Consumer: "Gibson doesn't do anything to innovate, they just always play by the numbers". Gibson: "Hey friends here's some innovation" Consumer: "We hate it!" 🤦‍♂

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

Accurate Jared! Thanks for watching, please subscribe and join the madness! 🙌

@RequiemDead

9 ай бұрын

@@TheNeuroticGuitarist I have definitely joined in on the madness!

@solpichardo

3 ай бұрын

​@@TheNeuroticGuitaristLOL! YES THIS IS SOME BLUE BLISS, MUDDY MAYHEM!!😂'CAUSE YOU'RE DOWN FOR THA CAUSE HOMES!💥! AND I'M DOWN TOO ESE! 🎉 Oh, on subscribing✨️

I’m with you!! I think this guitar tech came too soon before the technology was refined and reliable. If it was done today, I truly think it would be a whole other experience and that the tuners wouldn’t be massive. Part of me has hoped they’d try this again for the younger crowd - like 40’s and younger. Boomers are generally less accepting of change and innovation. The rest of us could actually benefit. The Roadie 3 Tuner is a similar concept that works with any guitar and isn’t built in. It’s extremely useful. I always hope a guitar company will reach out to them for a built-in solution - or better yet, maybe they’ll create their own replacement tuners. That Roadie 3 thing reminds me of the NASCAR pit crew. It tunes perfectly, and best yet, it also stores all the tunings you could want for a boatload of guitars, has a metronome, and helps get strings on and off the guitar super fast. I had the first two versions, and Roadie 3 is light years ahead of v1. I am totally excited to see what Roadie 4 will be capable of. Yep, so I’m with you. When the tech works, it is extremely useful. When it doesn’t, you get a free guitar. Seems like a win-win! I never used one of these guitars, but I know people who have. They are dope. I hope a company will try to do this concept again.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

It's only a matter of time before you think about what tuning you want to be in and your guitar complies. I just fear the day this one stops working, it has broken 2x since this video and I've miraculously tinkered to get it working again. Lol

@MashaT22

9 ай бұрын

@@TheNeuroticGuitarist hey, if the Dark Fire you have is THAT good otherwise and you really enjoy the robo show that comes along with it, you’ll always find a way to fix it - even if you have to pay a wiz kid to do it, lol. At 42, I’m starting to come to terms that I’m no longer as technology savages as I once was, lol. Anyway, thanks for defending this guitar!

You almost had me ready to buy one until the reliability thing came up. Love the versatility but I prefer having a reason to have so many guitars - "because of all the tunings"! ROCK ON BENNY!!

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

Oh yeah, this thing is inheriting cancer. It's only a matter of time before it dies again and I have to figure out the next thing. I might have to go play her again now. See if she still works 😬

@PersonalNA

23 күн бұрын

❤I thought this the dead South was the greatest love song ever written no matter what happened they were going to be together forever then someone told me he shot his wife but 3 rounds of hell sounded like a boxing ring so they were going to be together forever or at least until he shot his wife. Russian collusion was Vladimir Putin was in love with Hillary Clinton and she wiped it with a washcloth and her foundation handled a billion dollars and she went to billion dollar lavish parties and made pornography movies her name was Boom Boom Clinton and her husband The President Of The United States of America William Jefferson Clinton was not allowed to know anything about it .add. Monica Lewinsky was a 40-year-old Secret Agent making President Bill Clinton the most Loved Starved Man in The History of Mankind.

Benny, thanks for your passion on this media. You have reignited the fire in my heart for music again. I had a 1/2 ride to a college out of HS for music but I went Army in 1990. I steadily pulled away from music in my life over the course of the next three decades. Seeing your fire about music and the honest takes you try to bring across made me want to get back in again. Listened to Lost Symphony and went out and bought an Epiphone LPS2 to dive in again. Thank you for bringing me back, and thank you for all you do, sir!

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

6 ай бұрын

Damn man, I couldn't love this any more. May have to put this comment in my next video. So glad to read this Jason, that's just awesome. Keep me posted on your progress, man, I'm frigging stoked for ya 🙏🙌🤘😜🤘🎸❤️🔥

I get it can replace all the different guitars on a set but a wise man once said “changing to your secondary is always faster than reloading”

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

3 ай бұрын

Rock on! 🤘 thank you for watching. Please subscribe and join the madness. 🙌

Great informative video bro. I really enjoyed it. Cheers from NZ 😎🤘🎸

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

Rock on dude, Cheers from Boston! Thank you for watching it, please subscribe and join the madness if you haven't already!

@PeterMoore350

9 ай бұрын

@@TheNeuroticGuitarist yep subscribed. Are they all your guitars? Oh yep already subscribed

Ben..a nice diversion fm all te war news plying around...all i can say ' each one of tos looks bomb, absolute eye candy 🤘🤘Rock on 🤘

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

I try not to involve myself with any of that when dealing with guitars. This is a safe space. My heart goes out to Israel. 💜

Even if you use a tuner, you still have to learn how your tuning pegs feel which is a good skill to develop. And most teachers encourage students to tune the first string then use their ears to tune the rest via the 5th fret etc or natural harmonics. But aside from standards tuning, this this is sick for alternate tunings. I would be experimenting so much more on different tunings with this!

