Gibson Les Paul - HD.6X-Pro Digital Guitar Review
Estimated price : $4,000
At the recent annual Audio Engineering Society (AES) Convention, held San Francisco’s Moscone Convention Center, crowds stood at the Gibson booth to hear live demos of the Gibson Les Paul HD.6X-PRO Digital Guitar.
This Gibson Les Paul is the first guitar of the 21st Century. In addition to such traditional features as a solid mahogany body, maple top, and humbucking guitar pickups, the HD.6X-PRO offers a revolutionary Hex pickup that generates six individual signals, onboard digital conversion, and studio-grade internal preamps. After digitizing the output from the humbuckers, the HD.6X-PRO sends the signals to a BoB breakout box that converts digital signals to individual analog channels with standard ¼” output jacks.
These separate signals allow the player to process each string individually—using different delay times or distortion settings, for example—and also pan the strings creatively in a 5.1 surround-sound field.
Because the Hex guitar pickup and individual outs allow guitarists and engineers a way to assign each string its own track in a multitrack recorder, the HD.6X-PRO opens up an untapped world of sonic possibilities in the studio. The guitar can now be mixed, processed, and creatively edited in startling new ways.
In the demos, which occurred every half hour, AES attendees witnessed some of the HD.6X-PRO’s creative power, both in surround-sound live performances and via Cakewalk’s Sonar multitrack recording software.
Gibson also displayed its Digital Snake at this year’s AES. It was well received by show attendees, who gave thumbs up to the Digital Snake’s pioneering technology and its compelling price point. At the TEC Awards VIP reception, Gibson’s Wurlitzer digital jukebox turned heads, and many guitarists in the crowd stopped to play the Gibson Les Pauls that were on display.
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- Guitar Specification -
Manufactured:
Nashville, TN
Guitar Body:
Top Species: Maple
Back Species: Mahogany, weight relief
Top Binding: Silver
Guitar Neck:
Species: Mahogany
Profile: 1950s Rounded
Peghead Pitch: 17°
Guitar Fingerboard:
Species: Ebony
Scale Length: 24-3/4"
Number of Frets: 22
Nut Width: 1.695"
Inlays: Block Carbon Fiber
Guitar Hardware:
Plating Finish: Platinum
Tailpiece: Stopbar
Bridge: Tune-o-matic
Knobs: Platinum Speed
Tuners: Platinum Knurled Knob
Guitar Electronics:
Neck Guitar Pickup: 490R humbucker
Analog Bridge Guitar Pickup: 498T humbucker
Digital Bridge Guitar Pickup: Gibson Hex Pickup 681-2031
Guitar Controls: Two volume, two tone, 3-way toggle pickup switch. Bridge guitar pickup volume doubles as digital output level control. 1/8” TRS monitor jack output w/volume control, RJ45 digital input/output, and ¼” TS analog output for the humbuckers. 1/8” TS mic jack input - includes 5V phantom power.
Note: RJ45 carries 8 digital channels out which include 6 strings, the 490R and 498T humbuckers (classic mode) and the mic, plus 2 digital channels in for the stereo monitor signal to the headphones.
Other:
Guitar Strings: Special set .011, .014, .020W, .028W, .038W, .050W
Available Colors:
Blue Metallic
Guitar Case:
Custom HD.6X-PRO Case
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