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Putting A Robot In Your Guitar.(The Technologist; MUSIC)(Brief article)
Byline: Brian Braiker
Few words in the English language deliver quite the frisson of robot -- except, perhaps, guitar. Now those two words have come together, like chocolate and peanut butter, in Gibson's first-ever self-tuning Robot Guitar. Using technology from the German company Tronical, Gibson modified its classic Les Paul to adjust itself to one of six preset tunings. Pull out the "master control knob" and strum; the knob lights up as a computer embedded in the back of the guitar measures each string's pitch. The tuning pegs turn by themselves, making a robotic whirring sound that enhances the wow ...
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