Weds, June 29

[darial]

I had a Philly chease steak. Way to greasy, even by my flexible standards. This new grill guy at work kinda sucks :(

Now, here's the discussion topic: What inovation in guitar technology would you really like to see? Personally, I'd like to see guitars with an onboard midi controller with a couple of expression "pedal" slots tied to knobs on the guitar, and an al-in-one analog signal and midi cable. I think it'd be nice to have a master volume and maybe amp gain & tone controls on the guitar.

[jas]

I haven't eaten yet but it will be a turkey and cheese sandwich.

My CASIO midi guitar had a tuner built in. That, to me, was the greatest thing since the soundhole was invented.

So that's my answer: a tuner. Hardly an innovation.

-John

[johnreardon]

Couple of pieces of toast and a cup of tea.

Innovations for me, what a novel thought.

I'm happy with what is around at present. The only thing that bugs me a little, are tuners. So I would go with John. An onboard tuner, that is unobtrusive, but that can be seen by me, without wearing reading glasses.

I currently have a Boss T2 that I use to tune up before playing. Never play with my lea plugged through it, I prefer to go direct to amp.

[bryanrheem]

Lunch was left over salmon, rice and green beans.

I'll continue with the tuner theme. I'd love to see an 'auto-tune' system where you can dial in what you want to tune to, and the guitar automatically tunes and maintains that tune during playing.

[nasum]

I think somebody needs to reinvent the wheel completely. Guitars, by design, are the least intonate-able instruments short of washtub basses. While many have tried to correct this with fanned frets or twisted necks (remember those lace guitars with the 10.8 deg. neck twist?) or some fancy doodad of some variety, it has never really been done properly. That would be nice to see.

[Adam]

No lunch today. I'm hungry though.

I like Darial's idea of amp-channel switching, etc. from the guitar. There are a LOT of places a smart company could go with that. That, and pickup fader knobs, more precise tuning machines, and more neck stability a'la Driskill in production-level guitars would be nice as well.

[darial]

Lunch was left over salmon, rice and green beans.

I'll continue with the tuner theme. I'd love to see an 'auto-tune' system where you can dial in what you want to tune to, and the guitar automatically tunes and maintains that tune during playing.
This one actually exists!

http://www.selftuning.com/transbackup/home/index.htm

[EmeraldQuiltBirds]

I had a double cheesburger from good 'ol Mickey D's!

I want to see a PRS 12 string Tremolo!! WHOA, that would be cool.

[jas]

I had a double cheesburger from good 'ol Mickey D's!

I want to see a PRS 12 string Tremolo!! WHOA, that would be cool.
Sure - if you're young and you can spend the equivalent of 10 years tuning the damn thing. With a floating bridge. The horror, the horror.

-John

[redmax61]

Leftovers from last night.

I agree with the switching thing. I'd go a step further though. A programmable switch that selects your pickup, adjusts the guitar's volume and tone controls accordingly and switches your amp.

[Brewer]

Two slices of pepperoni pizza.

As far as guitars go, I'm pretty much a luddite. I don't want none of them newfangled gizmos. I had to be dragged into the piezo era...

I seek high quality design, wood, construction, and finish, not on-board electronics.

[irwcustom]

Tuna mayo sarnies - the missus made me - wonders never cease - she's after something, but what:confused:


I'm with Brewer in the quality of construction and woods - not 'bells and whistles' and bolt on extras. The peizo is an exeption if done neatly and it sounds good. I think I can remember somebody made a device that converted the height at the nut for playing slide - probably fraught with problems. There was also a thing called the Fat finger - a brass block that strapped onto your headstock to increase the mass - not decrease it as the Mcarty does. I remember Andy Summers on a show over here showing us his 62 strat saying it's never really been beaten. To a degree, I think he's right in terms of sucessful guitar inovations that have tried to better it. Along with Gibson, a lot of companies tip a hat to the strat or Les Paul in one way or another.