The World's First Robot Guitar - Training

[KyleAB5000]

No Matter how awesome this guitar is, or how smart it is, it will never replace The Regular Electric guitar

[TnTMusic64]

its evil!!

[fey1337]

wow... I'd rather tune my guitar by myself :D

[faried3]

I wonder how heavy that guitar is.

[markus18laine]

@faried3 it is lighter :D i tried one

[ProIntervention]

is this really how lazy our world is getting?

[sycox7]

i really want that guitarr the noise is awesome

[duracellaltoids]

I can't be doing with all this new fangled stuff, all we want is a quality instrument at a premium which is achievable. Stringing, tuning and intonating is all part of what owning a guitar is about, just as much as playing the damn thing

[anahowana]

DAMN!!!! this is black magic!!!

[DominikDays]

whats the song at 0:43

[almostblind21]

What the hell happened to tuning by ear? this is nonsense. of course i doubt a beginner is going to shell out 5000 bucks for this. so experienced players will most likely have it but still. besides i suck when it comes to using technology. its really hard to use.

[quainhankid14]

@almostblind21 how can anybody becomes a experienced guitarist while they can't tune their guitar by ear ?

[KZ4USA]

Why guitar players are afraid of technology I can't fugure out. Synth keyboard

players embrace technology like the new KRONOS just coming out.

I guess alot of the players in here bitching just play in standard tuning and maybe drop D.

Come on get with it. I guess you would still be using your floppy disk and not use

USB memory sticks too.

[quainhankid14]

@KZ4USA God, it's a guitar, not a USB,cellphone,or laptop. How about using plastic to make guitar ? It's lighter, last longer ? 

[LaurieBuchananMusic]

It's a good idea...but I think after 9 years of playing a normal guitar, I'd miss the good ol' Human VS Guitar fight when you get that string which never quite sounds in tune and you forever mess around tuning it up or down to get it perfect ;D

[TheBlackOctane]

Gibson went straight into the money on this :-/

[noislegacy]

and its worthit... =)

[TheBlackOctane]

@noislegacy no its not, your obviously not a true guitar enthusiast as I am, this guitar is ROBOT its not a guitar, its just fucking electronics with an amazing shape that should remain a Les Paul, not a robot. its ridiculas

[hatehomework]

not even a real guitar anymore

[b100dyf1ngerz]

wow its kinda scary it looks really complicated to operate..........

[darmverstopping123]

omg get a REAL guitar

im so pissed of that gibson makes these things

no and in not jaluse

[guiesseppe]

@darmverstopping123 i know, i mean how could you be jealous, you cant even spell it...

[darmverstopping123]

@guiesseppe haha im not english

thats why i cant write in english

real guitar players understand why im pissed of

[phatbirdy3689]

I WANT 1 =]

[ps3fanforever]

This guitar is somewhat good for students and people that want to learn how to play guitar in a way. It tunes up for itself, that can be handy for someone to know and remember the exact sound the string is supposed to make for each tuning mode.

I think this and all robot guitars are great, they just need to be less shown. I mean, Gibson needs to stop making only robot guitars for a time and anounce more regular guitars. But am fine with these type of guitars.

[CodyCorley]

This is just crazy! When does the model with cup holders come out??

[shazi95]

does this guitar come with an mp3 player???????

[mysterioman23]

I bet who ever hold this guitar and plays it will never tune the same again.

[therealredbeardrob]

simply incredible!

[MrFlowers]

Sonny Landreth uses one of these on tour so that he doesn't have to take 6 or 7 guitars with different tunings with him. I bet his guitar tech loves it..

[atisaskiskotta]

uhh.

[xTheEmoOctopusx]

Mygod.. O.o

[esinger3141]

Let's be clear. This is in no way the world's first robotic guitar. It is the world's first commercially available guitar with robotic (servo) tuning. The LEMUR GuitarBot was completed in 2002, and others before us have created robotic guitars. See video at lemurbots (dot) org

[PsycReaper]

what if you want to play in drop C?

[marka702]

nooooooooooooooooooooobie guitar

[burnsometrashcans]

i think its a good idea.

of course the most amazing gibson guitars dont have this feature and of course, a player that could afford this technology might be able to tune by ear but imagine a concert situation with lots of songs in lots of different tunings. i think this would be the more elegant solution than bringing six guitars, changing and retuning after every song.

my opinion

[mawsterin]

Impresionate invento, y peligroso que somos muy vagos... ty dentro de unos años no sabremos ni afinar sin el aparatito xDDD

[nate6088]

i think the next model wil make milkshakes too!

