CES: Never Tune Your Guitar Again

[hawkofva]

Intrigued? DVICE has the scoop on a new gadget that takes the place of your traditional guitar bridge and saves you from ever having to adjust the pegs again.
Stringed instruments have been around for centuries, but nobody's figured out how to keep those strings in tune — until now. The breakthrough introduced at CES 2010 is called the Evertune Bridge, with individual springs constantly pulling against each string at precisely the correct tension to keep each note the same ... indefinitely.

It's hard to see the inner workings of this miracle machine, but in our hands-on encounter with two guitars rigged with the Evertune Bridge, each string stayed in tune no matter what we did. It not only works on guitars, but any stringed instrument such as a piano or banjo. This is brilliant. Look for it on guitars everywhere within a year or two.SOURCE (http://dvice.com/archives/2010/01/evertune-bridge.php)

No word yet on cost, but hey, it's got to be cheaper than hiring a roadie to swap your guitars after every song to re-tune them.

[Oscar-Rio]

I suppose it's great for people who only play with standardized tuning. But often custom tuning can work well depending on what you want to achieve. Some metal bands have their **** so downtuned it must be like trying to play a limp noodle.

[hawkofva]

I don't see why it wouldn't be able to accommodate nonstandard tunings. It is an electronic after all.

[afterstasis]

this could be really cool if it does indeed handle nonstandard tunings.

[Oscar-Rio]

I don't see why it wouldn't be able to accommodate nonstandard tunings. It is an electronic after all.

I suppose. This device coupled with that other one that puts laser marks on the frets of where you should finger for any song that you want to learn (wow, that's a horrible explanation). ha. Here's the link (http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/05/laser-guided-guitar-training/).

Anyways, that device plus the one of the thread title will make for some truly lazy guitar players.

[RidethePiggy]

I prefer this:
Les Paul Robot (http://www.gibson.com/robotguitar/)

[Mega-Tallica]

This is nothing new, the Les Paul Robot has been out for at least a year already that tunes itself.

This would actually be very useful for me since I change tunings a lot. I can be in Standard then go to Drop C, Drop B, hell even all the down to Drop A for some songs. And it's a b*tch to tune low especially when you don't have the right gauge strings to go along with it.

[davidshek]

I don't see why it wouldn't be able to accommodate nonstandard tunings. It is an electronic after all.

It's not electronic. And yes, it can accommodate any tuning, standard, drop or otherwise.


This is nothing new, the Les Paul Robot has been out for at least a year already that tunes itself.

This isn't a guitar that tunes itself. It's a guitar that stays in tune. Very different concepts.

Just read the FAQ on their website, it answers all this:

http://evertune.com/technology/


Is it electric?
The Evertune bridge is all mechanical, consisting of one spring for each string. It never needs batteries and nothing is “automated”. The player hand-tunes and the bridge holds the tension (tune) set by the player indefinitely…until restringing or deliberate tuning (for alternate keys)

Is it like the Robot Guitar® and other auto tune guitar systems?
Evertune is unique. Auto Tuning systems re-tune guitars when they are activated by the player, but guitars with auto tuners go out of tune during play, like any other guitar. We keep the guitar always in tune.

Can it tune to any tunings and detune?
Yes, the player sets the tune like a normal guitar.

I personally think this is fantastic, and wonder why it's taken this long for someone to figure out how to make this happen. I'll be installing this bridge in my Ibanez the second it becomes available. :)

[Mega-Tallica]

It's not electronic. And yes, it can accommodate any tuning, standard, drop or otherwise.



This isn't a guitar that tunes itself. It's a guitar that stays in tune. Very different concepts.

Just read the FAQ on their website, it answers all this:

http://evertune.com/technology/

Oh, I misread, I'm tired. Anyway, that'll be very handy as well. I wonder if this'll work with guitar's with floating bridges? Those floating bridges tend to make the guitar more likely to go out of tune. I'd love to get it for my Ibanez if they have it.

Imagine having this with the Robot Guitar........you won't have to do anything! :p

[RidethePiggy]

I'm wondering if they could incorporate both technologies to find a guitar that tunes itself AND stays in that tuning. That'd be magical.

[Mega-Tallica]

I'm wondering if they could incorporate both technologies to find a guitar that tunes itself AND stays in that tuning. That'd be magical.

Technology makes wonders, I wouldn't put it past them that that's next on their agenda. It'll be called the Lazy Man Guitar.

I'm very interested in this bridge, tuning a guitar with a locking neck is a pain.

[hawkofva]

It's not electronic. And yes, it can accommodate any tuning, standard, drop or otherwise.

Ah, I mistakingly assumed it was an electronic since it was a story from the Consumer Electronics Show.

[Bonez]

I'm wondering if they could incorporate both technologies to find a guitar that tunes itself AND stays in that tuning. That'd be magical.

Devil guitar!

That bridge is pretty cool though. Might be worth looking into for my Jackson. Even with a locking tremolo, it falls out of tune if I look at it the wrong way.

[davidshek]

Ah, I mistakingly assumed it was an electronic since it was a story from the Consumer Electronics Show.

I know, right? Weird place for them to debut this one. :)

[Joey-Z]

Technology makes wonders, I wouldn't put it past them that that's next on their agenda. It'll be called the Lazy Man Guitar.

I'm very interested in this bridge, tuning a guitar with a locking neck is a pain.

This I why I stick to standard bridges. Tremelo's are just too high matinence for what they add.


Anyway, the Moog guitar has ruined me for all others. This is nothing compared to it.

[Abeotroid]

If only I had the money and wasn't needing it to buy strings.

[16BitAlex]

This device is always adjusting the strings to stay in tune, right? What about string bends?


Some metal bands have their **** so downtuned it must be like trying to play a limp noodle.
They often make up for it by using extra heavy strings.

[16BitAlex]

Oh, I misread, I'm tired. Anyway, that'll be very handy as well. I wonder if this'll work with guitar's with floating bridges? Those floating bridges tend to make the guitar more likely to go out of tune. I'd love to get it for my Ibanez if they have it.
I thought that Ibanez tremolos were good. Is yours a cheap model?


Devil guitar!

That bridge is pretty cool though. Might be worth looking into for my Jackson. Even with a locking tremolo, it falls out of tune if I look at it the wrong way.
Must be badly set up. No locking bridge would just "fall out of tune if you look at it wrong".