Fret-King Self-Tuning Guitar!

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Hi Guys

I came across this latest Fret-King design by Trevor Wilkinson and thought it was pretty cool!

Self Tuning Guitar!

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BluJu

Very cool. Prefer this one to that gibson auto tuning guitar.

singemonkey

We've posted on this before. It does seem great. Can't wait until the bridge is available as a stand-alone unit.

VellaJ

That's pretty awesome! But I now have 2 questions; Price, and reliability...

Ok I'm guessing price isn't dirt cheap, but I would hope it isn't stratospheric. Anyone have any idea?
And reliability? What are the chances of something going wrong on stage? I hope their microchip isn't powered by Microsoft, cos that stuff will crash ?

Norman86

wow... bo more having to tune your own guitar or set intonation?
it does it all for you?! do i understand correctly?

singemonkey

the more exciting prospect is how quickly and accurately it can change tunings. And all in an elegant, discreet unit - unlike the Gibson approach. I'd definitely consider putting one of these bridges in my Pacifica.

Keira-WitherKay

? mmmmmm and pretty soon they'll make a guitar that one does not need to even play just select a song and press start ...... ?
yes i'm being very sarcastic ' ........

for me guitars (well the classic designs) are perfect .

anyway learning to tune .and listening to if your guitar loses tuning while you play is part of being a musician and trains your ear ........and i would bet many famous recordings are slightly outa tune in parts which also give the music character .......

i even believe john lennon used to ever so slightly detune his G string in beatle recordings so his aunt could hear what parts he was playing .be that true or urban legend i don't know...... but i do know many classic recording are seldom perfect when it comes to tuning