January 10, 2008 Some of the best guitarists have an amazing ability to pick out which of their strings are out of tune and adjust them mid-song – for the rest of us, the tuning process can be an annoying time-waster – particularly on stage. We've written before about Transperformance's bolt-on self-tuning systems, but Gibson has recently become the first company to release a ready-made axe with the ability to adjust itself perfectly to a number of common tunings at the touch of a button. The Gibson Robot Guitar, which just received the NEWSTIPS Best of Show award at CES, also makes replacing strings and setting your intonation an absolute breeze. At US$2499, this intelligent Les Paul deserves to be a huge hit.
Guitars, like other stringed instruments, are quite organic and individual machines. Humidity, heat, setup and hard playing can cause subtle changes to the length and tension of their strings, so you've got to keep making small adjustments to keep the strings perfectly in tune. And there's few things more aggravating to even an average ear than a guitar that's just not quite tuned.
While this hasn't posed too much of a problem for a legion of electric guitar heroes over the last 70 years, it's always been a thorn in the side of beginners, and mid-set tune-ups on stage are an annoying and occasionally vibe-killing necessity for gigging musos who don't have guitar techs waiting offstage to hand them freshly strung and tuned axes after each song.
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The Gibson Robot Guitar is built on the foundation of the Les Paul Standard, one of the most popular and iconic rock guitars ever. The intelligent upgrades include the Powerhead lockable motorized tuning pegs, a data transmitting tailpiece and tuning control unit, a Master Control Knob for the system and a neck-mounted electronic CPU brain.
Operating the Robot's auto-tuning system is very simple; pull out the control knob, select which one of the available tunings you want to use (Open E, Drop D, DADGAD, Open G, Hendrix tuning, Double Dropped D or one of your custom tuning presets), then let go with your left hand and strum the open strings. The servo-operated tuning pegs simultaneously bring all six strings into perfect tune within a couple of seconds. Quick, accurate and simple. You're then free to tune the strings manually as you play if you need to.
Re-stringing the guitar is exceptionally quick – just attach the string and engage the re-string mode – and the Robot even makes it a breeze to set your intonation, so each string will stay perfectly in tune with itself up and down the fretboard. Intonation mode does this by measuring the pitch of the open string against the pitch at the 12th fret, and indicating to you exactly how many half-turns clockwise or anticlockwise you need to turn that string's bridge screw. A normally difficult and confusing task made exceptionally simple.
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The system is integrated beautifully with the guitar, and there's virtually no weight penalty - in fact the servo-operated Powerhead tuning pegs are actually lighter than the standard items.
In today's sad age of tiny attention spans, where kids are more interested in the press the colored button world of Guitar Hero than learning the intricacies of the real instrument, Gibson should be applauded for knocking down one more barrier to entry with this clever guitar. The Robot Guitar's pricing at USD$2499 is outstanding, considering the standard Les Paul retails for around US$1700, and the original Transperformance aftermarket bolt-on system went for up to US$3, 000. Nice work Gibson!
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Gigging musicians will love the creative tuning feature the Robot Les Paul and SG bring to the table. Let’s say you’re on a dark stage, getting ready to play. You discover your guitar’s way out of tune. Do you signal frantically for your front man (or woman) to chat up the audience while you tune up? Or do you try to quickly switch guitars, and give up your main axe until the next set?
With a Gibson Robot guitar, the answer is “neither”. You simply pull out on the master control knob. It’s located in the same spot as on a regular Les Paul or SG body. Strum the open strings once, and then watch in amazement. Imagine ghostly hands adjusting your tuning pegs all at once. The process takes less than 5 seconds. Then, a blue LED blinks on your master control knob indicating your guitar’s back in tune. Push the knob back in, and you’re ready to rock.
That’s only the beginning. Let’s say you use standard tuning for most of your songs. On a few, you need to switch to drop D. Then a couple of others are open E. Does that mean you need three guitars? Or are you going to frantically re-tune every time?
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The Robot guitars have that figured out, too. On that same master control knob, there are 6 of the most common alternate tuning presets. Just select the one you want, and then strum the open strings again. Say goodbye to that tuner on your pedal board–or in your rack.
Break a string? Forget about fumbling with a manual string winder. Start by pulling out the tuner head knob, and feeding the string through the post as you would normally. The post screws down by hand, locking the string in place. Push the tuner head knob back in, and then select the string-up mode on the master control knob. The new string is back up to tension in seconds. You’re ready to tune as you like.
The Robot technology also makes intonating your Les Paul or SG a breeze. In the intonation mode, LEDs on the master control knob tell you exactly how to adjust the bridge screws. If they glow green, you turn the screw clockwise. Glowing red means you turn it counter-clockwise. Each light flashing indicates the number of half-turns you need to make.
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For as long as the guitar has existed, guitar lovers have had two choices—live with a temperamental and out-of-tune instrument or make frequent trips to the shop for setups. Not anymore, the Gibson Robot is virtually fool-proof. Find hot buys for Limited Editions Gibson Robot Guitars at Musiciansfriend.com. Don’t forget to visit Gibson’s official website to see their most up-to-date gear.
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Another day, another slice of bad news for Gibson. The giant is being sued by Tronical, the German company that licenses to Gibson its patented ‘robot’ tuning system, for $50 million.
The case boils down to several disputes regarding licensing fees and contractual terms for Tronical’s Powertune tuning system, which Gibson markets as “G FORCE.” The lawsuit has been pending before the Hamburg State Court since December last year, but Tronical yesterday announced it is raising the damages it seeks.
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“Tronical is claiming licensing fees to the amount of $23 million from the share in the profits agreed in the contract, and a further $27 million on the grounds of Gibson’s breach of contract of the exclusive research and development agreement with Tronical, which Gibson should have met by 2026, ” the company’s CEO Chris Adams said in a statement to Music Radar .
Branded by Gibson initially as “Min-ETune” and then as “G FORCE, ” the Powertune system is designed to automatically tune strings via a servo motor within each machine head. It made its Gibson debut in 2007, but only in 2015 did it become a standard component in the company’s s.
It didn’t stick. Players found G FORCE unnecessary, over-complicated and a little wonky; many even paid to remove the system from their six-strings. And so the system was gradually dropped over the years, only appearing on a few of Gibson’s 2018 models.
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