Self-tuning guitars to appear soon
October 2nd, 2007
Tuning a guitar can be quite a pain in the ass, but Gibson Guitar could soon relegate that inconvenience to a thing of the past. Dubbed the “Powertune” system, it features piezoelectric sensors that are mounted right below the strings designated for the tuning process. These tuning pickups are connected to digital signal-processing electronics within the guitar body itself.
As the strings are played, the Powertune processor compares their actual frequencies with the desired notes and sends instructions — tighten the string this much, loosen the string by that much — to tuning pegs equipped with strong, tiny servo motors mounted on the back of the guitar’s head. Because onstage interference could potentially degrade a wireless signal, the system uses the strings themselves to send the signal.
What do you think of this development? Is it a godsend for folks who use different tunings for different songs, or is it plainly an inexcusable crutch for sloppy players?
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