[CheshireCat]

Originally Posted by BillSPrestonEsq

Mostly I want a plek to read the setup on my Gibson LP custom and apply it to a couple other guitars.

So, iow, transferring your playing preferences which are encapsulated in your LP to other guitars? Interesting.

Originally Posted by BillSPrestonEsq

I think the evertune looks very intriguing, but it looks a little daunting to me to put in a guitar as of yet. Someday...

Well, if you were doing your own installation, I would think so, even tho they do provide templates and whatnot. I want to install an as-of-yet unavailable version that would basically be a stand-in for my tailpiece. While I love the concept, I think it looks big and clunky and kinda unattractive, tho they did do a good job of execution, and it does look sleek. That sleekness would serve the design of an LP, Strat, or Tele rather well, and they do, but for what I got going on, it's really crowded on my Utah. Also, it's size also has to do with housing all the fiddly bits for intonation and whatnot.

But, what would happen if they had a version that just replaced the tailpiece and maintained tension and tuning and didn't have to deal with matters of intonation? It's footprint would be a lot smaller, and, as it happens, it would fit perfectly on my Utah, and other like guitars, no doubt. (When I say "like guitars", no other guitar is "like" the Utah, per se, but rather I'm referring to guitars with interesting topographies.)

Originally Posted by BillSPrestonEsq

But mostly, I really hate intonating and adjusting truss rods and filing frets to get a setup nailed.

Well, that's what Guitar Techs are for. Worth their weight in gold.

Originally Posted by ICallHimTurtle

I'd really like my guitar to light up and tell me when it's getting out-of-tune. Even better, to automatically tune itself.

Would you settle for a guitar that stayed in tune for two weeks at a time?

Originally Posted by ICallHimTurtle

Someone said lasers. I'd like it to shoot lasers at off-key singers.

If only.

Perhaps a RC joystick on your guitar that could redirect the stage pyrotechnics?

Chesh

[ICallHimTurtle]

I would settle for a guitar that stayed in tune so long, yes, if the creator actually takes into account the amount I play everyday.

I would pay my weight in gold for that joystick. You could literally call it, The Joystick, stick of pure joy.

[CheshireCat]

Originally Posted by ICallHimTurtle

I would settle for a guitar that stayed in tune so long, yes, if the creator actually takes into account the amount I play everyday.

Right now there's a new product called EverTune. It's a bridge that counterbalances your strings with strong springs that keep it perfectly in tune for, like, two weeks at a time.



It's pricey, but from what I understand it is worth it. I've seen one up close. You literally can't make the thing go out of tune. While I do like the look of it, it would look totally clunky on my Utah, and plus I like my wooden/bone bridge, so I'm waiting for a tailpiece solution, but, if I had another kind of guitar, I would get it in a heartbeat.

Originally Posted by ICallHimTurtle

I would pay my weight in gold for that joystick. You could literally call it, The Joystick, stick of pure joy.

Well, Ace Frehley's guitar shot rockets from the neck. That's a thought.

However, we'll be sure not to let you into the American Idol House Band.

Originally Posted by Randy Jackson

Yo, alright dog. Great song, good job, but you were a little pitchy . . . [BOOOOOMMMM!!!!] . . . Dude!! You can't be blowing up the contestants like that!! I mean, really? Third one this week?

Chesh

[ICallHimTurtle]

I can't even come up with something funny to top that. POSITIVE UC FOR YOU.

[BillSPrestonEsq]

Originally Posted by CheshireCat

So, iow, transferring your playing preferences which are encapsulated in your LP to other guitars? Interesting.

I have heard this is possible. from a Plek operator. I have a suspicion that a perfect plek would rock on some of my other guitars.

Well, if you were doing your own installation, I would think so, even tho they do provide templates and whatnot. I want to install an as-of-yet unavailable version that would basically be a stand-in for my tailpiece. While I love the concept, I think it looks big and clunky and kinda unattractive, tho they did do a good job of execution, and it does look sleek. That sleekness would serve the design of an LP, Strat, or Tele rather well, and they do, but for what I got going on, it's really crowded on my Utah. Also, it's size also has to do with housing all the fiddly bits for intonation and whatnot.

Mostly I fear the adjustment of it getting it perfect once installed. I can make a template from the paper to make out of plywood and then rout it. I just fear it would take me a solid month to get it set up.

But, what would happen if they had a version that just replaced the tailpiece and maintained tension and tuning and didn't have to deal with matters of intonation? It's footprint would be a lot smaller, and, as it happens, it would fit perfectly on my Utah, and other like guitars, no doubt. (When I say "like guitars", no other guitar is "like" the Utah, per se, but rather I'm referring to guitars with interesting topographies.)

Would love a tunomatic/stoptail version.

[CheshireCat]

Originally Posted by BillSPrestonEsq

I have heard this is possible. from a Plek operator. I have a suspicion that a perfect plek would rock on some of my other guitars.

Indeed. I'm adding Plek treatment to the list.

Originally Posted by BillSPrestonEsq

Mostly I fear the adjustment of it getting it perfect once installed. I can make a template from the paper to make out of plywood and then rout it. I just fear it would take me a solid month to get it set up.

A certified Guitar Tech could probably do both.

Originally Posted by BillSPrestonEsq

Would love a tunomatic/stoptail version.

That's what I have (guitar-wise), and that's what I want (evertune-wise).

Chesh