Tronical Powertune = Guitar revolution?
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Noumenon
Obsidian Productions
kinda old news, but still pretty cool.
a bit expensive though
I could buy a new nice guitar for that.
a bit expensive though
I could buy a new nice guitar for that.
Metal Overload
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if you've ever had a producer that makes you tune after every take, you could begin to appreciate the value of this over time in the studio.
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Sloan
Sounds like shit!
Dude, have you seen Gibson ripping this junk off? They call it their new "POWERTUNE" system. Wtf is that. It looks exactly like the Tronical system and may be liscensed, but who knows.
Kazrog
Kazrog, Inc.
I wouldn't trust it to keep up with aggressive playing or to properly stretch the strings. Waste of time/money.
Well is it meant to adjust on the fly, as your playing? I thought the implication there was that you have to pull the pot out and let it do its thing...which means that your paying $500 to avoid the "hassle" of unplugging yourself from an amp and plugging into a tuner...oh yeah, and turning the tuners yourself, god forbid
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Jarkko Mattheiszen
The FU guy.
The long-haired creep on the video said "even Gibson - GIBSON - GIIIBSOOON, THE BIG GUYS DROOL DROOL - are on board", so Gibson just probably uses Tronical's product in their guitars. Don't think it's a ripoff.
Sloan
Sounds like shit!
I figured they worked with Tronical on it, but from the press release, they were kind of acting like they invented the whole thing by themselves. I did just find a press release that mentions more about Tronical though. On the Gibson email I got, I don't think Tronical was mentioned even once.
Sloan
Sounds like shit!
TheDude
Jocke Skog
Gibson works with Tronical. I have a SG with them on. Quite amazing actually. It tunes to a 0.2 cent accuracy, which is like... perfect.
Kazrog
Kazrog, Inc.
I realize that - what I mean is - a lot of guys just tune their strings up to pitch and then go - which doesn't stretch the strings out enough, and then they end up sounding out of tune within seconds. The PowerTune seems to just tune the strings up to pitch - which is only half the battle. When I tune, I give the strings a lot of bends and really make sure all the excess tension has dissipated. I suppose you could do that between "power" tunings, however, it seems like this device would inspire players to just assume the guitar is in tune and ready.
iekobrid
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I would hope that the sticker price would be enough to weed out players with lazy thinking, but you never know...
