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I can do this with my Variax. Plus switch to Resonater or 12 string or a strat. Also the VG can do it very well. The dowside of the Gibson, is well, it's a gibson. When I was selling guitars, our shop would send back 40% of the Gibson Instruments. When there good, there great. But if you have a problem, there customer service is a nightmare. On Jan 13, 2008, at 9:57 PM, Rick Walker wrote: > Bob Weigel wrote: > "But I think the whole idea is...with the Robo you can just hit a > button > while you are playing the thing and have it go drop D tuning for > instance" > > This is exactly what is exciting about this invention. In that > sense, it allows > one (as with something like an Echoplex) to make music that has > never been made before. > > Touring briefly with Michael Manring, it was wonderful to see the > new music for bass > that he is creating by using hipshot D-tuners on all four strings of > his Zon Hyperbass. > (I think he also has some kind of customized mechanical retuning > bridge as well, > but I'm not sure how he uses it-----anyone want to chime in here?) > > He will play beautiful ringing harmonic passages and then flip a D- > tuner on one or more > strings and the Harmonics will gliss down to their new tuning , as > they are ringing out. > > It's an ethereal and beautiful effect. > > He makes music I've never heard from any other bassist that I've > heard live or on record. > One could be cyncial as say , well, it's just a gimmick or a trick, > but then again, > so is a hammer on, or a harmonic or flamenco flail, or, or, > or........ > > I have a really beautiful capo called a 'Rolling Capo' that you can > barr chord > retune in the middle of a passage, which is really cool as well. > > One beautiful thing about this (and I am a very primitive string > player so I'm no expert) > is that the harmonics change on the instrument as you change the > tuning. > > If you are playing against a loop in the initial tuning of the > instrument, this allows for > all kinds of reharmonizations that you never hear on a straigth > single tuned string instrument. > > The same thing can be approximated using false harmonics but the > harmonics on an open tuned > instrument just resonate wonderfully and sound better imho. > > I also found this interesting capo called a 'Third Hand Capo' that > allows you to fret (or not fret) > anyone one of your six strings, throwing the instrument into a new > open tuning. > > I've been experimenting with using the rolling capo to capo up the > guitar and then changing the > tuning above the capo with the 'Third Hand Capo". > > Anyone know of any partial Capos that are out there? > > Are there dulcimer Capos, perchance? I'm able to use capos on my > two strumsticks (which are like > walking dulcimers to produce really beautiful harmonic results > (frequently modal ones, just becuase > I love the sound of modal harmony and it's easy to > play..............lol).