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

7 ай бұрын

For sure. I get that. But if you're someone like me who works in a studio nonstop and need to be constantly in perfect tune, something like this is ideal. Any doubt you're in, just pull, strum, move on. That's IF it works. The reason people have chosen to hate this or dislike it and think it's lazy is because the execution of the hardware sucked. So many people had bad experiences. If it had worked always and reliably like it did in this video (it has died since...the irony) people would be using this technology as a standard.

Grammar always counts! lol I had one for a short while. Got rid of it for another reason. I was worried though the battery would eventually not hold a charge. I see you addressed it in the vid. Love your attitude man. Keep up the great work!

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

It's only a matter of time before this guitar is useless. I'm staving off the end as long as possible but I really don't know what it'll be in 5 years nevertheless 20 but the concepts behind this guitar are def the future

Hello, I'm from Italy I also have a dark fire and I removed all the crap , one thing I'd like to know from you , how do you cope with the Neck P90H pickup? I really don't like it , really too dark and "nasal". Thinking bout swapping it to a regular P90 , what would you put instead of it?

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

7 ай бұрын

I actually like that p90 but it's a matter of your tone and what you play. What style of music are you rocking?

I don't care whether its electronics or tuning work or not, the black binding on that Les Paul is beautiful looking. Love the headstock, wish those guitars were offered with normal hardware.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

Dude, preach!

@hkguitar1984

9 ай бұрын

@@TheNeuroticGuitarist Gibson should offer the Darkfire Standard Les Paul, same black binding, carbon-fiber inlays, red finish and flower pot headstock, and load the guitar with standard Gibson USA Les Paul electronics and hardware. The other options are a M2M or convert a used Darkfire

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

@hkguitar1984 oh yeah man, I have said that since day one. It's such a great guitar and the neck is so rad. I can't wait to rub off all of the satin. It's made for rock n roll

@hkguitar1984

9 ай бұрын

@@TheNeuroticGuitarist Agreed

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

@@hkguitar1984 🤘🤘

Did you ever try the variax? The piezo works for modeling and alternate tunings.. no phone functionality but the variax facebook group figured out how to use midi to control it all..

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

My friend Craig actually did the testing for it so I saw it at the prototype phase. Again, super cool idea and crazy tech that was before it's time. I can imagine that it's almost limitless what you can do with the variax. Thanks for watching dude, please subscribe and join the madness 🙌

I really loved this videos since i do own a Dark Fire but never figured out exactly how to use the chameleon tones or the Gibson Rip. Plus i don't feel so bad anymore for having one ❤

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

Haha they're rad Simon! I'm not a fan of the robot but this one is super cool. It's only a matter of time before it dies but such a cool guitar. Does yours still work?

I bought my Dark Fire in 2009 because I wanted a Les Paul and I'm a bit of a techno geek and loved the idea. I played it in the shop and loved it but when I got it home I found out that the MCK didn't spring back as it should when given a light press, I took it back and it was repaired(ish), but I still love it. And the battery still works, great tip for a replacement though.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

8 ай бұрын

You know that the irony of this all is that this guitar broke on me 3x since this video. I take immaculate care of my stuff, but as soon I was done filming one of the powerheads stopped turning. Then I changed them around on the same side. Worked. Then two days later it starts flashing yellow. I change the battery to a different one. Works. Put the other battery back in and now the MCK won't even come on hahaha. Next video is gonna be me ripping the tunings heads off and putting normal ones on because I love it as a les paul

@robtucker19

8 ай бұрын

I've seen a few conversions for sale and have been tempted but so far mine isn't broken enough yet, having said that I haven't played it in a couple of months so who knows. If I had known back in 2009 how unreliable they are I probably wouldn't have bought one but it is still the nicest Les Paul I've played.

These will be so rare at some point they will be highly collectible. I just love the pickup combo, the multi-function selector switch, the red and ebony and carbon etc. Tuning, ok, if it works. Hope the grammar is ok in this comment. 😂

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

The grammar us great! I just read about 20 stupid comments on my previous video this morning which makes me even happier I made this. Not a fan of how reliable the hardware is, but this is absolutely where guitars will be in a year or two

@ChrisWilliams-cb9kt

9 ай бұрын

Us great? 😂

@richardclark.

