News: FU Guitar Hero. This here's a Gibson that tunes itself.

Beat that, Slash-styled guitar controller thing.  Now, we're not one's for blasphemy, but this shit makes Moses's staff (you know, that parted the Red Sea?) look like a piccolo by comparison.  Word.

Well, shortly, what's it all about? The Gibson Robot sports and onboard special CPU that can determine the pitch of each string and can drive the motorized tuners so that the necessary pitch adjustments are made. Besides the classic control knobs on the guitar, a special push-pull-press LED-equipped knob is installed and it will let you choose from the different tunings and other functions.

The Gibson Robot will ease things up for you not only as far as tuning is concerned but will help you even as you change the strings. Just pull off the tuner, insert the string and cut the "whiskers" then push back the piece and select the desired operation from the special multi-functional knob; pluck the string and the CPU will drive the tuning post up to the needed pitch! No matter how out of tune your guitar may be, push the multi-function knob, twist it so the desired tuning mode is LED-lit, strum and see your Robot tuning up itself in no time.

You can get your hands on the Robot in select stores December 7 in a first run limited edition, only 10 per store, kind of way.  So get there now and camp out at your local Sam Ash, Guitar Center or whatever.  Also, you can peep the owner's manual (for all of your fretting, get it!), here.  For those about to rock...you know the rest.

(mp3)    Sonic Youth - Kool Thing, from the Goo LP

Godspeed!