This invention would include the use of a small computer on the guitar to constantly tune itself through note recognition, specifically through small or micro adjustments, similar to the microadjustments of a Floyd Rose locking tremolo.
The computer could be programmed to the note you want your string to be tuned to, but it could also be programed to tune the guitar to any notes.
For instance, it could recognize a G note on the fattest string tuned to E and then tune the guitar such that the string tuned to E would adjust to make for perfect tuning of the G note on the fattest string, E.
This would require battery power in order to power the guitar's computer.
The invention would crank gears preferably on the guitar body keeping the guitar constantly in tune while you play. Thus, the guitar would constantly be tuning while you are playing a song.
It is similar to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuhpngRgLEI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Gibson auto tuning guitar
Differently from the Gibson design that tunes it before play, my design would constantly tune the guitar during play.
My invention would constantly be adjusting to the notes being played, and it would be programmed to ignore the bending of notes, either through standard bends, but especially during whammy bar usage.
It is similar to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuhpngRgLEI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Gibson auto tuning guitar
Differently from the Gibson design that tunes it before play, my design would constantly tune the guitar during play.
My invention would constantly be adjusting to the notes being played, and it would be programmed to ignore the bending of notes, either through standard bends, but especially during whammy bar usage.
Whammy bars can be quite troublesome to audiophiles, and this would be a way to practically eliminate this problem.
The idea is that through playing sometimes a string can be off a quarter of a note, or even a tenth of a note, but this would no long present a problem because it would be corrected for during play of the song.
Eric Dolan Ahhhhh....good for heavy whammy bar use.
Eric Dolan Ahhhhh....good for heavy whammy bar use.
Craig Hamilton Yup! Whammy bar use was primarily what I was thinking of. Never worry again about your guitar going out of tune while using the whammy (in the middle of a song)
For example, if you fret a note and didn't bend it. The gears could adjust so that the precise note was hit, such that a guitar essentially couldn't fall out of tune during a song.
If you hit a B flat, the guitar could detect that it was slightly off and tune that note say with respect to the A string if you played a B flat.
Of course, this invention could also include alternate tunings.
For example, if you fret a note and didn't bend it. The gears could adjust so that the precise note was hit, such that a guitar essentially couldn't fall out of tune during a song.
If you hit a B flat, the guitar could detect that it was slightly off and tune that note say with respect to the A string if you played a B flat.
Of course, this invention could also include alternate tunings.
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