9 ай бұрын

us great? i am glad you are so smart and dont need all the stupid people who interact with your channel. @@TheNeuroticGuitarist

Great video. The Darkfire guitar's only flaw was it was released way ahead of it's time. The looks and sound are amazing on this guitar, there hasn't been anything released by Gibson that looks remotely this good. Is lightweight too. Electronics aside, if you are lucky enough to find one and not deal with the robot tuners it can be modified and you will have a standard kick @ss one of a kind Gibson. Side note, Fender released the "VG" guitar in 2007 with similar features that were also too advance for some folks. Though that Fender VG guitar doesn't rely on robot tuners but on synth technology from Yamaha that gives you 25 guitars at the turn of a dial including 12 string acoustic or electric and all types of alternate tunings that sound real. There is zero down time, just turn the knob and ready to go.... the best thing about that guitar is they used an American standard Fender body/neck as the base which is the equivalent of a Professional II tier. In other words, if you can find one snag it as you will be paying less than half for the same quality built with a ton of features. Fender just recently released a similar guitar the acoustasonic and it has been well received.. .weird how it is the same exact concept packaged in different guitar. I hope Gibson revisits the robot guitars and releases something similar because they were onto something great.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

The acoustasonic series is rad. It's only a matter of time before the perfected technology becomes a standard option. Thanks for watching and sharing, I truly appreciate it

I have never used the Robotuners but I want to experience this, I have seen them on Ebay now and again and fancy buying a set, can you get access to the wiring to change the power socket to a standard one?

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

The powerheads change SUPER easily. They are one nut/washer and that's it. They click into the back of the headstock and just by touching the board activates the head. So it's screw/unscrew. Amazingly easy. It's the fact that if something internally goes wrong I'm 1000000% screwed and will have no idea how to fix it. Tronical also is apparently "moving" and no parts are available through then at the moment so I wonder if it's gonna be even harder to keep this thing alive 🤪

@AndrewAHayes

9 ай бұрын

@@TheNeuroticGuitarist I am surprised that the Chinese have not copied it, When the patent expires you can bet someone like Behringer will reverse engineer it!

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

@@AndrewAHayes I'm sure there are companies doing this better at this point!

Love that look .....Robot is a funky idea.....it's innovative.....but remember most of us guitar players are stuck in .....how many windings are in a 50s PAF.......love the look but I would gut it and change the parts

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

5 ай бұрын

I did gut it and changed the parts, new video coming some point in the next few months.

Hi Man. Just discovered your channel and I love it. Funny thing, I actually DID smash my Gibson Dark Fire one night, screaming and bashing it on the floor as hard as I could, 5 or 6 times in a row, with my girlfriend crying next to me, begging me to stop, and you know what ? THE GIBSON DARK FIRE IS VERY HARD TO BREAK !!! I felt really stupid afterwards, because now it's broken, but I doesn't look like it's broken. I didn't get the Pete Townshend effect... at all... I miss this guitar. I hope I'll get it fixed one day... Thanks for your review man.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

4 ай бұрын

Haha the dark fire has that sort of effect on you. I ripped the tuners off shortly after this video. Rock on! 🤘 thank you for watching. Please subscribe and join the madness. 🙌

Maybe a dumb question but can you set it somehow to reatune automatically when by just quickly pressing the button or even during playing? During playing would be magic to be frank because the guitar won't be able to know which fret you're at... but maybe it could ... it does know the string so it would know the base frequency and since frets are fixed it could calculate the "nex plausible" frequnecy it should be at but that would be wild lol.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

4 күн бұрын

the only way to retune it is to pull out the master control knob and strum the strings. so you could do it quickly in the middle ofna song because it mutes itself when it does

What a great Video. I have no doubt that somewhere in Gibson (or another manufacturer or probably just at apple) that some one just went ah when you said if I can go on my phone and make it do this. That they are now in creation of exactly what you said. I would go as far as to say they should come out with a guitar The Neurotic model and make you the spokesman, because of this video I am looking for this exact guitar and looking for a new model that they may have released Or someone has released. Being a new guitar player this is perfect for some one who just wants to get lost in their basement and enjoy the last 60 years of music, no gigging no jamming just have fun in your basement in fantasy land in front of 30,000 make believe fans in your mind as you rock out to your favourite tunes on a Saturday night. Thank you for your honest video on this guitar nice to see a video that isn't just going for clicks and likes. I also didn't use to or too in this excerpt as I didn't want to be part of your next video lol. kidding of course. (no I'm not I'm too bashful) Thanks again loved the video. and yes I did push the like button and did subscribe. your newest fan. cheers

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

Ай бұрын

Rock on Jamie! I truly appreciate that brother and welcome to the madness. Have fun going down the rabbithole. In currently on hiatus while I'm having my new recording studio built but I'll be back in the next month or two. In the meantime, please comment on anything u dig or don't dig...would love to know your thoughts! Cheers

@michael-zi6eb

18 күн бұрын

Since you call people dumb I’m calling you out brother, “in currently makes no fucking sense , Dummy!!!

19:00 Perfect Intonation.........(unlike a certain Les Paul Supreme)😉👍

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

Hahahaha! Do u mean a certain les paul ultima?

