transperformance self tuning guitars

[MiniMurray]

http://transperformance.com/

these are some creative uses taken from their website:

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Touch-[/FONT][FONT=Geneva, Helvetica, Arial][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]up tuning in seconds with a single strum[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Adjust pitch to match a vocal range or prerecorded source[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Adjust rate of change to match the tempo of a song[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Up to 240 custom tunings[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]144 pre-set tunings[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Compensates for neck warp, strings settling, temperature and humidity[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Change tunings at the touch of a button or footswitch[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Works with a capo[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Copy and insert capabilities[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Go wireless with battery power (optional)[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Hands-free use with footswitch (optional)[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]We can install The Performer™ in your guitar or provide a guitar.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Performer™ can be installed in any Gibson Les Paul or Fender Telecaster. Custom installations in other guitars may also be available.[/FONT]

there's some vid here too:

http://www.youtube.com/selftuning

pretty wild huh!

 

[Metallicat180]

Wow, that's very cool!!

 

[Archmagician]

Its cool, but at $3,300 to install the puppy, I think I will pass!

 

[spideyjg]

Save an obscene amount of cash and get a Peterson Strobostomp or Strobo flip tuner. Best damn portable tuner out there.

I use mine all the time and you can check your intonation all the way up the neck. It will display the note and whether sharp or flat at any position.

True bypass so it doesn't suck tone like the typical stomp tuner does. Gets the bass gear geek's highest recommendation. Works equally well on geetars.

Don't want to plug into it? Use the nifty clip on mic.

It has switch that can be flipped to constantly monitor. That will show any flaws when playing fretless. It can be embarassing.

Strobo flip....

Strobo Stomp....

Jim

 

[Schmidt_Rubin]

That's pretty cool, I used to have a Steinberger Trans-Trem bass, it was nice but took a while to intonate.

 

[RoboCaster]

I saw Jimmy Page endorsing this a couple years ago; however, I like tremolo’s and there are only a small amount of tuning variations needed for heavy metal, so the best benefit would be the guitar keeping itself in tune with temperature changes.

 

[Archmagician]

Jimmy Page is using this in a gold Les Paul on the "No Quarter" DVD! I was watching it a few days ago, when I noticed it and thought of this thread! LOL

I was thinking well yeah he can afoord it but definitely not me!

 

[MiniMurray]

I saw Jimmy Page endorsing this a couple years ago; however, I like tremolo’s and there are only a small amount of tuning variations needed for heavy metal, so the best benefit would be the guitar keeping itself in tune with temperature changes.

i like trems too - and beyond programming it for a slow dive lol and then a slow return back it wouldn't really suffice huh. yeah and i agree, i was sold on the guitar being able to stay in tune no matter what - that in itself has been a nightmare for me onstage - cold outdoors, hot lights on stage, freezing airplane rides in the belly of the beast, unforgiving luggage handlers, plus my heavy handed playing - OI - my poor boss tuner, i've stomped on it so many times i bent the screw in piece to the battery compartment.
hey but being able to use one guitar for multiple tunings - i've had to use at least 5 onstage (not with just one band but close!) and i've only messed around with open tunings for slide and acoustic at home. i think i could justify the cost - what's that 7 500 dollar guitars? hahahha!

 

[RoboCaster]

i like trems too - and beyond programming it for a slow dive lol and then a slow return back it wouldn't really suffice huh. yeah and i agree, i was sold on the guitar being able to stay in tune no matter what - that in itself has been a nightmare for me onstage - cold outdoors, hot lights on stage, freezing airplane rides in the belly of the beast, unforgiving luggage handlers, plus my heavy handed playing - OI - my poor boss tuner, i've stomped on it so many times i bent the screw in piece to the battery compartment.
hey but being able to use one guitar for multiple tunings - i've had to use at least 5 onstage (not with just one band but close!) and i've only messed around with open tunings for slide and acoustic at home. i think i could justify the cost - what's that 7 500 dollar guitars? hahahha!

Yea you really notice the strings changing when you play outside whether it be sunlight or stage lights. But have you ever played outside in the freezing ass cold? I mean like below 50 degrees, in the lower 40’s? I used to try to warm up, but I found out that the cold helped my play better in that if forced me to relax my fretting hand, this and that your strings sound better ice cold; weird, but true.

