Downtune switch

[Andreas]

Can you put a systen on the guitar where you flick a switch and the pitch drops like it has been downtuned?..I know there is a simulator on pedals but can it be put onboard a guitar?

[otgordin]

Do you mean all the strings tuned down a half step, or just the E string down to a D. The whole guitar down a half step thing could be done with a pretty simple active circuit activated by a push/pull. I'll post something this weekend, too much hw right now.

-Vadim

[Andreas]

All the strings to be tuned down by a full step or even more if it can be aranged without detuning..just a switch.

[syxxstring]

Transperformance

The only thing i've seen like that is the Transperformance system. Its cool but like most cool things it costs.

[Biblical]

Can you put a systen on the guitar where you flick a switch and the pitch drops like it has been downtuned?..I know there is a simulator on pedals but can it be put onboard a guitar?

you mean like on a whammy reissue,

it can be done, expensive though

[darren wilson]

Good polyphonic pitch shifting (where chords sound good) is only really possible with a hexaphonic pickup and a Roland VG system (or a Line 6 Variax).

Pitch shifter pedals/rack gear sound great on single note stuff, but i've never heard one shift the pitch of a chord with any degree of clarity.

[Devon Headen]

the main reason I tune down is to get a chunkier, looser sound on the strings. I don't think I'd like electroncally altering the pitch. Plus, unless you had tons of stage noise, you'd hear your guitar still playing at the normal pitch. That'd drive me insane.

[lovekraft]

Forget electronics - get a Trilogy.

[ansil]

the main reason I tune down is to get a chunkier, looser sound on the strings. I don't think I'd like electroncally altering the pitch. Plus, unless you had tons of stage noise, you'd hear your guitar still playing at the normal pitch. That'd drive me insane.

i used to use an old boss pitch shifter delay pedal to take my whole guitar up or down by three semitones. it sounds passible in c# but it sounds normal in d tuning. just like a regular guitar.