RE: Live tuning

[DClayton@xxxxxxxxxx (David Clayton)]

I have a copy of a Japanese magazine, I think it's called Young Guitar
Player from about 5 years ago with Jimmy on the cover.  I think the
article talks about this guitar because there is a picture of the guitar
in the article but the whole article is in Japanese, so I have no idea
what any of it means.  Mabey one of our Japanese friends on the list can
clue us in on this article?

Take care.

Dave

> ----------
> 
> Actually, it's a gizmo made by TransPerformance. Jimmy first started
> using it
> during his Outrider tour during his extended guitar solos and then he
> took it
> into the studio for the Page Coverdale album. They give credit to a
> Perry
> Margouleff from Transperformace for the auto tuning guitar. On the PC
> album they
> only credit it in Absolution Blues but in the last P/P tour Jimmy took
> the
> Transperformance to new limits. I still get a chill when Shake My Tree
> comes to
> mind. I've searched extensively for TransPerformance on the net and a
> couple of
> sites come up for it, most of them are about Dave Beegle of Fouth
> Dimension as
> he uses it extensively. oagl.com has some more info on that.
> If anyone knows anything more specific I'd love to know all about it
> as I am a
> gizmo junkie.
> 
> 
> 
> Carol Hall wrote:
> 
> > Has anyone noticed that Jimmy's purple Les Paul has an "L-Cat" on
> it.  An
> > "L-Cat is used for tuning switching in live performances.  If you
> are
> > playing lets say Stairway and the next song you want to play is
> Kashmir you
> > can preprogram the "L-Cat" so that the E string plays in D and you
> do not
> > have to bother with manually tunning.  The L-Cat is powered by  6
> motors and
> > you can preprogram tunnings so that when you want to play that song
> you
> > would indicate the code on the touch pad on your guitar and the
> motors will
> > change yours strings to that tuning.  It is really good if you
> change more
> > than one string.   Jimmy is known for alternate tunings.  Tunning
> changes in
> > live concerts is can be time consuming.  Kind of cool stuff
> >
> > Carol
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > >>>Sorry, but I just can't accept this.  There is perhaps the
> *tiniest*
> > >hint of sharpness on TSRTS, but it is nowhere near a half step.
> You can
> > >play along in normal tuning without sounding off.  If you tuned up
> a
> > >half step, you would be way off.<<
> > >
> > >Not trying to start an argument here, but when I held my electronic
> tuner
> > up
> > >to the opening D on TSRTS (off of TSRTS CD) it registered so sharp
> that it
> > was
> > >almost a flat D#.  When I held it up to an open A on IMTOD off of
> PG, it
> > >registered right at 440.
> > >It's a pretty significant difference, which I assume would be due
> to either
> > >the master tape being slightly fast or Plant liking to sing
> slightly sharp.
> > >Anyway, I don't see the big deal about this.  Either way they
> cranked.
> > >
> > >Pete
> 
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