@hkguitar1984

9 ай бұрын

@@TheNeuroticGuitarist BINGO 🤣

Took me two years to find a dark fire. These are becoming highly collectable and sought after

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

Seems like it to me

Cool! I'd love one. Especially that blue one

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

6 ай бұрын

Rock on brother! Thanks for watching, please subscribe and join the madness 🙌

Listen my friend, i love when the traditional companies work to innovate. Fenders eccentric neck carves or these robot tuners appeal to me. Do things differently and bring new fans to the fold. Love this guitar. As strange and inefficent as it can be, i love the effort. And i love the guitar. Thank you for the perspective.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

My pleasure dude. Now let's hope this thing doesn't die too soon 🤪

Had no idea this existed. Well, than again I don’t play electric but holy shit I want one now. Subbed. You made me laugh. Thanks dude

Another killer video. Thx man.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

I appreciate that Jeff, this was by far the hardest video I've ever made and I'm trying to up the production value of what I do. This took me about 36 hours straight to film and then edit.

I cut the plug off the original Tronical battery and soldered it to a Samsung camera battery!! Worked an absolute treat and still fits comfortably.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

Ай бұрын

Nice man! I knew I wasn't the only one. Does it still work?

Dude…you make great videos 👍

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

Thanks so much eddie, I really appreciate you watching 👀

I own the successor 2010 Les Paul Limited Edition in the Fireball finish. Awesome looking guitars and the Piezo Pickup with the blend knob in the TogPot Switch are great. But the tuning feature and the voicing options are rubbish. Hence, I removed the Tronical E-Tune Tuners and use it with regular Klusons.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

Did it have these exact tuners on it? I haven't liked any tronical tuners other than these exact ones. The chameleon tones are stupid to me but cool in theory. It's only a matter of time before this dies and I gut it

@SK-qd4sr

9 ай бұрын

@@TheNeuroticGuitarist I think they are the same tuners. You can even still get replacement parts for the whole system from the TronicalTune Homepage. The improvement of the 2010 Limited Edition over the Darkfire was that they changed the electronics and added a separate cover for the battery in the backplate. But unfortunately the batteries are now proprietary and if they die you can’t do your hack with a drone battery.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

@SK-qd4sr interesting, are you sure they're proprietary? I went to tronical just last night and I'm not sure they're selling anything anymore. All of the parts are still on the website but no longer with prices or the ability to add to cart.

@SK-qd4sr

9 ай бұрын

@@TheNeuroticGuitarist You are right! Their store is currently down and there is a message that they are moving. So let’s if that is true or if they went out of business. But end of last year I was still able to order a new battery from them.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

@@SK-qd4sr I got that toggle switch in the video only a few months ago. I'm more afraid about the internal stuff going whacky. The pickups and the tuners have gone weird a few times in the last day from loose wires. 😳

Great guitar man with some tweaks on the electronics this will be a life saver on gigs its better than its previous model(robot guitar). Great invention. Great video man thanks for the info.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

8 ай бұрын

It's awesome in every way other than it's so unreliable! The electronics have broke 2x since this video!!! Thanks for watching, please subscribe and join the madness 🙌

Damn fine video! Thanks.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

Appreciate it Dale, I worked hard on this one, please spread the word 🙏

I’ve got a 2015 Les Paul Junior, that had the mini tune robot tuner on it. It wasn’t until this year I actually replaced that back some Manual tuners I really enjoyed how easy it was for band practice or on my own. But recording I found it wasn’t accurate enough and then manually tuning threw it out of whack

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

19 күн бұрын

mine were accurate a f but highly unreliable.

ive ben tuning my guitar by ear since i was a teenager..

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

...and?

That Gibson LP limited edition all wood looks amazing!

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

4 күн бұрын

it's one of my favorite guitars, check out the video demo I did on it on my channel

Dig the locking cord mechanism too. Much better design then it's prior

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

24 күн бұрын

It's useful until you almost rip your chord apart thinking it's not locked in 🤪 Thank you so much for watching. Please subscribe and join the madness if you haven't already 🤘😜🤘

Well that makes me excited that soon I can just auto tune my guitar and can just really quickly set it would save me so much time when I want to record like 3 cords... now if I can get this on my Viola lol

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

3 ай бұрын

Haha on your viola??? 🤪

Interesting stuff!

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

Rock on, thanks for watching, please subscribe and join the madness 🙌

Nice video! I always learn something when I watch a video here or on your website. Thanks!💙

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for taking the time Judy, I put a ton of work into this one. 🙌🎸🔥

Great vid...i have bad grammar alot but mostly from exited thumbs on my phone ❤😂

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

7 ай бұрын

🤘😜🤘

Where can I buy these I hate tuning my guitar

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

Ай бұрын

You can find them occasionally on ebay

I love the idea. Hope they get it right some day. I say servo-up the truss rod, too.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching brother! Please subscribe and join the madness 🙌

Man... the less batteries the better.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

Haha true story 🤪

@sam52054

9 ай бұрын

I actually also have a Robot (think it’s a second generation, but could be 1st. In red)

@sam52054

9 ай бұрын

Aha! I still think it would be simpler to sue Tronical to make the Goddamn batteries!

@JourneymanTorturer

3 ай бұрын

Fewer

@hibernative

3 ай бұрын

@@JourneymanTorturer färre

it strips the tuner if you use it manually?

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

If you turn it too hard it absolutely strips it and you can only turn them one way. You can't use any string winder or anything, just sit there very nicely tuning slowly. If you grab one you can feel how you'd strip it.

