Gibson Guitars at CES 2008

Posted By: Laura Foy | Jan 8th @ 2:08 PM
I got a chance to talk to Henry Juszkiewicz, CEO of Gibson Guitars who is hosting a very cool concert setup at CES with some great musicians like Kevin Costner (uh, yeah - that Kevin Costner) and Peter Frampton. Gibson was showing off their new Robot Guitar, which has auto-winding tuning pegs. You can push a button and go from a standard tuning to a drop D, or any other tuning in a few seconds. This means no locking nut on the headstock, but since it keeps itself in tune - who cares?

Gibson may be one of the oldest names in electric guitars, but they are also an innovator. They were the first to stick a 100Mb ethernet port on an electric. Rock on, Gibson!
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#Jan 9th @ 12:52 PM
Bootstrap
Bootstrap

That looks very cool - I want one.

Glad you didn't let the CEO launch into a pitch for his TV show.  Good job cracking that whip, Laura. Smiley

Would have liked to know the price, and maybe an explanation of what different tuning presets sound like - I thought there was only one way to tune a guitar.

#Jan 9th @ 2:54 PM
djscratchex
djscratchex
I really want to get one as well. I'd be curious to see how much it weighs. One thing I hate is changing strings and tuning my guitar. As for price right now they're around $2600. Check their site they have some nice videos demoing the guitar.
#Jan 10th @ 10:15 AM
peterkirn
peterkirn

There's a lot more information on what these alternative  tunings mean on the Gibson site. Odds are, you've heard other tunings without knowing it. Weighs -- I looked at the stats at one point, don't think it was unusually heavy.

http://www.gibson.com/robotguitar/

More here:
http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/11/09/gibson-to-launch-self-tuning-robot-guitar/

Laura, if you dug this, you'll love some of the stuff coming out of the NAMM show next week, which is basically like CES for musicians. Will have to send some of that your way. Wink