I've been using Evertune for years and the biggest benefits in order of surprise are: The pitch of the attack is the same as the pitch of the ringing note. This lets you tune/intonate better and also lets you play as hard as you want without it going sharp. Everything you play sounds like a studio recording because it's always perfectly intonated. It's hard to describe until you play it and don't hear very slightly sharp or flat notes in your chords. It inspires me to play more and longer. Not having to tune means a LOT of time and money saved in the studio. I recorded my last album almost exclusively with two Evertune guitars and in the entirety of recording the album the only time we touched the tuning was after changing the strings. Whole days of recording without tuning once, and that included runs and octaves that went up and down the neck. That perfect intonation is amazing! On stage, if you hear something out of tune, you can be confident it's not you. As a singer this is extra useful for me since it's not always easy to just tweak tuning mid-song. I've flown from Chicago to Europe, played 10 shows, including one up high in the mountains of Slovenia, and flew back home. Didn't tune once for the whole trip. I have two very nice (and pricey) Les Pauls that I almost never touch because it's just not worth it to me to have to worry about tuning on stage and I have two Evertune guitars to rely on.
That first benefit is already so good Sometimes (especially if using lighter gauge) if i hit the strings too hard they go slightly sharp for a little bit before returning to the correct note and this would just totally get rid of that issue
Hi everyone. Matt from EverTune here. Thanks for all your comments and questions. My tech, Gary Brawer (Metallica, Joe Stariani, Neal Schon) is a big EverTune guy. I encourage everyone to try it for themselves. Then you might see why Steve Stevens, Steve Miller, Ron Nevison and a lot of guys not named Steve rely on EverTune in the studio and live.
Thankyou to you and the Evertune crew for bringing this innovation to the world of guitar! It proves that some engineers are anything but boring (tongue firmly in cheek...). We are in an equipment renaissance at the moment and I wish my cash reserves were much bigger so that I could explore it fully. Cheers.
I’m completely sold on this. Going to be ordering two units to retrofit a couple of my “less collectible” Custom Shop LP’s. Just take my money already! LOL ❤ from 🇨🇦 :)
If I’m going to disembowel my guitar to keep it in tune, I want accompanying whammy bar with instant dive bomb and dropped d capability….wait a minute isn’t that what a Floyd Rose D-tuna with locking nut does?
Fantastic for gigging, recording, just playing in general. Long song writing sessions becomes more inspiring too, since all you gotta do is write songs not not hear strings go out of tune slightly over the course of time. And anybody who says they never have tuning issues with a normal guitar = no, any normal goes out of tune if you bend too much or go from a cold backstage to a warm stage (or other way around) Evertune solves all of that :D
@@gary6449 correct but wouldn’t it be awesome if they could somehow do it ? They started selling bass Evertunes last year or early this year so let’s hope the next one they do will be for 12 strings
I don't have issues with tuning to the point that I would go through the added expense and complexity. I understand how a lot of people especially beginners would love something like this.
As an Evertune user, these videos are fun to watch 😄 I use two Solar guitars with Evertune for gigs and it is the most relaxing thing on stage, knowing your guitar and your backup are both perfectly in tune ❤
@@JCMC777 yep, once And my backup was in the backstage area (the one time....), so the walking took most of the time and taught me to always have my backup on stage 😂
I just got a 7 string with an evertune and I absolutely love it. It holds tuning so well and it feels just like a very comfortable fixed bridge to play. There are some downsides. It does affect the sound especially when you do palm mutes. It's kind of a "dampening" effect kind of like a Boss NS2 pedal. You can work around the palm mutes by disabling the locking mechanism on whatever string you want to record your mutes on or just use bigger strings, and you can dig in as much as you want so there's that too. While you can set it up to bend, slow clapton style bends tend to sound weird and are kind of hard to do. If you play mainly blues leads, I wouldn't recommend it. However for rhythm playing it's an absolute lifesaver. I've saved hours of time recording because I don't have to worry about staying in tune. It's so handy. I wouldn't put it on all my guitars but I cannot imagine NOT having at least one guitar equipped with it, and that's my main takeway. If you have one guitar equipped with an Evertune I find it highly unlikely that you'd want to send it back, having one guitar that is always just in tune is always going to be useful. More metal oriented guitars should come equipped with these things and far fewer should come equipped with Floyd Roses. The fact is whether you are a lead player or a rhythm player, you spend most of your time playing rhythm, and the Evertune really shines there. Hell even if your are a blues player, keep your strat stock and throw an evertune on a Les Paul studio so you can lay down rhythm tracks. Win win.