[TheTisstass]

I think this is crap.

Destroy a beautiful instrument with that technology! Gibson is best without all that technologic stuff! Its sad that people can destroy a instrument like that!

Im totally agreed with Reachinghope! The old fashion way is the best way!

[LittleEmoBoy001]

how old are you? 90? get over it.

[Annira123]

sieht für mich irgendwie fast komplizierter aus als ohne diesem technick schnick schnack xD ... naja, nur das stimmen is echt cool haha...

[crazycarboy]

SWEEEEEEEEET, i so want one of those :P

[14ax2]

too bad they're so fucking ugly

[cameronm100]

that is so cool

[Reachinghope]

I'll stick to tuning guitar by ear.

[PearSquareProduction]

christ all u hav 2 do iz buy a cheaper regular les paul and a $15 KORG tuner

[DuendeBimbo]

its an excellent idea and a piece of technology but real expensive ........

[gunforhirenz]

it doesn;t take into fact that you need to stretch a new set of strings once you've put them on.. or no matter if you tune up your guitar will go out of tune.. it all seems a bit gimmicky..on a cheap guitar for a new player I can see its great potential.. but for a serious player- the kind that could afford this kind of thing.. it just seems pointless. like they have hit the wrong end of the market. are gibson trying to clutch at technology in the wrong way?

[arsenalfanforlife]

its easier to change strings with a normal lp, to much technology, u should be able to hear when ur guitar is in tune

[musicismostoflife]

what is the cost of that guitar?

[theodorex58]

woah so amazing

but i don't want hear about the prize .......

i know that things very expensive

[arsenalfanforlife]

3000

[jegoll]

lol, a gibson without that gadget costs about 7000usd

[surffiend757]

whats next robotic strumming. americans are so fucking lazy to pay an extra $1000 for this.

[DrumaDudeOfFury]

wicked but ill stick with my guitar

[maikeru01]

i heard that this thing is a piece of shit

[vikingraider1]

NIce idea on the intonation setting, makes setting up the guitar a whole lot easier

[RoboTekno]

omg, freaking sweet

[RainbowShaker]

DAMN !......anyone of u guys here tried it ?

A friend of mine says it would be shitty but man...that looks awesome !!

[hilldominator27]

fucking amazing.

[jannier00]

is wonderfull!!!!!

[Preppybee]

how much would the cost of this be

[Newtgrass]

unbelievable !... that is awesome...

[cremastico]

una bola de pendejos , que ya no quieren ni gastar tiempo en afinar sus guitarras, claro asi tendran mas tiempo para comer basura y ver la t.v.

[olavurl]

AWSOME

[classicrockonly]

thats interesting and awesome

[Alvafan1977]

i`m gonna buy this guitar and strum it,put it on the other side of the room and watch it tune itself!

[Forronavarro]

and that.... is why fender sucks ass

[classicrockonly]

y does fender suck ass? (gibson is better)

[sifs4]

I personally do generally prefer gibson to fender yes, but how the fuck can you say Fender sucks ass, the self tuning part just btw really isn't gibson, yes gibson agreed to incorperate this into their model but they didn't invent it. Fender is a sweet brand and they make sweet guitars, yes i like the lp better then the strat but there is some stuff that's better on a strat. Gibson is an Awesome brand and fender is too. My point, you sir., FAIL. and btw fender basses' are BETTER!

[funnywawa]

absolutely f-a-n-t-a-s-t-i-c

[DreidMusicalX]

Looks like alot of work to put on a string, then if it breaks again for some off the wall reason? I would just rather have a normal guitar I think. It would be cool for recording I guess?

[LilReaper1010]

does it come in a lefty?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[monkeyx17]

oh my god!!!!! the noise it makes while its turning.. that would wreck my head!

[jacktharippares]

oh that with the string popping in place is a good thing i allways cut my fingers when putting on the thin strings =/

[eyesadrifter]

what kind of sorcery is this

WITCH I SAY WITCH BURN HIM!!