@elkbomb

9 ай бұрын

@@TheNeuroticGuitarist That's kind of a deal breaker for me. I need to be able to tune on the fly.

Great video, great energy. It seems your detractors in the comments are mostly purists and folks who can’t be bothered with little things like the difference between “then” and “than”. I think this guitar is an awesome concept which Gibson simply doesn’t have the QC to make into a reliable gigging machine. Oddly, a company like Ibanez (with its swirly paint jobs and monkey grips) could probably make a gig-ready version of something like this guitar, but THEY are too “traditional” (and shrewd) to do so.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

This was also 2008, I have to imagine all of the technology needed to do this seemlesy already exists and can be integrated, it's just a matter of who wants to do it first. It's only a matter of time before you think about your guitar being a tuning and there it is. Less than ten years away, mark my words. Thanks for watching Steve, I truly appreciate the support

Never came across one them. I saw one for sale guy wanted waaaaaay to much. I had a 15 standard with the “auto tune” system. Meh. The specs on the 15s were top notch though. I did my LP black beauty the same as Jerry Cantrell piezo power bridge and a blend. It rocks

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

I definitely would not want those tuners on ANY other guitar. Gibson went way out of their way to make those guitars nicer with the woods and the real mother of pearl to get you to swallow the robot guitar pill.

Wish a pedal steel guitar was made that would tune itself. I'm moderately tone deaf and listening for vibrations to slow to a minimum sometimes takes several minutes let alone the 433 to 440 pitch differences on some strings, pedals and levers. Then the bar position is another problem so I have to be sure I stay on pitch even tho I can't hear the difference until the vibration gets fast.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

3 ай бұрын

You could probably do it if you got tuners from tronical! Rock on! 🤘 thank you for watching. Please subscribe and join the madness. 🙌

The difference between using a tuner and using the robot guitar is a bunch of extra hardware and moving parts that are likely to fail over time, adding a ton of weight to the headstock (as if gibson didnt already have enough trouble with that) and the fact that using a tuner is way faster and more reliable. I dont even understand acting like its the same thing there are tons of downsides to the robot guitar that you dont deal with using a tuner. The only way in which they are similar is that they are both some kind of assistive technology, but they definitely do not work equally well

Your energy is awesome!!!! That guitar is beautiful but sadly severely flawed as you demonstrated. I am hoping to see more of your vids.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

8 ай бұрын

Oh yeah, it's def flawed, it's stopped working since I've made this video! Might have to make another video gutting it

Always wanted one

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

3 ай бұрын

They're definitely sweet when they work. Rock on! 🤘 thank you for watching. Please subscribe and join the madness. 🙌

I never has an issue with the idea. I think the issue is that gibson made every model a robot guitar during that period when really there should have been a traditional range and futuristic range. Which ironically, they went onto do lol Please do a video on that All Wood LP

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

Dan, there is a whole video on the all wood, full demo on my channel. It already exists, check it out!

Beautiful guitar

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Charles

I can tune a guitar perfectly with no tuner , but being able to change tunning that fast is awesome ,I want one😂

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

3 ай бұрын

They're rad...when they work

My favorite guitar. I love it.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

5 ай бұрын

It's 100% my favorite les paul to play. Thanks for watching, please subscribe and join the madness 🤘🤘

I usually change strings or guitars to change tuning... TY for confirming by your story that these are fancy trash for people with more money than sense.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

3 ай бұрын

This would be an absolutely incredible guitar if it were reliable. The technology was ahead of its time and gibson went way to Gung ho with it because of the ceo at the time having his fingers in the company tronical. It was not a good look for gibson. That said, thus guitar is awesome

If that came out now it would be a big seller. I would love to have one of those

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

If there was an iteration that worked consistently, I'm 100% with you, it's only a matter of time before it happens

@samright4661

9 ай бұрын

@@TheNeuroticGuitarist With the tech available today it could work. But Gibson is stuck in the 50s again lol

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

@samright4661 I don't think they're stuck in any time period, they're pretty rad right now as far as I'm concerned. The good thing is even if you don't like new gibson there's plenty of badass vintage gibson out there but I just love gibson. Not all, but the badass stuff does it for me

@danielbreaux1842

3 ай бұрын

​@@TheNeuroticGuitaristGibson is the King! 🎉

why would you gig without a backup guitar ?

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

8 ай бұрын

Because I didn't think I needed it. Hence the story

I hope they're listening and the tech will be on our phones. I would buy one if it wasn't over $5K

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

7 ай бұрын

They're like 2500 dude

@jlepre752

7 ай бұрын

@TheNeuroticGuitarist if you can find one, and it sounds like people are raising the price because of rarity. I had an Epiphone Alex Lifeson that sold for $895 new that I found for $1k and sold for $1600

The contra cheat code reference made this video worth it

@dirkdiggler1242

27 күн бұрын

His hair is annoying AF, and so is his bravado!

@dirkdiggler1242

27 күн бұрын

Do you like it or not? I'm confused?

