The City Veins

I often find that other musicians/guitarists are disappointed when they talk to either Aaron or I about our equipment. For example, at DC9 last week, the tour manager for Lights Resolve asked me if my guitar was made in America, Mexico, or Japan. I had absolutely no idea, and still don’t. Sound guys will ask us questions like “how many watts is your amplifier, or is that a balanced out from the bass, or how big is the speaker?” We always answer these questions with blank stares. We just are not tech people.

That said, I am very excited about a guitar that tunes itself. Anything to cut down on setup time, and time between songs, is a godsend. Also, who wouldn’t want to play a “Robot Guitar?”

I also want to point out that this:

“‘I’m sorry, this is just lazy. With stuff like this, tuning is going to be a lost skill,’ wrote LettheBassPlay on the www.ultimate-guitar.com Web site forum.”

is completely idiotic, bordering on absurd. There are skills that are being replaced, or made easier, by technology that I think are useful; mixing by hand, or recording to analog for example. Tuning a guitar is not one of those skills. In fact, if tuning was such a useful skill to have you think that famous guitarists would do it themselves, rather than pay someone to do it for them. Seriously, when was the last time that Eric Clapton tuned a guitar? So thank you very much Mr. LettheBassPlay, but I want a robot guitar.

First picture by Flickr user pusgums. Second picture by Flickr user eschipul.