EVH5445 Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 I was looking around the musicians friend website, and the robot explorer cost less then the standard one. What's with that?
greg420blues Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 I was looking around the musicians friend website' date=' and the robot explorer cost less then the standard one. What's with that?[/quote'] THAT sounds like a mistake I'd jump on with much haste!!! Damn ...
thejay Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 Confirmed!! $1299 for the Robot Explorer if anyone is interested
Rick Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 Confirmed!! $1299 for the Robot Explorer if anyone is interested i don't buy toys
Wonker Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 I was looking around the musicians friend website' date=' and the robot explorer cost less then the standard one. What's with that?[/quote'] That should tell you something.
greg420blues Posted April 23, 2009 Posted April 23, 2009 That should tell you something. It's just not selling and people are afraid to buy them with the name "Robot" in the title. I tell you what, though ... if you play ANY music where you might change tunings regularly, this would be a champ at it. They retune the whole guitar in like 2-4 seconds. But for value??? It's an Explorer with a not-that-appealing paint job, right? That's about all I can see with the exception of the included robot tuning system. How about usability?? If you're singing, and want to keep the crowd engaged, you can't very well be walking back to your guitar-senal to change axes every other tune ... ESPECIALLY if you only have a 45 minute set. If you're filling a 3 or 4 hour gig with multiple sets, then have at it ... but that just don't happen in a rock club. I would die to be able to create a setting for Open E, for Eb, for Eb with dropped D, and for Open G. THAT would be friggin' ridiculous to be able to tune to ANY of those ... at will ... while talking to the crowd. Off the charts ... That's just my 2 cents.
Corrosion of conformity Posted April 27, 2009 Posted April 27, 2009 I hate the idea of robot guitars...I like tuning my own guitar, and I just don't like the idea of my guitar being called a robot...
V-man Posted April 28, 2009 Posted April 28, 2009 It's just not selling and people are afraid to buy them with the name "Robot" in the title. I tell you what' date=' though ... if you play ANY music where you might change tunings regularly, this would be a champ at it. They retune the whole guitar in like 2-4 seconds. But for value??? It's an Explorer with a not-that-appealing paint job, right? That's about all I can see with the exception of the included robot tuning system. How about usability?? If you're singing, and want to keep the crowd engaged, you can't very well be walking back to your guitar-senal to change axes every other tune ... ESPECIALLY if you only have a 45 minute set. If you're filling a 3 or 4 hour gig with multiple sets, then have at it ... but that just don't happen in a rock club. I would die to be able to create a setting for Open E, for Eb, for Eb with dropped D, and for Open G. THAT would be friggin' ridiculous to be able to tune to ANY of those ... at will ... while talking to the crowd. Off the charts ... That's just my 2 cents. I wholeheartedly disagree with this premise. Pros have been doing this forever. Drop, swap, and plug doesn't take but a few seconds, and it's more fun IMO. The robot offers convenience to someone who doesn't have the money for 2 good guitars, but that also comes with a big "?" with respect to durability and dependability.
Mad Rax Posted April 28, 2009 Posted April 28, 2009 One thing we've learned from automatic versus standard cars; the more stuff in it the more you have to go to the mechanic. The robot idea sounds nice but it'll probably be a pain in the arse for it to go wrong. I've fixed pots and bridges from my own current guitars but I couldn't fix the Robot Interface Pack. That would be annoying, especially if it becomes discontinued and I couldn't find the parts. Imagine that you're using a Robot guitar instead of five normal ones to avoid the switching nuisance every time you want to change your tuning. Sounds cool right? But what happens if your Robot stops working? In my opinion if it has more parts it's easier for it to malfunction. I won't buy one until I see it on the market for at least 5 years to be sure that it works. I would like to see someone try and use one to replace the locking nut in a Floyd Rose, if a Robot Interface Pack can keep an unlocked Floyd in tune (or put it back in tune) I would definitely buy one. To be able to change tunings on a Floyd seems like a wet dream.
MojoRedFoot Posted April 30, 2009 Posted April 30, 2009 Imagine that you're using a Robot guitar instead of five normal ones to avoid the switching nuisance every time you want to change your tuning. Sounds cool right? But what happens if your Robot stops working? In my opinion if it has more parts it's easier for it to malfunction. I won't buy one until I see it on the market for at least 5 years to be sure that it works. I would like to see someone try and use one to replace the locking nut in a Floyd Rose' date=' if a Robot Interface Pack can keep an unlocked Floyd in tune (or put it [i']back[/i] in tune) I would definitely buy one. To be able to change tunings on a Floyd seems like a wet dream. One can dream, but yeah one more thing to break or need repair. Screw that. It is way more fun to have an arsenal of guitars at your disposal. You know the saying, "He (or she) with the most guitars....." :-k/
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