"DATS A B4! BUT IT'S A QUARTERUVA TONE FLAT! MERGHGH!" bahahahahaaa!!!!!! that shit made me laugh so hard

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

8 ай бұрын

It always makes me laugh when my brother does it in total seriousness! Thanks for watching and please subscribe and join the madness 🙌

Exactly!

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

24 күн бұрын

🤘🤘

Has anybody noticed a namm exhibit lately that’s a modern go at this concept? Seems like we might be that bit further in knowledge to have the kinks worked out and have a reliable polished system.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

I have no doubt that many of these concepts will be available shortly in other forms. Thanks for watching Allen, please subscribe and join the madness 🙌

The only thing that stopped me from buying one of these back in the day was the reliability issues.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

And a great reason that was Gene! Thanks for watching and please subscribe and join the madness 🙌

I have 18 guitars in different tunings, I just can't remember which one is which. Notice I didn't say "witch one is witch". Respect!

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

Ahhhhh!!! Love it, if I can start any type of online culture it'd be to stop ignoring grammar and syntax. I'm not perfect by any means so I'm sure people will troll me forever about it but that's OK with me.

i pre ordered one of these and the shop gave me my money back and refused to sell it to me. they said they were doing me a favor

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

2 ай бұрын

Haha I can believe that

Man, i just wish gibson made a standard edition because that finish is absolutely beautiful. The blood moon is similar, but i think these dark fires look better

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

8 ай бұрын

I have a blood moon. The darkfire is better in every way

about time someone besides me likes this guitar ..

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

4 ай бұрын

I love it when it works, but it breaks constantly!

It is a very beautiful guitar, I think it would’ve looked better without fret markers though lol

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

8 ай бұрын

That would have def looked cool, too!

Personally I don’t mind the robot tuning system, if anything it’s the art of convenient tuning built into the instrument. It’s the wider nut width and neck shape that I’m not a fan of.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

3 ай бұрын

The nut on this is not wide nor the neck is anything weird. You're thinking of the high performance or the les paul less plus or maybe the modern. All of those have wider fretboard. This is very vintage feeling

@danielbreaux1842

3 ай бұрын

​@TheNeuroticGuitarist I was going to take my HP and expand the string spacing...but it has that cool titanium nut that I read up on and set it up....and the stupid thing works great!!! Dammit! But it still has robo tuners and they still work so I am using it.

Since it's a pain in the ass reliability wise but a great sounding guitar why not remove all the non-working tech-y stuff and put regular tuners etc? It would see more playing time in the end which would be deserved because it's beautiful and sounds great. Btw I had the robot tuners on a '13 signature t and they were shit. The guitar wasn't the best lp either though, my subsequent dearly missed '21 Slash and my current '21 Custom black beauty are miles ahead, especially the LPC

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

7 ай бұрын

That's actually the plan. It died again since this video. I got this guitar straight up to do the video and it's been like an albatross around my neck since. I'm giving it one last go to fix it but if I can't those tuners are coming off. It's legit my favorite playing LP I own and I'll end up doing another video on it

Wild that it doesn’t use a 9-volt battery 😮

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, I'm not sure why they had to make things so difficult. Rock on! 🤘 thank you for watching. Please subscribe and join the madness. 🙌

You’re very funny and entertaining

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

8 ай бұрын

Thanks Derrick, I spend a lot of time on these. I hope you'll subscribe and join the madness 🙌

I love this.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, I really appreciate it 🙏 please subscribe and join the madness 🙌

Someone needs to design an upgraded robot circuit that lets you control the tuning with your phone. It has to be possible.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

I'm sure it's possible but I imagine it wouldn't be cost efficient unless it was for an entirely new guitar!

@johnraffaghello2

7 ай бұрын

Gibson has money right? @@TheNeuroticGuitarist

Its a chalice with fire in it ^^ kinda wicked hehe 😮

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

4 ай бұрын

Rock on! 🤘 thank you for watching. Please subscribe and join the madness. 🙌

So you showed the Stones and Bowie when you said songs went out to recording out of tune, tell me when and what songs, I never heard the Stones or Bowie music out of tune, Idt Mick Ronson would have played out of tune, maybe and it’s a big maybe if The Stones were out too!!

For me, I avoid most things electronic/digital. If somebody else likes it, GREAT, use it. I just find it unreliable. If it's working, it's AWESOME. If it isn't working as it should, I've spent too much money on a "better mouse trap" that I now have to pay someone to fix & hopefully have an analog back up that hasn't failed me. I think it's a personal choice & so far with all of this technology, I'm staying as analog as possible. It works & I don't want spend money technology that, for me isn't really any better than what I have. You like it, go to town on it 😄

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

5 ай бұрын

If it makes you feel better, the next video I'm doing on this guitar is taking all the tuners stuff off!

@Canadianwheelchairguitar

5 ай бұрын

@@TheNeuroticGuitarist I'm good with whatever you want to do to your guitars. I hope it goes well! I'll be watching. I replaced all of the hardware on my Epiphone Explorer last year. I had cancer in 2008 & it was on a stand in a damp/cold basement for a few months. The hardware was not in good shape but it's up and working as it should!

