We had a lot of fun at the Musikmesse in Frankfurt. We met a lot of cool people and got to show off the TronicalTune to anyone curious enough to stop by. On the off chance you didn’t get to make it to our booth, don’t fret, you can watch how Chris was interviewed by the awesome people from delamar (with a nice demonstration of course). Now we know its not the same as getting to see it in person, but here is the video of the interview along with what else the folks at delamar thought of the TronicalTune. Enjoy!   …

Our Min-ETune guitars have arrived – do they work? Gibson’s Min-ETune system is the latest take on mechanical self tuning for electric and acoustic guitars. The headstock-mounted gears are the next generation of the company’s ‘Robot’ technology, and appear on the new Tribute Les Paul and SG models. The whole Min-ETune system – tuners included – sits on a thin black rectanglular plate that covers most of the rear of the peghead. The ‘brain’ is the centre section and sits between the tuners. It adds a little extra weight but not enough to unbalance the instrument. In fact our reviewers …

Gibson Firebird X review: A digital guitar for the 21st century Not all digital guitars are game controllers. Gibson’s Firebird X is a real guitar with a chameleon-like ability to drastically alter its sound with digital effects, and even automatically tune itself with the flick of a string. In rock music, innovations take a long time. The first electric guitars that actually stayed in tune and worked well for stage performance were produced in the 1950s, and the basic design – fretboard, pick-ups, tuning knobs, a quarter-inch jack – has not changed much in the last 60 years. The Gibson …

First Gibson’s new Firebird X has found favor in the guitar press, and now the technology media have given the revolutionary guitar the thumbs up with TechCrunch proclaiming, “from a tech standpoint – it’s pretty darn wild.” Elsewhere in the tech community, CNET.com says: “I have a Gibson guitar. I have to tune it myself. It doesn’t have onboard effects. I can’t load third-party apps onto it. My guitar is so old-fashioned, it has a hole in the top for the sound to get out. In short, it’s no Firebird X.” Gizmodo.com’s headline announces that the guitar is: “Packed with Loads …

Let’s face it: carrying gear on the road is a pain. Anything that minimizes the load of guitars, effects and amps that needs to be piled in the van by Joe Roaddog and his bandmates before he hits the highway for Hackensack is a positive. And for the working road warrior, that’s Job One for the Firebird X. It’s great to rave about the revolutionary guitar’s on-board effects, its fast neck, the lightweight body, its electro-acoustic properties and lightning speed microprocessor technology. But what really counts for a working musician is practicality. What the Firebird X offers in all those functions …