Comments on: Gibson HD.6x Digital Guitar In Depth http://www.guitar-stuff.net/2007/02/04/gibson-hd6x-digital-guitar-in-depth/ Guitar Reviews, Ratings, Tips, and Comparisons. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:35:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jink http://www.guitar-stuff.net/2007/02/04/gibson-hd6x-digital-guitar-in-depth/comment-page-1/#comment-16958 Jink Thu, 02 Aug 2007 08:11:26 +0000 http://guitarstuff.mattvanstone.com/2007/02/04/gibson-hd6x-digital-guitar-in-depth/#comment-16958 Hmmm, yes it needs a digital out on the BoB - an ADAT Lightpipe Out/In could be good if they wanted to avoid the driver issues. And who can argue that the addition of hex MIDI out on BoB would be awesome too. Still, Craig Anderton proves that there are some pretty cool creative possibilities with this guitar as is (http://www.harmony-central.com/articles/reviews/gibsondigitalguitar_review/) and in many ways they've done an awesome job with the all the other aspects. Considering that the signal for the headphone\mic only needs to travel a few feet, the 1\8" jacks shouldn't be an issue - though bluetooth (with a quality headset) would be great to get rid of the dang cords. I applaud Gibson for taking a bold step and getting the big technological hurdles out of the way. These additions I've mentioned are relatively simple and will really raise the bar in V2! Hmmm, yes it needs a digital out on the BoB – an ADAT Lightpipe Out/In could be good if they wanted to avoid the driver issues. And who can argue that the addition of hex MIDI out on BoB would be awesome too. Still, Craig Anderton proves that there are some pretty cool creative possibilities with this guitar as is (http://www.harmony-central.com/articles/reviews/gibsondigitalguitar_review/)
and in many ways they’ve done an awesome job with the all the other aspects. Considering that the signal for the headphone\mic only needs to travel a few feet, the 1\8″ jacks shouldn’t be an issue – though bluetooth (with a quality headset) would be great to get rid of the dang cords. I applaud Gibson for taking a bold step and getting the big technological hurdles out of the way. These additions I’ve mentioned are relatively simple and will really raise the bar in V2!

]]> By: Matt http://www.guitar-stuff.net/2007/02/04/gibson-hd6x-digital-guitar-in-depth/comment-page-1/#comment-16358 Matt Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:35:16 +0000 http://guitarstuff.mattvanstone.com/2007/02/04/gibson-hd6x-digital-guitar-in-depth/#comment-16358 I agree for sure. This guitar is a solution looking for a problem. The fact that you have to convert the signal back to analog before you can do anything with mostly defeats the fact it was digital in the first place. The string splitting to different channels is a gimmick. Gibson hopes though that one day this technology will be picked up so that people CAN plug it directly into other digital electronics. That has yet to happen. I agree for sure. This guitar is a solution looking for a problem. The fact that you have to convert the signal back to analog before you can do anything with mostly defeats the fact it was digital in the first place. The string splitting to different channels is a gimmick.

Gibson hopes though that one day this technology will be picked up so that people CAN plug it directly into other digital electronics. That has yet to happen.

]]> By: Frank Baker http://www.guitar-stuff.net/2007/02/04/gibson-hd6x-digital-guitar-in-depth/comment-page-1/#comment-16356 Frank Baker Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:31:29 +0000 http://guitarstuff.mattvanstone.com/2007/02/04/gibson-hd6x-digital-guitar-in-depth/#comment-16356 The Gibson HD.6x will utterly fail. For this to succeed it needs to map to a ProTools/Sonar/etc. plug in to get digital right down into the track with no digital/analog/digital reconversions in between. What a waste of time and money. I don't know anyone at all that can actually really play the guitar well that is even remotely interested in this gear. As soon as I hear some serious tone monster stuff recorded with it I might change my mind, but nobody has done that yet have they? I'll stick with mic'd tube amps or my ANALOG emulators and DI boxes. The Gibson HD.6x will utterly fail. For this to succeed it needs to map to a ProTools/Sonar/etc. plug in to get digital right down into the track with no digital/analog/digital reconversions in between. What a waste of time and money. I don’t know anyone at all that can actually really play the guitar well that is even remotely interested in this gear.

As soon as I hear some serious tone monster stuff recorded with it I might change my mind, but nobody has done that yet have they?

I’ll stick with mic’d tube amps or my ANALOG emulators and DI boxes.

]]> By: brian http://www.guitar-stuff.net/2007/02/04/gibson-hd6x-digital-guitar-in-depth/comment-page-1/#comment-15012 brian Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:02:38 +0000 http://guitarstuff.mattvanstone.com/2007/02/04/gibson-hd6x-digital-guitar-in-depth/#comment-15012 corrected email address...:) corrected email address…:)

]]> By: brian http://www.guitar-stuff.net/2007/02/04/gibson-hd6x-digital-guitar-in-depth/comment-page-1/#comment-15011 brian Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:02:00 +0000 http://guitarstuff.mattvanstone.com/2007/02/04/gibson-hd6x-digital-guitar-in-depth/#comment-15011 Matt: saw you review on the Gibson HD.^x Have you checked out the iGuiatr.USB? Matt:

saw you review on the Gibson HD.^x
Have you checked out the iGuiatr.USB?

]]> By: Fender VG Modeling Stratocaster Guitar In Depth : Guitar Reviews, Lessons, and Tips http://www.guitar-stuff.net/2007/02/04/gibson-hd6x-digital-guitar-in-depth/comment-page-1/#comment-14866 Fender VG Modeling Stratocaster Guitar In Depth : Guitar Reviews, Lessons, and Tips Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:05:00 +0000 http://guitarstuff.mattvanstone.com/2007/02/04/gibson-hd6x-digital-guitar-in-depth/#comment-14866 [...] A big announcement at this year’s NAMM Show was that of the release of the Stratocaster VG, Fender’s first modeling guitar. After spending a few days researching Gibson’s digital guitar, I figured I might as well take a look at what Fender is offering. [...] [...] A big announcement at this year’s NAMM Show was that of the release of the Stratocaster VG, Fender’s first modeling guitar. After spending a few days researching Gibson’s digital guitar, I figured I might as well take a look at what Fender is offering. [...]

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