Gibson Guitars has just introduced a self-tuning guitar. At the moment you can add it on to certain Les Paul Special Edition for an extra $900. It has a computer chip and a motorized mechanism that when turned on, the damn thing tunes itself and you actually see the tuning pegs turn. I saw an article (but of course, I can't find it now, so no messy un-renamed links here!), that stated that Gibson was marketing this to 3 main groups:
1. The Japanese, because they love anything "robot".
2. Beginners, that are fortunate enough to shell out $2500 for a guitar to learn on.
3. Professionals, to eliminate the need for showtime delays, lugging around TWO guitars, and who the hell needs a roadie these days, anyhow?
Whatever. Here's some fine guitar pickin' without self-tuning guitars.
Hope that worked...
Gil
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