{"id":138,"date":"2007-10-04T12:49:06","date_gmt":"2007-10-04T18:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/technologists.com\/notes\/2007\/10\/04\/gibson-finally-realizes-jerrys-idea\/"},"modified":"2022-01-03T11:35:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T17:35:51","slug":"gibson-finally-realizes-jerrys-idea-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/2007\/10\/04\/gibson-finally-realizes-jerrys-idea-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Gibson finally realizes Jerry&#8217;s idea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Jerry Barnett &amp; I were contemplating forming the band that became the 1970 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themadmusicarchive.com\/artist_details.aspx?ArtistID=2847\">Hub City Movers<\/a>, Jerry was also wanting to build a self-tuning guitar. As a drummer, he was sick of waiting for all of us guitarists to get in tune.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve heard of other attempts since then, but it looks like the first successful realization is available from <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111219065327\/http:\/\/www.technologyreview.com:80\/infotech\/19462\/\">Gibson<\/a>. Mechanically, it &#8220;sounds&#8221; much like what Jerry had in mind in 1969.<\/p>\n<p>Update April 11, 2008: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/gibsons-second-robo-guitar-gets-pimped-out\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gibson&#8217;s second robo-guitar gets pimped out<\/a>.<\/p>\n<span hidden class=\"__iawmlf-post-loop-links\" data-iawmlf-links=\"[{&quot;id&quot;:688,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.themadmusicarchive.com\\\/artist_details.aspx?ArtistID=2847&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20100205114541\\\/http:\\\/\\\/themadmusicarchive.com\\\/artist_details.aspx?ArtistID=2847&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-11-02 20:25:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-11-08 01:25:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-11-12 18:07:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-11-12T18:07:00+00:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:689,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.cnet.com\\\/news\\\/gibsons-second-robo-guitar-gets-pimped-out&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.cnet.com\\\/news\\\/gibsons-second-robo-guitar-gets-pimped-out\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Jerry Barnett &amp; I were contemplating forming the band that became the 1970 Hub City Movers, Jerry was also wanting to build a self-tuning guitar. As a drummer, he was sick of waiting for all of us guitarists to get in tune. 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