[muerto60]

AWSOME MAN BUT VERY COMPLECATED

[guitarfreak223]

shit wtf wholl by that it looked pretty complecated to me... oh well

[MiladAbedi]

1-heavy

2-expensive

3-harder to use compared to VG

+VG provides extra modes(humbucking, telecaster, etc.) and for those who doesnt like technology, VG's toys can be bypassed and hence the guitar performs like a normal strat.....

[hannesdude]

dude freeze it on 1:27 does that tuning knob say fender XD

[fredto1]

it say "Tronical" the german company that made the tuning system.

[hannesdude]

aaaah okay XD lawl coowl thnx XD

[jivadev]

yeah I have thought about that too years ago

I just didn't have the knowledge to actually make this...

its a dream come true! and a logical next step...

[Bullet4MyValentinex3]

Haha, wow :)

[flipskate01]

even though it's lazy its pretty neat.

[speedshadow69]

fuck that dude, this guitar is definatly worth the $2500. i mean come on, its a fucking lp. thats cheap for a paul.

[isthisit15]

I swear the world's getting lazier. I bet theyll make a guitar that plays for u!

[OXxSHAD0WxXO]

its called guitar hero

[shavingryansprivate]

thats so cool!! the idea of never spending time to tune your guitar again!! :D when do theese come to europe?

[sowhatt68]

Great stuff. Funny thing is that while they try to make it look cool with the audio samples (open tunning), the examples sound like shit..loll. Thought I could expect more from them. (even if the only critic is about audio examples...)

[swimmist11]

I actually just met someone who has this, he says only 5000 were ever made, he says it just sounds beautiful

so people, if you dont like it dont bitch about it, its a pretty cool little feature you must admit

[CFH16]

The only thing good that comes out of this guitar is you don't have to worry about going through each string and tuning it manually which takes some time every once awhile but thats about all it will be good for other then that not worth a ton of money and the finish is Spleh!

[DaneTheMusicGuy]

That's awesome, I want one. Obviously with a better finish though. It'd probably weigh more than a regular Les Paul too... which is already heavy.

[shavingryansprivate]

Yeah.. its a cool system, but a pretty ugly guitar..:P

[chelornr]

no seas bala! si no la podes levantar tampoco podes rokear... comprate un violin o dedicate a otra cosa!!!

[DaneTheMusicGuy]

huh

[johndarkuno]

wooo k guitarra tan xida y practika

hey this guitar is fantastic n_n

[hrpuffnstuff]

"eh this is great but, it kinda takes the essence outta bein a guitarist! i like the idea n all just will rock n roll lose its rock?"

Ummm I can tune a guitar but can't play it well so maybe just maybe the essence of rock and roll is actually playing the guitar and that tuning is a mechanical process devoid of any artistic creativity? I don't believe I have seen any albums with artists tuning their guitars but rather playing them. Eddie V tunes his guitar cd?

[tenbitbob]

What happens if you forget to push the knob back in and then start playing? Will the guitar fight you? I'd like to see that... man vs machine. No contest really for fast metal soloers especially. those servo motors would not stand a chance.

[jweanis18]

what are you talking about? playing metal solos would do nothing to the servos. If playing metal doesn't ruin normal machine heads then it wouldn't ruin the motorized one. And anyways,playing metal, at least correctly, would put much less stress on the strings and tuners than hard strumming chords and such.

[locdogg789]

if u dont like it just dont buy one, gosh

[FourStringGibson]

yeh this is great but, it kinda takes the essence outta bein a guitarist! i like the idea n all just will rock n roll lose its rock?

[B3nz1mon]

I don't understand what you mean.

[VintageSunburstIV]

i think what he means is that the future might rely on advanced robotic tech to rock,

[GiovanniAv]

One step further to the mediocre musician!! Beware of this shit!!!

[mdskewes]

i'm in love!

[delpadres]

Technology is rad. Embrace it. I love Jimi Hendrix for how he played - not for how proficient a tuner he was (or wasn't)... I couldn't give a shit if he even knew how to tune a guitar! Long live "Gigantor"!!

[2gloworm2]

To all you complainers saying that only tuning by ear is the only way to go, and that this new technology is worthless, then get your head out of your butt. I bet you drive a car that has heat and air instead of a coat and rolled down windows, and you have power windows instead of crank ones, power door locks instead of manual ones, and you have multidisc cd players instead of single cd players, power down convertible tops instead of manual ones....get the picture yet?

