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Not About Tools, But Cool None-the-less
My favorite e-tail site (other than Tool King
of course) is Musician's Friend, a very popular supplier of musical instruments and related equipment. I was browsing around their site the other day and noticed quite possibly the coolest guitar I've ever seen.
It's called the Gibson Robot. This is what's a 21st century guitar looks like!
Not only does it's silver and blue finish look wicked cool, but it also has one high-tech feature that makes this guitar a one-of-a-kind. It actually tunes itself.
See that little knob with the red and blue LEDs? That's the controller for an integrated self-tuning system built into the guitar. You simply turn it to the desired tuning (there are 6 presets and you can create your own), strum a few times, and the guitar will automatically tune itself.
Each of the tuning pegs has a little servo motor integrated inside of it. They are connected to a computer in the body of the guitar which controls the entire self-tuning mechanism. The entire system is powered by a rechargeable battery pack accessible in the back of the guitar.
As is the case with most Gibson guitars, it's not cheap. MSRP is $2499, but Musician's Friend is advertising it for $2199. Still though, that's not much more than a regular high-end Gibson Les Paul model and you get quite possibly the coolest new guitar technology since the wah-wah pedal.
If you head over to Musician's Friend,
they even have a video demonstration of the guitar's self-tuning feature so you can see it for your own eyes. It really is pretty cool.
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