On December 7, 2007, Gibson changed 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 guitar being brought into tune. And in the studio, or at home, imprecise intonation throws the guitar in and out of tune, up and down the neck, as the instrument requires tweaking with each season and at times with each string change.
For as long as the guitar has existed, guitar lovers have had two choices—live with a temperamental and out-of-tune instrument or make frequent trips to the shop for setups. Not anymore.
Onstage Tuning
Tuning your guitar in the middle of a gig can be a shore, and kill momentum. The Gibson Robot Guitar can solve this, tuning your guitar with precision, and quicker.
Alternate Tunings
Using alternate tunings can be a great experience, and many famous guitarists often explored those different tunings, and wrote some classic songs that way, from “Dear Prudence” to “Street Fighting Man” and others. However, few guitarists would attempt to try different tunings at gigs if they were only using one single guitar. With the Robot Guitar you can easily and quickly go from Open G to Open D to Standard Tuning and back to Open G in the space of a few songs.
This will simply facilitate it for guitarists to expand their sound, trying new melodic structures, and catch the ears of their listeners. Not a bad thing, eh?
Intonation
Guitar intonation is at the same time one of the most crucial things about a guitar, and one of the most elusive aspects of it to many guitarists.
The Guitar:
The Body is made of mahogany back and maple cap, that adhere to the forest-saving standards of the Rainforest Alliance. Also, it’s a chambered body, making the guitar acoustically louder, lighter and having increased sustain and resonance.
The beautiful Blue Silverburst Nitrocellulose finish is also unique - a Gibson first that won’t be offered on any other Gibson guitar. This finish makes less interference to the natural vibration of the guitar, allowing for a purer tone.
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Finally, there’s the pickups, always a crucial factor to that classic Gibson sound. the Robot Guitar comes with the 490R and the 498T pickups. The 490R’s Alnico II magnet provides a warm, full sound with a slight upper mid-range boost. The 498T’s Alnico V magnet is hotter with enhanced mid-range and high-frequencies. Both offer singing humbucking tones and are handwired in Gibson USA, Nashville, TN!
In other words, the Gibson Robot Guitar is a bona fide Les Paul, with all the tone and playability you could expect.
Introducing the Gibson Robot Guitar. All you have to do is play it.
Price: $1949.00
