Re: OT: Check out the Robot Guitar!

[stanitarium@earthlink.net]

this idea been done way back in the nineties-jimmy page et al.
http://transperformance.com/test/f_jim.html

-----Original Message-----
>From: Paul Richards <paulrichard_rocks@yahoo.com>
>Sent: Jan 13, 2008 7:36 PM
>To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>Subject: Re: OT: Check out the Robot Guitar!
>
>(the idea had some to me some years back and I figured it was just a 
>matter 
>of time since a lot of people will pay just for convenience because
> they have too much money. )
>   
>  There are SO many guitar-oriented products out now. Many seem 
>appealing. Many seem absurd. I'm a sucker for many of them (i.e. Big 
>Bends Nut Sauce, Ernie Ball "Guitar Wipes").
>   
>  I was thinking of developing a product like the "Little Fretty" except 
>it would attach to ones automobile steering wheel so one could limber up 
>while in traffic. :)
>   
>  Paul
>
>Bob Weigel <sounddoctorin@imt.net> wrote:
>  Hehe...I mean in terms of the 'nobody you would want to listen to'.. 
>possibly. .We were talking about Phil Keaggy before and one of the 
>things that I really enjoy is the way he so smoothly pulls tuning 
>changes in the midst of a performance. The whole organic aspect of a 
>man interacting with his instrument proficiently just makes the 
>performance more enjoyable to me.
>
>But I think the whole idea is...with the Robo you can just hit a button 
>while you are playing the thing and have it go drop D tuning for 
>instance. And I'm sure ruin the company or not..they'll make a bunch of 
>money on the idea :-). I personally don't have plans to get one but the 
>idea had some to me some years back and I figured it was just a matter 
>of time since a lot of people will pay just for convenience because they 
>have too much money. And others will see some performance advantage to 
>it.. -Bob
>
>Chris Sewell wrote:
>
>> Leave it to Gibson to waste their time on useless innovation. Who 
>> can't tune a guitar? Certainly nobody you would want to listen to. I 
>> don't get the Digital one either. So it sends out 6 different signals, 
>> What are you supposed to do with that? It doesn't have midi like every 
>> other Hex pickup. 
>> Henry whats-his-face is ruining that company. 
>> On Jan 12, 2008, at 4:54 PM, Paul Richards wrote:
>>
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