Self-tuning solid-body acoustic guitar....

gregorynicoll Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 89	Posted on Apr 18 2006 09:52 AM Not really surf-related, but so bizarre on several levels that I couldn't resist posting it here. Be sure to click through the various photos.... http://news.com.com/2300-11398_3-6062138-1.html?part=rss&tag=6062138&subj=news — GREGORY NICOLL, Southern Surf Syndicate Agent # 44 Top
Jon Joined: Mar 15, 2006 Posts: 1076 Columbus, OH	Posted on Apr 18 2006 10:18 AM I'll be darned...that is something else. Top
IvanP Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan	Posted on Apr 18 2006 10:33 AM This technology dates back to the late eighties. Jimmy Page had/has a Les Paul with this TransPerformance system built into it. The cool thing about it is that you can preset several different tunings into the system, and at a touch of button it'll tune the guitar to that tuning. I believe Page used a guitar modded with this system on Kashmir for that early-nineties Page/Plant "Unledded" performance, with the London Philharmonic and the Egyptian orchestras (those guys were amazing!!). Ivan — Ivan Lords of Atlantis on Facebook The Madeira Official Website The Madeira on Facebook The Blair-Pongracic Band on Facebook The Space Cossacks on Facebook The Madeira Channel on YouTube Top
Brian Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19297 Des Moines, Iowa, USA	Posted on Apr 18 2006 10:35 AM Didn't Jimmy Page have some contraption like that on his gold Les Paul during the Page & Plant tours? It could instantly switch between the various tunings he would use. — Site dude - S3 Agent #202 Need help with the site? SG101 FAQ - Send me a private message - Email me "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea Top
gregorynicoll Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 89	Posted on Apr 18 2006 03:34 PM Ever heard the Live Yardbirds album recorded at The Anderson Theatre, which includes a long stretch in which Page loudly re-tunes his guitar, prompting Keith Relf to explain the process to the audience? I bet Page wanted to avoid another spectacle like that, hence his investment in such technology. — GREGORY NICOLL, Southern Surf Syndicate Agent # 44 Top
drumuitar Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 813 Boise, ID	Posted on Apr 18 2006 03:58 PM For those of us who collected Zeppelin boots, you know that Jimmy needed all the help he could get with tuning as the 70s progressed, along with his heroin use — Shawn Martin http://www.drummerman.net http://www.youtube.com/GKacedrummerman http://www.facebook.com/drumuitar Top

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Self-tuning solid-body acoustic guitar....