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Last year Jeffrey Powers got to play the Gibson Dark Fire Self Tuning Guitar. He was rather pleased with how it worked and not having to tune a guitar again was a pretty nice thought. This year, Gibson was back and so Jeffrey was salivating to try the newest line.

The Gibson Dusk Tiger is the latest in robotic guitar technologies. Just like last year it had the feature of self-tuning, but this year it came with a new twist – Changing the sound of the pickups. Within a flip of the dial, you could have Single coil or double, Humbucker or just make up your own pickup sound.

With the Chameleon software, you can not only make your own sound adjustments, but also share them out to the community. The LP-Z circuit will let you control how the sound gets to the amp – LP-Z being named after Les Paul for his legendary designs. You can choose a XLR or 1.4″ cable for maximum usage. Turn it on and get the High Fidelity sound.

In this CES video, Jeffrey Powers interviews AlJon on this great new guitar. He shows how you turn the pickup selector switch to move the pickups around. For $4,100 it is a great price for what it can do.

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If you need a guitar to work on new songs without disturbing anyone or need a game controller for your Rock Band or Guitar hero, then You Rock Guitar is for you. It’s a fully functional guitar that works for musicians and game aficionados. You can even record yourself using different instruments with audio sampling.

Jeffrey Powers talks with JR on this new product. Jeff plays a couple licks and shows off his monster skills – well, maybe not monster skills, but skills nontheless.

The You Rock Guitar is a fully functional guitar – with many different samples built in. You can choose multiple guitars sounds, or if you need to write for another instrument, choose what you need and strum away. With the USB and MIDI ports, you can bring in and take out to the computer. With the audio imputs, you can connect an iPod or MP3 player and jam to a song.

What was pretty impressive is the You Rock Guitar is also a game controller. And it doesn’t matter the game system. You plug in a Gameflex cartridge and you can play Rock Band or Guitar Hero on your XBOX 360, PS3 or Wii. New guitar game comes out – you get the new cartridge. Fully functional for all your rockin needs.

Another great addition to the You Rock Guitar is the SDK for it. Become the next big game programmer or music composer with the You Rock Guitar. Develop a system that will teach everyone how to play guitar with an interactive system.

The You Rock Guitar was also featured on our live show at the NBC Universal Stage. Check it out.

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