I had very similar experiences with the ET 7 string I used to own, it definitely does alter the tone, in fact I could hear it in this video when Phil first strummed the guitar acoustically, there's an approaching (but not fully) semi - hollow body sound to them. Agree 100% re fast palm muting and the response. Was also disappointed Phil did not check the sustain of higher notes above the 12th fret, a well known drawback of these bridges and a deal breaker for many.
Up to recently, I worked for the company that owns Washburn and distributes Cort guitars and I LOVE the evertune guitars! I even set up one that was reviewed in Guitar World and they loved it too! I really would die to have a Gibson Flying V with an Evertune! The perfection of playing chords is just the most relaxing!!
@@cederickforsberg5840 while true, that simply isn't an option at the moment. Currently if you want a V shaped guitar with an evertune, it's either the LTD or Solar has one as well
Bought a Solar Vinter 6-string with the EverTune... Hitting the open E maj chord right out of the box was one of the most memorable moments playing a guitar I've had. To hear a guitar out of the box perfectly intonated and tuned was one thing; hitting an open chord with force, and not hearing the pitch sharpen is something you don't realize you've most likely never heard before. Unless it was one of my floating trem axes, I'd want this in almost every other one.
It’s possible (with age) to get a 3x3 tuner guitar like a LP to stay in tune. Everyone knows the G string (and to a much less extent the B) will give you trouble. Do I have less problem with my PRS 3x3s Yeah, of course. However, my 1959 ES-345 stays in tune just fine. I’ve had it since 1980. With age, proper intonation and setup, and tempering the tuning from wound to unwound (D to G) you can manage it. Use your ears as you play and adjust the pressure and bend as you play up the neck. Avoid adding a note on a string you know will be out of tune. A good example is “Running with the Devil” VH or “Round and Round” by Ratt in which the players avoid mixing notes from lower wound strings and high E while playing triads higher up on the neck. Play smart, listen and let your fingers tell your ears and vice versa so you sound in tune.
Ok, so let us address the ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM !!! ... TWELVE STRING GUITARS !!! This sort of device would elevate a Rickenbacker 12 string to the next level. Would need to be a 12 string bridge of course. But the idea that you could pick up a RIC 12 and it would always be in tune would be sensational. Now, of course, you don't always want the unison pairs to be in perfect tune but it looks like the fine tuning ability would cater for this. A typical RIC 12 weighs around 3.6kg (about 8lbs). So adding this bridge would not compromise playability. The biggest challenge is that many RIC 12 owners don't want to modify the visual look of their instrument and probably don't want a permanent non-reversible customisation. But for others, the thought of a RIC 12 that never goes out of tune is quite compelling. Cheers from the Land Down Under.
The G type evertune is used on guitars where the string height at the stock bridge exceeds 1/2 inch. These are great bridges. I've got 3 guitars with them.
The answer to your question…yes, I would grab the one that was in tune…when I want/need to play, I don’t want to have to check tuning, action, neck relief etc…I wanna guitar thats ready when I am👍
Yes. Knowing my guitar is always in tune would definitely lend me to pick up and play. Thx for the video; no one on TH-cam is as good as you when it comes communicating and connecting with people and explaining gear as you. I wish there was an equal in the acoustic community.
I love mine. I had one installed in my Gibson Explorer and quickly after ordered an Evertuned LTD Phoenix. I play in a country/rock cover band 4 hours almost every Saturday night and it’s been a game changer.
This is cool, never understood this and now I do thank you!! Def has its own sound, doesn’t sound like the Les Paul as much. Little more sterile, makes sense it’s paired with actives or high gain passives. Was watching a Paul Stanley interview where he was saying the same thing about maintaining stability for rhythm (in his case talking about heavier strings). Seems like a clean rhythm set it and forget forever solution. Pretty neat!