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

5 ай бұрын

@@Canadianwheelchairguitar I hope you're doing OK now?

@Canadianwheelchairguitar

5 ай бұрын

@@TheNeuroticGuitarist From cancer? It was stage 4 brain cancer in Feb. 2008. I've been cancer free since Jan. 1st 2009. I've been in a wheelchair with an eye patch on my left eye (double vision) ever since & living on disability & my wife's paycheck & exercising 5 days a week. I'm good. Things are different but not as bad as most people assume. I started playing guitar in 2001, cancer hiatus until I decided to play again in late 2019. So since I started playing again I exercise ASAP in the morning & do a few needed household chores, then play/learn new songs to me & tiny portions of theory. Can't complain, things could be worse.

The piezoelectric it’s actually Ken Parker’s idea!! Same with the carbon fiber! It’s amazing how Parker guitars have influenced new modern guitars. Gibson included. Those auto tuners are still very unreliable!

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

24 күн бұрын

They def are unreliable. Thank you so much for watching. Please subscribe and join the madness if you haven't already 🤘😜🤘

If I love a guitar and it breaks love will find a way to fix it bro😂

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

3 ай бұрын

Rock on! 🤘 thank you for watching. Please subscribe and join the madness. 🙌

I'm too ugly for Mila Kunis, and I'm too dumb for the Dark Fire...but I enjoy seeing them both...😂

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

8 ай бұрын

Haha and there it is 👆😜

just sharing my one time live tv show fcuk ups😂 ... and I can't really hear the guitar as I plug it to my old TU-12h ... dropped it one too many times and I just go with the lights ... when I hit the whole strings, its out off whack and we're about to go on air, I just turn my volume off, pretend to play it and messing up first 3 songs b4 we go to a commercial break .... even the crew came up and says my amp not working😅 .. I told them wat happened but I do have a spare Seiko tuner dat looks like a thumb drive and just picks up on vibration ... I only brought 1 guitar, don't ask. Since then, kinda have a PTSD on tuning without hearing it properly. Anyway, I can't even afford a LP Standard or any new guitar, all my guitars were bought used and 3 new guitars were given to me as a suprised gift😂

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

7 ай бұрын

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Great content my bro but as I bake one off, we should be expecting Gibson to make guitars that STAY IN TUNE LOL NOT TUNE ITSELF! HAHAHAHA HAHAHAAH HAHAHAAHAH HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAH HAHAHAAH HAHAHAHAH HAHAHAHAH

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

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Or Gibson could decrease the angle of the stock so it'll stop going out of tune every 5 seconds.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

It literally has nothing to do with the headstock angle lol and they've made their guitars at a 17 degree angle for years just for trolls like you. You're conflating what you're even complaining about 🤪

4:08 Hate being that dude, it's actually a G 😅

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

3 ай бұрын

I did that deliberately. You are legit the first person to notice! Lol

@YKing1

3 ай бұрын

Lol I practiced my near perfect pitch with this one. Thanks! ​@@TheNeuroticGuitarist

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

3 ай бұрын

@YKing1 I think it's this video where I go the piano and show people I have virtually perfect pitch. I tend to be a little flat. I try to compensate knowing I'm a little flat. Only 1 in 10k...great job dude. I had literally forgotten I did that. I expected my brother to call me out but he doesn't care about my videos lol

It's a guitar. I play guitar. The end.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

Rock on rich, thanks for watching, please subscribe and join the madness 🙌

A lot of people seem to complain and moan that Gibson is a "boomer" guitar company and never innovates or does anything new. Funny thing is, this isn't even the first time Gibson has done something to better their guitars...they have always innovated and done new things. I have a 1976 Les Pau Standard. It's got a three piece maple neck with a volute... an innovation to address the complaint that headstocks/necks break... and everyone seems to hate those. They all cried for Gibson to go back to the way they used to make them.... just like they did after the robot guitars came out.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

Exactly, unfortunately, a lot of people just regurgitate the woes of troll gatekeepers as if they're their own ideas, I just combatted some guy saying all of their headstones break. Gibson headstock are at 17 degrees vs 14 for epiphone and according to their head luthier, jim decola, they don't need more than 10 degrees not to break anymore than any other guitar. I've never seen a company with so many opinions without ever touching them. It also seems to me that people complain about their pricing nonstop, when it's a premium product. Do people get outraged when a rolex is 10k? It's a frigging watch, right? LOL

@dnields

9 ай бұрын

@@TheNeuroticGuitarist I've been playing guitar for 37 years, and while I've never had as many Gibsons as you do, ha... I have had a couple dozen in that time. Still have three today... and NONE of them have ever suffered a headstock break or had a repair done to them. People just wanna rag on what they don't or can't have for whatever reason. They just suffer from sour grapes syndrome if you ask me. :)

@geneevans7885

9 ай бұрын

Thank you. You guys said it right. I’ve seen some less Paul’s take some gnarly headers and that head stock never broke. If anything you’ll just find a small dent. 😂

Ive never heard of this model, its pretty cool! The fake carbon fiber is pretty cringy though. Also Gibson should have came to you for the marketing direction with these, recording use is much more logical than in a live setting.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

3 ай бұрын

This was from 2008. No one endorsed it because it was so unreliable. I loved it when it worked, but even I ended up taking the tuners off after this video because it broke again and there was no work around. Great when it works. Very very useful in the studio. Poor execution

You can't tuna fish but you tune a piano

It’s really impressive. Love the intonation tool. Shame you had to go thru so many.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

4 ай бұрын

It broke again. The next video is gonna be me showing the version without those electronics. It is a super shame.

