Trev Wilkinson Has Done It Again

[WezV]

the man is a hardware genius

http://www.fret-king.com/supermatic.html

here we have a hardtail self-tuning bridge that hopefully will drop in place on a normal strat and uses a micro hex pickup for tuning duties. it already seems less invasive than gibsons self tuning system but its the potential with the hex pickup that interests me... makes it a possibility midi capability could be added on future versions.

possibly a aftermarket robot beater ???

ok, so it leaves an empty trem cavity on the back if adding to a standard strat... perfect place for batteries and circuit boards maybe

[Mender]

It looks very interesting, but the killer will probably be the price, as with all new innovations.

I'd like to see (hear) one in action

[WezV]

yeah, price will be an issue... but wilkinson usually manage to do quite well on that.

i would certainly expect better than the tronical was before gibson brought them out

there is a video on the page i linked to - seems to work quite well

[hooglebug]

there was a guitarist interview or feature on him a couple of years ago and there was a caption on a picture that mentioned this but nothing in the article itself. iv been waiting ever since for this

[Ripthorn]

That looks pretty sweet if you ask me. I would consider getting one to stick in a custom build, but I don't want to buy the whole guitar shown there.

[hooglebug]

all his other bridges and stuff are available seperately so i think this might be at some point in the future. which would be good

[WezV]

looks like its designed as a drop in too, so i reckon we will see a seperate version available at some point

[Untitled_Project]

Sorcery! He's a witch! Burn him!

But seriously that demonstration was pretty cool! Thanks for the link. and +1 on using it on a custom build.