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A cool gimmick but a gimmick none-the-less...still, might be useful for some...

http://www2.gibson.com/Memory-Cable.aspx
Inspiration is fragile. Remember those songs you lost when you couldn’t record an idea in time, the great riff that came and went, or the computer crash that trashed a fantastic solo?

The Memory Cable™ would have remembered—it’s your personal backup service that runs constantly in the background. This premium, 16-foot cable has a built-in, solid-state recorder designed by TASCAM’s engineers. Plug the cable into your guitar, press a button, and the cable records everything you play. It’s that simple.

If you play something you really like, press a button to close the existing file and start recording a new one. That way you’ll always know your best inspirations are at the file’s end.

Total recording time is over 13 continuous hours with the included 4GB microSD card, but a second mode can record only while you’re playing. The uncompressed, WAV-format files feature 44.1kHz, 16-bit resolution; thanks to the studio-quality A/D converters, if you record a “keeper” you can bring the file into any recording software, then build the song from there.
    great idea ...but imagine the okes who brainstormed this idea...they musta been geroook.....

    great idea though
      im trying to figure how this is different from a looper?
      Its as expensive as one...
        It would be different because it is always plugged in and always recording. Imagine you are having an improv jam with the band, you play a lick you like, you click a switch, and then you know that lick is stored at the end of the last track.
        It's for when you're jamming by yourself and you come up with something cool, but you're worried you wont remember it...ah hang on, my cable remembers it!

        I don't know the cost of these things, I would expect around R1k, and I reckon it could be a very awesome tool.
        If I played my eletcrics more I reckon I would get one for sure, luckily, my phone works perfectly for capturing ideas on my acoustic.
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