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Question is, are they better than the same price epiphone, branding aside?
I know the firebird ones get a lot of stick
Thanks
The Gibson Melody Maker has a narrower than standard headstock with parallel edges. Consequently, the G Force system cannot possibly fit.
Looking at the list of guitars for which the Tronical system is applicable, no variants of the Gibson Melody Maker appear.
Personally, the only lump of electronics that I would countenance on the rear of my guitar headstock would be an original Sustainiac transducer.
In my opinion, the cost of these products would be better spent on a professional quality guitar tuner. Develop an ear for pitch.
Your money. Your risk.
The Amazon pics appear to illustrate Ping or Jin-Ho clones of Gotoh SG381 machineheads.
Plus I have a set of g force tuners I bought for my kit guitar but which didn't fit Haha
No, I should probably not bother as they don't actually look all that awesome actually in any case and I could poetically do better for the money
Thanks all
Why stop there? An electric tuner, why not a tuning fork?
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If you want to get seriously retentive about tuning accuracy, where fret positions are determined by a Pythagorean ratio, intonation will be a compromise. Almost every fretted note will be a fraction off true pitch. (This is before you factor in a vibrato bridge of any description.) Hence, it is necessary to apply fractional string bends almost all of the time. Alternatively, hand over a lot of money to have the Buzz Feiten Tuning System modifications.
A few times I've plugged in my (non gforce equipped) Les Paul's and strummed waiting for the machine heads to do their thing and then be disappointed
I only took one guitar to my last jam & despite the set list involving standard, open d and d standard I was in tune really quickly.
I'm not sure I'd retrofit it to another guitar, but I won't be removing it anytime soon.
I'm looking for a guitar that I'll keep for a while not just temporarily, but as I can't afford the one I want I'm looking for cheap alternatives that I might not normally consider and this is one of them, because whilst I'm not a fan of the LP shape, I'd thought it might allow me to potentially use my otherwise useless g force tuners.
Doesn't look like it's going to be any good though as they won't fit by the sound of it, so the only advantage this model has is Amazon prime delivery Haha
EDIT: yup, I did . .
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gibson-USA-2017-Melody-Maker/dp/B01LRWJPR8/ref=sr_1_4?m=A2OAJ7377F756P&s=warehouse-deals&ie=UTF8&qid=1495296601&sr=8-4&keywords=gibson
Having said that, for this money, the average modifier could afford to upgrade to the American pickups of his or her choice.