@jarodreddig63

4 ай бұрын

@@TheNeuroticGuitarist damn that sucks man.

*laughs in Peavey AT200*

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

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The crazy thing is T-pain is an incredible singer. He didn’t need auto tune he just used it anyway

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

3 ай бұрын

That IS nuts. Makes him way cooler to me. That cover of sabbath is stupid good

@GolfWangMedia-incorporated

3 ай бұрын

@@TheNeuroticGuitarist For sure man. I never knew he could do that until I saw the warpigs cover too. I’ve always like him but definitely gave a new appreciation. Ozzy loved the cover he posted about it.

LOL you're an entertainer that's for sure. Ever thought about doing guitar stand-up comedy?.....at NAMM?

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

6 ай бұрын

Haha if namm invited me to I'd do it. I've had people for years telling me to do it. I have started modeling these videos off of the way I'd suspect you'd put together a stand-up set. I could certainly do a set without having to think very hard about it

@onesource9527

6 ай бұрын

@@TheNeuroticGuitarist 1 word - Nashville....

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

6 ай бұрын

@onesource9527 I've been there three times alone last year. I am planning on going back to shoot some video with some of my friends at gibson so I'll be there again in the not to distant future

why not use a tuner. because the justonic bro. we not tuning guitars to tuners becasue that ruins a guitar. tune a fender to a tuner , the headstock will look warped. when you tune justonic, the headstock looks perfectly straight

@zvotaisvfi8678

2 ай бұрын

also, in tune relative to what, itself,? the microchip in the guitar? the band? the custom setting? everyone's just saying bro. we not ripping the tuners out of a 1930's mandolin and installing robot guitar tuners bro justonicism is the past and the future bro. and people ruining vintage guitars trying to tune it to E standard guitar tuner tuning. guitar tuner tuning is different than musical tuning for 1000 years before.

@zvotaisvfi8678

2 ай бұрын

also bro. if you tune standard eadgbe it ends up with a "Dobro" like tuning where the low E is the continuous pedal tone, because it is too tight. Slackening the low E only to a Eb or a D can make a guitar much more naturally in tune.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

2 ай бұрын

Wow, that's a lot of talking back to yourself. It must be scary up in your head

At least they made it right

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

6 ай бұрын

The guitar itself or the hardware?

The term neurotic guitarist is redundant. Ever hear drummers or bassists argue about inane bullshit like us psychotic superstitious guitarists ? Me neither.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

8 ай бұрын

Haha, drummers that play guitar!!!!

And i get Jenny 😮😅

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

8 ай бұрын

I wish that Jenny would show up if I call 8675309

This is a very Gibson solution to a Gibson problem

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

Ай бұрын

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Some people so tone deaf, they'll never be able to tune. Id put this on a cheap guitar, and market to them. If it breaks, they'll never know, and they are going to quit anyway.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

5 ай бұрын

Rock on! 🤘 thank you for watching. Please subscribe and join the madness. 🙌

its unreliable because you hooked it up wrong when you repaired it? and please dont be smart enough to put regular tuners on it.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

Did you watch the video? This comment hurts my brain because I go into great detail about all of this 😬

I hate Gibson with a passion! Their piss poor management team, the lawsuits against competitors, 59 reissue after 59 reissue, and not to forget how they destroyed a massive portion of their catalog LITERALLY, to make room for new guitars that weren’t going to sell. Needless to say, they aren’t my favorite brand…but I love Les Paul’s and explorers, Flying Vs and ES355s…I hate what Gibson has become…but I remember when I loved Gibson. That guitar right there! I was in high school, salivating over the thought of a guitar that could tune itself and STAY IN TUNE! And it was capable of so much more, it was the most innovation the guitar community has ever seen! The Robot LPs and firebirds…such underrated guitars that deserve much more love…were from a time when Gibson was focused more on innovation, making better guitars, improving their quality as well as providing the customer with some of the most beautiful guitars you’ve ever seen. I hate Gibson now…because I remember how great they once were. Over a decade ago, their guitars were worth the price. Today, their guitars aren’t worth the wood they’re cut from.

@TheNeuroticGuitarist

3 ай бұрын

Despite the electronics that fail constantly, this is one of the best made and playing les Paul's I own, vintage or new. They absolutely cared making this thing. It's too bad the hardware wasn't quite ready yet

@ThrashingHead666

3 ай бұрын

@@TheNeuroticGuitarist I agree, it’s a real shame they don’t put that same love and care into their newer models.