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DIfferent guitars

I thought there was a section to set up what guitar you wanted to tune Ie. 4 string bass or 6 string.
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Is the Gibson Robot Guitar a major breakthough in guitar technology?

Electric guitars have changed surprising little since the 1950's. Aside from a few innovations here and there, the materials, design and guts of today's Fenders, Gibsons, etc. are …
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How do you tune a guitar by harmonics?

I've always tuned my guitar by ear by playing an A on the E string and then tuning the open A string, then playing a D on the A string and tuning the open D string, and so on, all …
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Good quality LCD tuner for tuning in sunlight?

I discovered that my LED tuner would fail me when tuning under midday sunlight. I've seen LCD based tuners, but the one that I tried didn't seem to work very well. Can anyone rec …
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iPhone tuning application?

Has anyone tried any of the tuning applications for the iPhone?
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Why is standard guitar tuning the way it is (for 2nd string)?

For standard tuning, why are all adjacent strings 5 steps apart except for strings 2 -> 3? Is there some practical reason for that, some musical logic behind it?
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What are some alternate tunings to try for soloing or inspiration?

I was wondering what different tunings might be good for soloing, or just exploring new sounds. I have an extra guitar to experiment on so I thought I would ask. Thanks