Did exactly that... bought the ESP w Evertune and Seymour Duncans. I am not a metal guy at all, but this guitar doesn't know (shhhh) it is a metal guitar. I have convinced it that it can have a great life playing rock, jazz, blues, alt - not too proud to beg. It lives in my barn/music room which has wildly varying temps/humidity. Never budges out of tune. And the guitar is a beautiful LP style body with stunning gray/black design. Kudos Evertune and ESP! PS, the non-Evertune guitars that live in the barn go a full step out of tune frequently. And I'm not an ET shill - I ain't chasing no waterfalls.
I have a Morris Hurricane with the Kahler Flyer 2 trem and locking nut, I've been very lucky as it's always in tune. I maybe adjust 1 or 2 of the fine tuners after a restring but that's it. I've had this guitar 30 years and now realise how lucky I've been, especially as it only had its first set up this year!
Love this I find it very useful, especially when you commented about it being "known fact that its in tune makes me wanna pick it up even more..." Makes me think about getting it even more
Yeah, I agree 100%, half our guitar life we spend battling tuning issues. Using good humidifiers in my acoustic body, in the case eliminates time consumption in tuning ! I think that bridge is probably a great invention and a great product! 25 and 25 1/2 inch scales work with this? We spend so much time fixing and keeping things in order in our life it's nice to pick up your guitar and start playing....
I'd love one of these bridges. Might as well instead of a hardtail as you can set it to allow bends too. Not sure how well they will do adding a trem system to the evertune one day. Would be cool and surely they will one day. Lol
& this video is why I swear by the Evertune. 6, 7, & 8 string players are tuning lower & lower & the Evertune is the way to go for it. & having to not have a telephone wire for the lowest string helps to get better tone & feel for the players themselves. Fantastic video Phil. 🤘
I’m from the area where these are made. A tech loaned me a tele w an evertune for a session and it was amazing. I overdubbed all day without tuning, focusing only on music and sounds. Great studio day.
I learned so much Phil. To me Evertune was something I always saw on some ESP EC-1000 models. Now I know through your great video the basics of this great in tune, stable system. Thank you!
I'm a huge fan of the Evertune bridges. I actually love the beautifully *even* intonation even more than I love the _"not-having-to-retune-as-often thing"._
We really appreciate you doing the review! I have been very curious about everTune for years. However I don’t love the visible holes from the modification. Thanks again Phil!
I have a Solar E1.6 FBB with Evertune. It’s one of my favourite guitars. I have 5 Solars - 3 with FR trems, 1 with hard tail. Interesting that this mod didn’t route out the back like most Evertune equipped guitars. BTW if you want to understand how Evertune works? Ola Englund has videos on tuning and drop tuning Evertunes. Cheers from NZ 😎🎸🤘
my $300.00 Hamer Slammer from '98 is always in tune. If for some reason it is not in tune, ALL the strings are out of tune, the same amount. I have far more expensive guitars but the Hamer is the one I play the most..
Most excellent video Phil and I am a long time viewer/follower. I have enjoyed 99.9% of all of your work. Thank you sir for sharing your knowledge with all of us. This is the first time I’ve heard about the Evertune bridge. Fascinating and now I am curious about them. I will check to see if a store near me has a guitar with one so I can personally feel it out.
Sounds great and looks great, makes me want to buy a Les Paul or single cut variant and have a Evertune installed on it. It’s a glorious sounding guitar. Evertune is the future and it’s a good thing for us guitar players. Phillip, you’re right, a tuned guitar is always calming. Thanks for making this video 🙏
I'm with you on the heat! It has been brutal down here in Tucson as well. I basically suspended all guitar and pickup making unless I had an order for pickups that I needed to wind.
I found that with light strings, the original tune-o-matic on my LP KM '78, wouldn't shorten the high E enough, so I put a Leo Quan Badass on around '79. That worked fine with the wider range for setting the saddle.
Thanks for another great video. Very interesting. Gibsons are still not for me, having worked 17 years in a guitar store, but the bridge is something I'd like to check out now. These videos are really honest and practical, so thanks for the insight. Great to hear unbiased reaction from a real guitar player.
I didn't know Evertune bridges are also permanently locking intonation. I love in a country with a lot of variation in humidity and temperature during the year and constantly having to adjust intonation is quite irritating. I will think about purchasing an Evertune equipped guitar for sure!
I had one of the first, if not the first Evertune in SoCal put on my guitar by Fren Asken. My guitar is an SG, which are thinner than most guitars, and proved to be a bit of a challenge. But it's on there, and it is absolutely fantastic. It's spooky how good this thing works. Cosmo--If you see this, Regards!