[RoC1909]

Awesome post!!! Owned a bunch of these short-sighted pieces of shit.

[DocHelliday]

haha i actually have no air, manual windows, power nothing, single cd players...and do have to wear a coat in the car when its too cold....and i still think this takes the essence out of playing, learing about and being a true player. I mean if your ready to invest $2,000+ in a guitar lets all hope you know how to F***ing tune it!

[JosephBruk14Chelsea]

gibson guitars are just like ai dream!!! could u gimme some lessons? ;D

[MetalJungle]

This is not the most rock n roll guitar ive ever seen, but hell it is smart

[olystercrowley]

Transperformance guitar existed way before this ... this is so not a "world premiere" ... and the transperformance works all the time so you're never out of tune. With this one it seems that once the guitar is in tune, you push back the button till the next tuning need. The only advantage of this one is that the motors are in the headstock instead of being in the bridge so you get a "wider" range of tones. Look for transperformance guitar to see what I mean. Jimmy Page has a transperformance.

[girlymantin]

it's just a studio that can tune itself, $1500 more isn't not worth it if you could just tune it yourself.

Save $1500 every time!

[capnrockabilly]

Older musicians who tuned by ear probably felt this way when everyone started using electronic tuners. I hope this doesn't become that commonplace over the years, it really makes me sad. But there's probably a much bigger market for lazy and/or unskilled guitarists than for serious musicians. I don't see how Gibson will avoid getting a reputation as the incompetent guitarist's friend but hey, they know what they're doing money-wise

[rinkutachi]

omfg!!

[cornpopsandacid]

this has to be the worst idea ever. if you own a gibson you should be able to tune your own god damn guitar. watch, in forty years well have musicans that cant even tune their guitars and written music will be replaced with numbers and tabs

[delpadres]

Written music... what's that?

[greendaysimpleplan18]

HOLY SMOKE! can someone lend me 2500 dollars¿

[serkmaster]

Oha daha yeni Transformers ı izledim akabinde bu,oha,Megatron çıkar bir yerlerden yakında ,eli kulağında,vaaleyyyyy!!!!!!

[dbqguy47]

I own Gibsons now but I'm choosing a VG Strat over this model. I think the modeler adds some nice effects that you don't get with the Robot.

[davani09]

if it was a strat i'd buy it...

[unixstud]

I have one of these and they are awesome, played rock and roll all night by kiss one song, pushed the button, and was playing honky tonk women by the stones in a min. or less!!....No guitar change, didn't even tought a tuner!!!!!

As for the price....a studio (which is what the guitar part is) cost 1300, the "robot" kit costs about 500. (without install) so for a limited edition model that is basically a Gibson Custom, how the heck can anyone claim this is over priced!?!??!

[SOADrocks415]

$1,300? omg lol

[rickstarke]

studios still have bad necks and go out of tune quicker than you can finish a song, so thats not all that enticing.

[RedF430]

I gave a deposit last week and got it today, the guitar itself was $2,130 total. The after 5:00pm price really really made mine a bargain.

[beezelbub3]

Here's my 2 cents. I've been playing for over 20 years. Of course I can tune by ear. I play over 200 shows a year doing covers, corporate events etc. I'm constantly changing tuning, drop d tuning, even open g tuning. I can do it fast and even without hearing get very very close. It's difficult at times with the DJ playing full blast or crowd noise. This looks like a godsend. Especially since I only play Les Pauls.

[poop770]

I would only buy it if it was a robot bridge and intonated itself. Thats the real guitar player's hassle. I already know how to tune. They should have just made a bridge that turned itself the right number of turns to be intonated.

[samboson]

its only a matter of time, mister poop.

[ODST16]

patience, young grasshopper.

[guitarest]

Its a Gibson studio with a really ugly color and a gimic. If you want the same features and a fraction of the cost go with a Line6 Variax, then you get a banjo and loads of other sounds and tuning out of this world. Considering money you save buying a Line6 you can buy a amp and many 6 packs and have fun just flipping a switch and be in perfect tuning and the Line6 Guitar will also be perfect setup with all tunings; unlike the Gibson...

[trgarland]

how much does it cost

[Deftones86]

2500 plus another 900 for speacial equip.

so about your standard les paul price

[orangetoes223]

you should learn to tune by ear.

But I would still buy this guitar.

It's sweet.

