jdgm Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 (edited) I think most forum members will have heard of the Evertune system? Keeps a guitar in tune all the time from the bridge, a system of springs and levers according to Wiki - so it's not like Min-E-Tune, Tronical or G-force: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evertune Company site - https://www.evertune.com/shop/index.php Someone was bound to think that way and care enough to eventually invent it I suppose. Makes more sense if you have an Earvana or Buzz Feiten nut, doesn't it? A bit OTT IMO but you know.....progress....... I'd like to try it. Hmmm? Edited September 16, 2021 by jdgm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Looks interesting for sure. Thanks for sharing that, jdgm. Much appreciated. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 The interesting bit (to me) is that it doesn't re-tune electronically but maintains the tension of the string(s) to keep them in tune, and it does that with springs, like a trem. So the guitar would feel very different to play from an ordinary fixed bridge. But...my guitars stay in tune well enough anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 It looks interesting for sure. I will be glad when someday there is a problem for it to solve. rct 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 My friend has one and I’m not a fan. It feels ok, but eliminates the possibility of using bends or vibrato. So it sounds really “stiff” which can be interesting for certain styles but overall I think it’s a big limitation. On a normal guitar I can play as stiff as I want but on the evertune I can’t move or shake any notes around. I think it’s an interesting contraption mechanically but as RCT alluded it’s sortof solving a non-issue while losing a ton of potential from the instrument 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihcmac Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Hmmm if it sounds stiff there should a way to lock the bridge for bending notes and easily unlock for retuning, also a trem bar.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBSinTo Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Can we assume that a Mr. Rube Goldberg had a hand in designing this invention? I've always used the previously designed left handed thumb and index finger to keep my guitars tuned. Work quite well, and I already owned them when I started playing the guitar many years ago. This device is a solution to a non-existant problem that seems to have been designed merely to decrease the thickness of musicians' walkets. I'll pass. RBSinTo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 I have one. I wouldn't do it again. Worked well until I needed to change strings. Very difficult to get back in the zone. Can't bend (knew that going in). Had it changed from Eb to open E tuning for slide. Isn't in tune even pasta pro set up. I don't pretend to be anything but a decent guitar player. Should be for someone like me and more user friendly. There you have it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Just now, Tman said: I have one. I wouldn't do it again. Worked well until I needed to change strings. Very difficult to get back in the zone. Can't bend (knew that going in). Had it changed from Eb to open E tuning for slide. Isn't in tune even pasta pro set up. I don't pretend to be anything but a decent guitar player. Should be for someone like me and more user friendly. There you have it. A pasta pro set up is centered around the linguini principle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted September 17, 2021 Author Share Posted September 17, 2021 10 hours ago, Tman said: I have one. I wouldn't do it again. Worked well until I needed to change strings. Very difficult to get back in the zone. Can't bend (knew that going in). Had it changed from Eb to open E tuning for slide. Isn't in tune even pasta pro set up. I don't pretend to be anything but a decent guitar player. Should be for someone like me and more user friendly. There you have it. Thankyou Tman (and Dub) - I wanted to hear from someone who has used one. Presume you have to use fairly light strings too? I hope you are well and your house is getting rebuilt. Best wishes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 13 hours ago, mihcmac said: Hmmm if it sounds stiff there should a way to lock the bridge for bending notes and easily unlock for retuning, also a trem bar.. In other words it should have a normal bridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitefang Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 I haven't had an electric ax for many moons. But when I did the Super Slinky's I used were flexible enough to bend notes without getting out of tune. And I've done some serious bending. This device seems to me as unnecessary as the "surround sound" center speaker. Whitefang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 (edited) 17 hours ago, Tman said: A pasta pro set up is centered around the linguini principle. that goes without saying doesn't it??? 🤪 this tuning gizmo,, BAH,, it's for the boids I tell ya... Edited September 17, 2021 by kidblast 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihcmac Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 5 hours ago, Dub-T-123 said: In other words it should have a normal bridge its all connected I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 11 hours ago, jdgm said: Thankyou Tman (and Dub) - I wanted to hear from someone who has used one. Presume you have to use fairly light strings too? I hope you are well and your house is getting rebuilt. Best wishes. Thanks jdgm, the house is about 2 months out so getting close! I’ll post some photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 (edited) Curious. So unlike a Floyd Rose which detunes remaining strings during a bend, this absorbs the bend?! Sounds like the solution to a small problem that creates a bigger problem. In that respect it is like a FR. Edited September 18, 2021 by merciful-evans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 (edited) 19 hours ago, merciful-evans said: Curious. So unlike a Floyd Rose which detunes remaining strings during a bend, this absorbs the bend?! Sounds like the solution to a small problem that creates a bigger problem. In that respect it is like a FR. Exactly. The tuning "zone" which stretches across a range of string tension actually absorbs the bend as you surmised. It is possible to bend if you can tune the string towards the extreme range of the function tension but I wasn't able to do it successfully and I bend a lot. So I decided to tune to an open tuning (E), raise the action and play where I don't bend - slide. I didn't want to just throw it away. I sent in an inexpensive Warmoth parts caster and they (Evertune) mounted the bridge. Seemed a waste to sell for a loss so I'm trying to make do. Edited September 19, 2021 by Tman I spelled evertune wrongly as everyone. Completely changed the meaning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tx-ogre Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 ESP (espguitars.com) and their subsidiary, Ltd guitars, have quite a few 6 and 7 string models models that have come stock with the EverTune system for years. From the reviews that I have seen, those that have them seem to like them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitefang Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 15 hours ago, tx-ogre said: ESP (espguitars.com) and their subsidiary, Ltd guitars, have quite a few 6 and 7 string models models that have come stock with the EverTune system for years. From the reviews that I have seen, those that have them seem to like them. May be.... But many people have trouble admitting to making any mistakes. Whitefang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihcmac Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 (edited) So each string has its own spring, a different amount of tension spring for each string? It seems you would have to push a little farther to get a bend, at some point the device would stop compensating because of the "Bend Stop". Edited September 20, 2021 by mihcmac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted September 19, 2021 Author Share Posted September 19, 2021 That's what I thought.....but you are pushing against spring tension to start with - which doesn't happen on a fixed-bridge and happens in a different way with a Strat trem, or a Bigsby. So it's fighting against the bend. I think.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tx-ogre Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 7 hours ago, Whitefang said: May be.... But many people have trouble admitting to making any mistakes. Whitefang Could be. I have an Ltd bass and two Ltd guitars (a 6 string and a 7 string). Both guitars have string-thru bodies and tune-o-magic bridges. I have not become adventurous enough to take a road trip to EverTune land yet. 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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