The Gibson Robot Guitar was awarded with the prestigious “Best Music Hardware Award” at the BT Digital Music Awards 2008. Now in its seventh year, the awards ceremony was held at the Roundhouse in London on Wednesday, Oct. 1. The world’s first guitar with robotic technology, the Robot Guitar beat stiff competition from the Motorola ROKR E8 and Ripserver. The Best Mus ic Hardware Award in association with Stuff Magazine was decided upon by a panel of distinguished industry judges. The Robot was selected for its innovation, usability, style and price point, among other features. Gibson’s Robot Guitar eliminates tuning problems for guitarists. It automatically …

On December 7, 2007, Gibson will change the guitar world forever. Again. True to the spirit of innovation that inspired Gibson to invent the legendary Tune-o-matic bridge, the powerful humbucker, and the revolutionary Digital Les Paul, Gibson proudly presents the Gibson Robot Guitar—the world’s first guitar with robotic technology. Since the dawn of the instrument, musicians have come to accept the guitar’s imperfections and lack of tonal precision as necessary evils. Onstage and off, guitarists have fought to stay in tune. Every music lover and performer has had to suffer through the show—halting, mood-killing atonal droning of a loudly amped …

Gibson Guitar announced today the limited availability of the world’s first guitar with robotic technology, the Gibson Robot Guitar. True to the spirit of innovation that inspired Gibson to invent the legendary Tune-o-matic bridge, the powerful humbucker and the revolutionary HD.6X Pro digital Les Paul guitar, the Gibson Robot Guitar is set to make music industry history. Features: 1.The Gibson Robot Guitar eliminates tuning problems for guitarists. It automatically tunes to standard A440 tuning. 2.It also allows players to access six commonly used altered tuning presets at the push of a button. These tunings were used on many well-known hit …

Eine echte Stimmungskanone Nicht nur Kunstliebhaber wissen: Der Ton macht die Musik. Ungetrübter akustischer Genuss wird uns nur da zuteil, wo wir nicht dauernd das bestimmte Gefühl haben: „Hier stimmt aber etwas nicht.“ Für Gitarristen hat darum das regelmäßige Nachstimmen ihrer Saiten schon immer zum guten Ton gehört. Und es ist zugleich eine ewige Herausforderung gewesen. Schließlich genügen winzige Temperaturschwankungen, etwas energischere Spieltechniken oder auch nur leicht verschwitzte Finger auf dem Griffbrett, um die exakte Stimmung des Instruments und damit die Harmonie empfindlich zu gefährden. Die Ikone des mit verklärtem Gesichtsausdruck und schräg geneigtem Kopf lauschenden und sachte an den …