[Petro67]

Amazing technology! To all those people saying you should be tuning by ear and so on, you should also be doing maths sums without a calculator, but no one bothers these days! It's called progress!

[capnrockabilly]

Still, I'd prefer the work of a serious mathemetician without a calculator, over the average high school graduate with one. Catch my drift? ;)

[jadjad51]

this guitar is the bomb!i wish i had it

[JedLuna]

nothing can beat the VG strat!

you can change tunings just by a turn of a knob...and master the controls in just 5 minutes.

[LesBuckethead]

nothing but the robot guitar...

[eligit]

i wonder if there is a special neon button on the back that makes the guitar smash itself over the person's head who was silly enough to purchase such a lame thing.

all i can say is....if you are seriously thinking of buying this chintzy piece of computerized garbage....you should maybe just stick with the "guitar hero" video game and call it a day.

i keed....i keed.

[LesBuckethead]

you fucking bitch

[ltsarge559]

fucking sick

[jacmeade]

So you buy it, take it out of the box, pull the knob, give it a strum, watch the machine heads spin, squeal with delight, get bored, change the knob to an alternate tuning, strum, squeal and then what? The amazing, technologically advanced features of it seem to take about ten seconds to do there thing and after about an hour of watching that I'm sure it loses it's novelty. It is cool but it's still just a toy. P.S. Tuning by ear is good for you and it drives the chicks wild.

[slump1]

If anyone could tune by ear, they would.

[Sardone777]

...I can tune by ear. Many people can tune by ear. Relative pitch can be learned, plus once you have it, it's so easy to transfer to other musical aspects.

[LesBuckethead]

wow ur acting like people buy this guitar to watch it tune itself, you buy it to play it dumbfuck

[jacmeade]

Nonsense, you buy this guitar because you have more money than sense. So I'd imagine you're going to be getting a couple, Les.

And slump1, that's the sort of defeatist attitude that Gibson is hoping for to sell as many of these as possible. Anyone can tune by ear. It just takes practice.

There are no shortcuts to anything in this life. Learn to accept it. And learn to tune your guitar by yourself.

[jewboy13z]

well said

[richguy9331]

omfg, this guitar is so fuckin awsome.

[paraguayrules]

I´m going to start saving money to get one, so i´m gonna buy it in 2057 :(

[MetallicGod07]

$2030. I almost cried when someone told me the price. :'(

[MetallicGod07]

amazing. I love you Gibson! \,,\(^o^)/,,/

[flammablice]

man this is so weird, it's cool, i just hope they don't make one where u just think the song, and the guitar plays it, then there's no fun it playing anymore!

[matymetal]

next step: the guitar that plays itself :P

Just wondering, is the system enough "intelligent" to detect open tunings?

[snir911]

there is a guitar tht plays itself O:

GuitarHero O:

[matymetal]

MEGALOL

I downloaded Frets on fire and still have loads of fun

my querty keyboard hates me, thou.

check my channel if you like metal! just one video by now, though.

[rachaelpachel]

Wow, that is really something, LOL, falls into the category of "what will they think of next?". With all the intricate electronics in there, I wonder how it handles hitting the road every week for onstage/live use? It will be interesting to read some user reviews once it has been out for a while. Cool idea kudos to the Gibson wizards!!!

[oldboy911]

How much is this going to be? Anyone know? I couldn't find the price on website....

[Lanish1990]

Well, don't expect any cheap price on that..

[randomite88]

price on the site: $2499

[JimboWizbo]

Can't wait for the guitar that just plays the songs and all you have to do is stand there saying "look at me I have a guitar, I must be talented"

[fungasuta]

*sigh*

dear oh dear, are people really incapable of tuning up? C'mon...

btw that noise it makes, highly annoying.

[menga111]

fuck you its sweet

[ibanezcrl]

Of course you can program own tunings.

[ivbastard]

Must have... :-P

[rockfreak611]

yeah. i heard you can set your own tunings, but you can restore it to the factory settings

[cremsh]

Lol.. i realy hope that you made a joke....

[FUCKtheMELANCHOLY]

this is awesome!!

It is a machine rather than musical instruments!!

[zab666]

how about different tunings? can they be programmed?

[MAC616]

@___@ *bonnnerrrr* thats a shweet guitar :D

[guitar5678910]

can you make a guitar that will improve my playing by pushing a button?

[supradude7891]

thats NEXT year.