Wittman Lockon OBT Tuner!

[songright]

I recently purchased a Wittman MiniTUNER for my Wechter Acoustic guitar, and I was looking for a more permanent installation. I emailed Wittman about somehow mounting the tuner below or above the preamp in the guitar just like my Alvarez. Ken Wittman emailed me back, and offered to take the MiniTUNER that I bought elsewhere back, and replace it with a brand new tuner that is made specifically for the purpose of installing into the body of an acoustic guitar. He is sending it out tomorrow. He also told me that it not yet available to the public, and that I am the first! Sweet. I'm sure glad that I didn't cut a hole into the side on the guitar to accomodate the contact tuner that sticks to the inside of the soundhole like Abe Wechter and I had discussed early last week! This new tuner runs in parallel with the pickup wiring so there is no bleed from other instruments in close proximity. I freakin' love technology!

 

[Light]

Why, exactly, would you want to cut a giant hole in the side of your guitar? Especially for a tuner, a piece of equipment which by it's very nature doesn't actually do what it's supposed to do (i.e., make the guitar sound in tune)?


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[muttley600]

Why, exactly, would you want to cut a giant hole in the side of your guitar? Especially for a tuner, a piece of equipment which by it's very nature doesn't actually do what it's supposed to do (i.e., make the guitar sound in tune)?


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"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi

Glad you brought that up. I didn't have the energy.

 

[songright]

Why, exactly, would you want to cut a giant hole in the side of your guitar? Especially for a tuner, a piece of equipment which by it's very nature doesn't actually do what it's supposed to do (i.e., make the guitar sound in tune)?


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"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi

Glad you brought that up. I didn't have the energy.

What exactly am I missing here?

 

[muttley600]

What exactly am I missing here?

I think this covered it

Why, exactly, would you want to cut a giant hole in the side of your guitar? Especially for a tuner, a piece of equipment which by it's very nature doesn't actually do what it's supposed to do (i.e., make the guitar sound in tune)?


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"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi

 

[MadHatterTCM]

basically - cutting an ADDITIONAL hole into guitar... you're losing the original sound of the guitar. It's the same reason why drums without the mounting going directly into the drum is a big deal. The less extra holes you have, the more you're getting of the actual guitar sound. It'd be one thing to have a tuner built into your already existing preamp eq etc...

but obviously you're using this live, just use an external tuner and don't kill your guitar even more by cutting even more into it.

 

[songright]

basically - cutting an ADDITIONAL hole into guitar... you're losing the original sound of the guitar. It's the same reason why drums without the mounting going directly into the drum is a big deal. The less extra holes you have, the more you're getting of the actual guitar sound. It'd be one thing to have a tuner built into your already existing preamp eq etc...

but obviously you're using this live, just use an external tuner and don't kill your guitar even more by cutting even more into it.

Thanks for the insight, MadHatter! I'm still installing it, but thanks anyway.

 

[MadHatterTCM]

well do what you will. I guess I just don't see the point of installing one, when external ones function just as well, and won't kill your guitar tone.