It costs too much for me too, so I got to stick with cheaper guitars.

 

[spideyjg]

i like trems too - and beyond programming it for a slow dive lol and then a slow return back it wouldn't really suffice huh.

Ummmm, Sara why not have a hardtail or blocked trem guitar for the songs that do not need any trem on them? Switch to the trem guitar when needed to minimize tuning hassles.

I can beat the piss out of a bass and the tuning barely drifts after the strings have settled.
However I think you may beat the guitar a bit harder than I do a bass.

Jim

 

[MiniMurray]

Ummmm, Sara why not have a hardtail or blocked trem guitar for the songs that do not need any trem on them? Switch to the trem guitar when needed to minimize tuning hassles.

Jim

my sg does this too

 

[spideyjg]

my sg does this too

I see why the Vertigo guy said if the guitar could survive your playing it could survive anything.

You are a maniac up there on stage Sara, don't change a thing.

Jim

 

[nlukes]

Gigging has become alot more fun for me when I decided to give up on playing a whammy bar guitar onstage. I just change the strings on a strat and about 10 minutes later am ready to go. I got sick of the aggravation before every gig and the constant tuning at the gig. The swearing at my guitar wasn't worth it to me anymore . Now it is straight vanilla baby!

 

[MiniMurray]

Gigging has become alot more fun for me when I decided to give up on playing a whammy bar guitar onstage. I just change the strings on a strat and about 10 minutes later am ready to go. I got sick of the aggravation before every gig and the constant tuning at the gig. The swearing at my guitar wasn't worth it to me anymore . Now it is straight vanilla baby!

aha you make it sound like heaven did you find your style of playing changed? like replacing the chocolate chips with real vanilla bean?

 

[nlukes]

Style of playing change?... Nah.. I don't think that Joe Brewski cares whether or not any whammy action is going on... Musicians notice..but they are going to be critical anyhow. However, Joe Brewski is usually the majority in attendance at bars ......A sweep pick here or there can satisfy the thrill seekers and the guitar stays in tune!

Now for the chocolate chip versus vanilla... Yeah, vanilla is pretty boring eh?

 

[MiniMurray]

joe brewski hehhehehe - i know him - good point! and no! vanilla is not boring! hehehe! especially sweeps! yeah i was mostly curious about vibrato - while i don't use the bar for it, i've seen alot of players grab it for that technique. also, when i got my sg i definately noticed how much i reach for that bag of tricks - the half note dip in a phrase or when your lost you wank it. those kinda chocolate chips! made me rethink my technique - like where i was going and how to end, cuz i couldn't rely on whammy tricks.

 

[nlukes]

joe brewski hehhehehe - i know him - good point! and no! vanilla is not boring! hehehe! especially sweeps! yeah i was mostly curious about vibrato - while i don't use the bar for it, i've seen alot of players grab it for that technique. also, when i got my sg i definately noticed how much i reach for that bag of tricks - the half note dip in a phrase or when your lost you wank it. those kinda chocolate chips! made me rethink my technique - like where i was going and how to end, cuz i couldn't rely on whammy tricks.

Ok thanks for explaining what you mean. Don't get me wrong, I love the way all of that crazy whammy bar stuff sounds, but for me the tuning problems were just too time consuming. I like alot of the natural vibrato stuff like what guitarists such as Slash and the ZZ Top guy use. Just making the note sing with natural vibrato and going for the heart . Sara, you also come from a bluesy background so I am sure you can relate to what I am saying.

 

[RoboCaster]

Some songs like Lochness require the use of the whammy bar the whole time, giving the notes that spongy texture and playing in two keys.

They used the whammy bar the whole time, this way you can play it a full semi-tone offset and more depending on the passage, but you then can vary the key at the bottom end voice overs during the main rhythm. This gives the notes that spongy texture; this technique continues through most of the soloing too.

So it's not always used just for making squirrelly sounds, but if you never heard Lochness (Priest), then I say, it's a master's piece, it's kinda' like Maiden in that this aint shallow musical composition.

 

[ah87ts]

I've seen this stuff at a NAMM show in Nashville. Very neat to watch the thing work. Kind of like playing a robot or something. Have to have some money. You take a guitar that already is expensive and then add that whole thing into it. From what I remember it is a fairly major guitar mod. Lots of routing and losing a lot of wood.