning then switching to anything but drop D. Like, if you go down to C etc (like Avenged Sevenfold and that crowd) you're 9's are gonna flip and flop and sound like total shit.
So - In my opinion this is worthless for extreme tuning changes. I don't see how thats even practical w/o changing strings.
OK - so maybe this thing's just fine if you're sticking to 1 tuning or 2 tunings with a small change - like a 1/2 step drop on the low string. But, at that point do you really need the guitar to tune itself? A Boss tuning pedal on the floor would work just fine and has worked just fine for years! Ya, some people use a rack tuner etc - even better - but same difference.
Next... The tuning machines on this guitar turn themselves to correct tuning issues. OK - but what if you want to change them. Why would you change them? Cuz, they may suck balls. My Les Paul doesn't really like being in tune, maybe yours is better, but i'm on the verge of changing em out for tuning machines that actually hold like the Schaller locking machines.
Anyways... now, the "master knob" thing that you use for tuning etc is where the neck pickup's tone knob is/was. Now where's that knob? Do they now have a master tone knob? This may not matter much to most people - but it could annoy some.
Anyways - check out the video and see what you think....
This may be the start of something cool but I have doubts regarding whether its really solving a problem or not. We're all used to tuners and they work easily and work just fine. Also - they're not gonna render tuners obsolete... ever. Our other guitars still need tuners, so we're not gonna throw 'em away. What's next, built in overdrive pedals? Then, delay, chorus etc...
I can't stop thinking of reasons why this is kinda dumb and/or just a fancy waste of time/money:
How good is the built in tuner? What if it breaks? Can you get components for repairs or do you have to pray Gibson covers it under warranty and gets the guitar back to you in a decent timeframe? Whats the upcharge?
Bla - anyways... I vote "no". They should have spent the R&D money on something like, oh i dunno, hiring a QC department for their finished products.
my 2 cents
-arin
I'll ramble on but check out the video and see what you think. First off... The guitar can tune itself to multiple tunings: E, drop D, A etc. Now, I dunno, maybe i'm a fucking guitar nerd but any "big" change in tuning, to me, means you need a different gauge of strings. I could NOT imagine using 9's and being in standard tuning then switching to anything but drop D. Like, if you go down to C etc (like Avenged Sevenfold and that crowd) you're 9's are gonna flip and flop and sound like total shit.
So - In my opinion this is worthless for extreme tuning changes. I don't see how thats even practical w/o changing strings.
OK - so maybe this thing's just fine if you're sticking to 1 tuning or 2 tunings with a small change - like a 1/2 step drop on the low string. But, at that point do you really need the guitar to tune itself? A Boss tuning pedal on the floor would work just fine and has worked just fine for years! Ya, some people use a rack tuner etc - even better - but same difference.
Next... The tuning machines on this guitar turn themselves to correct tuning issues. OK - but what if you want to change them. Why would you change them? Cuz, they may suck balls. My Les Paul doesn't really like being in tune, maybe yours is better, but i'm on the verge of changing em out for tuning machines that actually hold like the Schaller locking machines.
Anyways... now, the "master knob" thing that you use for tuning etc is where the neck pickup's tone knob is/was. Now where's that knob? Do they now have a master tone knob? This may not matter much to most people - but it could annoy some.
Anyways - check out the video and see what you think....
This may be the start of something cool but I have doubts regarding whether its really solving a problem or not. We're all used to tuners and they work easily and work just fine. Also - they're not gonna render tuners obsolete... ever. Our other guitars still need tuners, so we're not gonna throw 'em away. What's next, built in overdrive pedals? Then, delay, chorus etc...
I can't stop thinking of reasons why this is kinda dumb and/or just a fancy waste of time/money:
How good is the built in tuner? What if it breaks? Can you get components for repairs or do you have to pray Gibson covers it under warranty and gets the guitar back to you in a decent timeframe? Whats the upcharge?
Bla - anyways... I vote "no". They should have spent the R&D money on something like, oh i dunno, hiring a QC department for their finished products.
my 2 cents
-arin