Don’t you hate it when you start in the pleasant key of G, but then the song modulates and you have to finish in difficult G-sharp (or, worse yet, A-flat)?

Just push the Key-Change Button. It causes the first fret to pop up and press against the strings. (It’s like a stealth capo that you can activate while playing) Shift your hand up one fret and play the “same” chords, now a half-step higher!
-- AO, Apr 18 2003

Try the Hipshot Trilogy. http://www.hipshotproducts.com/
729 alternate tunings at the flip of 6 levers. [angel, Oct 21 2004]

Twice in one day I get to link to Hipshot's site. Pretty much baked by those clever guys.
-- angel, Apr 18 2003


Jimmy Page has used this system for a few years.
-- thumbwax, Apr 18 2003


hey, why not extend the system for the first - let's say- 5 freets, so, you choose which one to raise, and then, you don't need a capo?
-- laflores, Oct 28 2003


They have pedals that do this.
-- troglodyte, Jan 10 2004


And if you're really good enough you don't even a guitar, you can make all the sounds with your mouth.
-- bristolz, Feb 07 2005


Can we please kill this idea as Widely Known to Exist (albeit amongst guitar lalyers!) We are the only sad buggers who deal with tunings anyway! (p.s. I currently have "The Rain Song" tuning on my guitar - now that is seriuosly cool!
-- gnomethang, Feb 07 2005


So, there are guitars with frets that pop up on demand?
-- bristolz, Feb 07 2005


[gnomethang]: I currently have 729 different tunings on my Vox.
-- angel, Feb 09 2005



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