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September 29, 2011 08:22 pm GMT

Gibson Shipping The Firebird X, A Computer Inside A Guitar

gibsonfirebirdxeng2010Announced at CES 2011, the Gibson Thunderbird X has been a fascinating example of a traditional instrument maker building something that, arguably, is quite revolutionary. The Thunderbird X is essentially a computer inside a guitar. The guitar itself contains a Freescale processor and can run apps approved and sold through the Gibson website. The guitar can model over 2,000 different sounds and styles out of the box and, when coupled with Gibson's auto-tuning machine heads, you can select any number of tuning possibilities automatically.Guitar purists are an angry lot and many innovations, including the Fretlight, are welcomed with derision and snark. To be fair, guitars haven't improved much since Les Paul strapped some strings to a hunk of 4x4. As electronic music has eclipsed "real" instruments, it's good to see that Gibson is still trying new things. They could just sit back and keep making sunbursts until the end of days, but instead they're building what amounts to a PC in a solid-body electric.

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