What will they think of next ??

[thunder58]

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[thunder58]

 

[radd]

I’ll throw this in the pot.

Martin, yes the oldest guitar maker, just released photo relic guitars. The relic look is just a photo printed on the wood! A fake, fake relic.

I think I’m gonna be sick…..

 

[cielski]

I’ll throw this in the pot.

Martin, yes the oldest guitar maker, just released photo relic guitars. The relic look is just a photo printed on the wood! A fake, fake relic.

I think I’m gonna be sick…..


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I'd expect better than that from Martin.

 

[Emergence]

Two comments. The thread was hijacked on the third post. It would have been the second but @thunder58 replied almost immediately to his own post.

My second comment is to the OP. It takes me less than 15 minutes to restring my 6118T Anniversary with a Bigsby with pins without needing any tool but a nipper. I don’t even use a capo. Is there a point to this?

And one more comment… just thrown out there for @thunder58 . The useless contraption is small enough to fit in a case. Every guitar should come with a case.

And just one more comment. My wife, mother, and mother in law all have or had as the case may be, a kitchen drawer stuffed with cast offs and other useless junk. Your guitar case is not your junk drawer.

 

[GDGT]

I'd expect better than that from Martin.

This being the same Martin that mis-positioned bridges on several guitar models for years…right?

 

[JohnnyLaw]

Artificial idiocy.
Development should progress more quickly than artificial intelligence.

 

[Maguchi]

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Yeah, I got something similar about 20 years ago. A String Master Tunermatic. Runs off 9 volt battery. I used it a little when I first got it but once the novelty of it wore off, I went back to manual stringwinders and fine tuning with a electronic tuner. Haven't used it in years, so don't remember how good it worked. Think I used it to wind new loose strings during string change and once it got close, tuned the rest of the way by hand.

 

[LivingMyDream]

It reminds me of the automatic tuners that were going on Gibson guitars until the guitar playing public made Gibson rethink the idea of auto tuners. I don't think I'd buy a $129 auto tuner when it really doesn't take me long to tune up anyway.

 

[thunder58]

I’ll throw this in the pot.

Martin, yes the oldest guitar maker, just released photo relic guitars. The relic look is just a photo printed on the wood! A fake, fake relic.

I think I’m gonna be sick…..


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I'm with ya

 

[Ricochet]

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When I read the reviews for the first version, I thought it was gimmicky. Review stated sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn’t... I laughed out loud.

This is the third generation. If they tackled all the problems they might have something there. 150 tunings, a diversity of stringed instruments. I like the function to change the reference points.
Curious how it performs in a noisy environment, near a stage it gets so loud, with everything resonating I imagine it might throw the tuning?

 

[thunder58]

, I thought it was gimmicky.

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me too

 

[MrWookiee]

Maybe it would be good for someone who IS a roadie, or a tech who has to deal with multiple (read: more than...6? 10?) tunings/instruments/restrings on a daily basis, under time pressure. If your roadie is working for minimum wage it would probably take a while for the gizmo to pay for itself, assuming it reliably works and is durable. Even as a gadget guy I'm thinking, "Nope".

 

[MrWookiee]

As to the fake fake relic,
If you're going to relic a new guitar - and I'm not saying you shouldn't if that floats your boat - at least have the fortitude to actually relic it.

 

[mrfixitmi]

Honestly not for me today, I want simplicity, going through several menu options while playing live, while I want a quick visual reference, by looking at the head stock.

I can see the value if you are losing your fine motor skills/control while tuning. I may be falling into the "old Dog" new trick envelope, so I am not saying that I am correct.

The old Pyle string winders still work well for me. I have had to change the rechargeable battery after about 8 years in them, but this is an easy fix.

 

[ChloeDogsDad]

Seems like a solution to a problem that didn't exist. Is tuning your guitar really that difficult? I never thought so. Besides, it seems like a skill that you should probably have in order to be a complete player. I learned to tune using an 880 pitchfork. Maybe it's because I'm a cranky old guy, but there are some things that shouldn't require electronic technology. Of course, I'm sure some guy back in the early 1800's said the same things about Stauffer's worm gear tuning machines.
"Verdammte Kinder und ihre Gear Tuner. Faule Hintern! "

 

[Back in Black]

I’ll throw this in the pot.

Martin, yes the oldest guitar maker, just released photo relic guitars. The relic look is just a photo printed on the wood! A fake, fake relic.

I think I’m gonna be sick…..


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Hey Radd,

Nothing new.

Since Gretsch returned in the eighties, thanks to Randy Bachmann, George Harrison, and Tome Petty, Gretsch has been using ''Photo Etched Grain"".

It was publicized a long time ago, apparently to achieve a ''perfect grain pattern'' on every guitar.

I know this is true, because when I built my Malcolm Young Signature Tribute in 2020, part of my process was to sand all the finish off the top of the guitar body.

Once all the urethane was sanded off, next came the photo etched grain, and believe me, what was left underneath, was not pretty.

Small, thin slices of maple, 1/2'' thick, stacked onto one another, glued together.

It looked like a stack of salami on a deli counter. Even a 4'' long strip of binding had been faked in with paint and filler, I had to re-create it

Now Martin is basically doing the same thing...not a perfect grain, but a perfect relic appearance without all the hand work.

It all has to do with saving money. Who knows, maybe the grain on the Martin is photo etched as well. could be Masonite underneath.

First they copy Gretsch, then they copy Danelectro....

Where have all the real craftsmen gone....

Best,

BIB.

 

[Back in Black]

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Hey T,

I bought two of these, seems like two years ago now, one is still unopened,

I think they were $12. each...they perform flawlessly.

I'm still quite physically able to turn my own keys, and as I recall, Gibson's auto tuners were not well received.

Best,

 

[Seamus]

Hey T,

I bought two of these, seems like two years ago now, one is still unopened,

I think they were $12. each...they perform flawlessly.

I'm still quite physically able to turn my own keys, and as I recall, Gibson's auto tuners were not well received.

Best,

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Love this style of tuner, yet I have three with breadties holding them together, because they reliably fail at the ball joint. If someone bullet-proofs that failure point, it would be perfect.

 

[Back in Black]

Love this style of tuner, yet I have three with breadties holding them together, because they reliably fail at the ball joint. If someone bullet-proofs that failure point, it would be perfect.

Hey Seamus,

The ball joints on mine are quite tight, in fact they're that tight that I make best efforts to be careful with them, so I don't snap the neck off.

On that Roadie unit, I'm also not liking the tuning ''one size fits everything'' head. I can see that head skipping and slipping on some tuners, and that surely must affect the units capability to tune properly.

Best,

BIB.