Here is an unsurprisingly cheesy demo video of the potentially interesting Gibson Robot Guitar. It tunes itself. Fortunately for me (and Sonic Youth), you can switch it to manual tuning. Just about the only thing I can do on a guitar is tune it. And play the opening chords to Ziggy Stardust. Oh yeah, and the bassline to Bela Lugosi's Dead. Retail price for the Robot Guitar is $2499. Link to YouTube video, Link to Gibson Robot Guitar (Thanks, Dave Gill!) Previously on BB Gadgets: Gibson Robot Guitar official Link...
Mon, January 14, 2008 - 2:44 PM
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March 30, 2008
tuk is the older brother i never had- and thank god i didn't have him until later cuz i would have turned out a very different person if he had corrupted me earlier in life.... :)
he is partner in crimes aplenty, as well as an inspiration to do MOREBIGGERBETTERBEYOND... yup, getting things DONE is next level experience with this one... the things i have helped to create and been involved in because of him have possibly been some of the most exciting and rewarding of my life. the best part is, with tuk there is ALWAYS something else on the horizon. it never stops. it's never boring. always challenging, always rewarding. sometimes i want to squeeze him, and often i want to give him nuggies to the point of concussion, and other times the thought of strangling him is altogether appealing- but that combination of desires is part of what's so goddamn endearing about him, and it ALWAYS ends up making me laugh and love him even more than i did before. especially when he walks away and i realize that YET AGAIN, he talked me into this or that... or i realize he's ruffled my feathers again and i'm in a tizzy and my heads all twisted from trying to say "no" to him... yeah, you should try that game with him sometime- trying to say "no". it's an incredible thing- almost every time you lose. this man could convince a bee that it has spots instead of stripes... yup, convince anyone of anything or at least make a damn fine case of it and most definitely cause a person to get riled up trying to prove otherwise.
meanwhile, he just has that damn grin on his face and walks away with the last word trailing behind him like the smoke from victory torch, his words echoing like clanging bells in your ears. without fail it will get u to stand up taller in order to challenge him, or in order to join him. but i have to say that joining him is more fun and on the whole less frustrating.
regardless of pokings and face-lickings, or maybe because of them, or because the more shit you give me the more i know you love me... and for the fact that you are the only goddamn person that could get away with that in my life and remain at the top of my favorite people list.... i fucking love u, tuk.