I have two evertune equipped axes. I’ll never go back. I usually practice with my normal guitars and save the strings on the evertunes for live and recording I’ve always hated when bands finish a song and you’re looking at the tops of everyone’s head as they stare at their pedal tuners. I’ve always hated tuning before every pass at a solo in the studio. I used to dread certain songs in the set list where I knew the solo was going to kill the tuning on the last chorus. I used to change the set list to accommodate tuning after those songs. Im never going to have to deal with any of that again. Evertune is a great tool.
First time I've heard of Evertune - thanks for the heads up! I really like the idea of a Gibson Studio with this rig - esp if it can be set up so top 3 strings are bendable and lower 3 can stay in tune no matter what . . . that's pretty revolutionary. Coolio 😎
If you tune it to the upper limit of the evertune's capabilities in order to do bends, won't that mean your guitar can also go out of tune in that direction (higher) if you leave it adjusted like that?
There is a possibility of it. Will it happen though? Probably never. You would really have to be taking it in and out of an extremely hot room to an extremely cold room back and forth constantly IF that could possibly happen. I’ve never had issues and I own multiple evertunes so it’s not a test subject of one.
@@ingersoll4961 I see. I suppose you can set it a bit farther from the transition between zones 2 and 3, and the tradeoff would be that bends are just the tiniest bit harder. Is that right?
Before you explained what that bridge does to counteract what happens at the top end, Mr. McKnight, I wondered how it could work. Then, I realized that the secret hiding part to do with it being a string through system which is not typical of a Gibson Les Paul. After that, I remember the video posted by guitar Max a few weeks ago about a portable guitar that folds up at the heel. I think that part of the mechanism installed in that model to make it collapsible is a similar bridge to this one.
I just ordered my first Evertune, a Hype GTI From Ormsby that's multiscale(first multiscales with evertunes), I think it'll make me play even more for sure, and the rest of Ormsby's stuff already got me to 3-4 hours a day a lot of the time.
I had an evertune installed on my Warmoth parts Flying V. It had a wrap-around bridge before the installation. When I first got it back I was very disappointed in the change to the guitars tone. It definitely lost sustain. However, It’s my main guitar for live and recording, and has been for seven years now. The gains of being able to fearlessly bend the crap out of a solo and play a Maj7th chord right after, not even needing a tuner on stage, or recording as many passes as a want without tuning between takes, are worth the price paid in tone loss for me. Just not having a pedal tuner onstage is huge benefit for me, the rest of the band, and the audience.
Yeah Phill I’m with you on that! A guitar that’s always absolutely in tune is a go to! What an awesome looking and sounding Studio Les Paul! Great review and analysis!!!❤💕🎸👍🙏🤗✌️👋
Great vid, I had seen a lot of guitars with an Evertune bridge and never actually understood what it did and since most of the guitars that come with it are shredder guitars I had never looked into them.
Thanks, Phillip. You know, the SG screams for this upgrade...the added body weight would offset/eliminate neck dive and it would solve the tuning stability issues. If it will fit an SG, its a no-brainer. Would love to see that video. Cheers.
I can see this being very useful in a studio / recording situation. However, to answer your question, if I walked into a room would I grab it just because I knew it was in tune, no I would not. I would still pick up my N4, Jem, or Les Paul.
It's really cool, I could see having it on a guitar for rhythm/recording work. I also wonder if you'd get more time in between string changes with an evertune system. You'd still end up with "dead strings" over time, but I guess they'd still be in tune? Do they make anything for acoustics or is that not really feasible?
I love Evertune. I have had strings on for months and they only need a very slight adjustment... Not sounding out of tune, but a string or two maybe being at +-1/2/3 cents after all that time. So if being super picky yeah, they might not stay in tune 1000000000000% FOREVER.... But damn good near enough! I rather tune once every month than between every take when recording, thats for sure =D
@ 9:18 Evertune did a good job 👍 that bridge sounds like an absolute miracle; what would they have thought back in the 50's had they seen this? 🤔 @ 15:57 absolutely! 👩 it sounds like " State-of-the-art " technology, thank you for the heads up; I had no idea such technology even existed; from: Scranton, Pennsylvania
I've been using Evertune for years and the biggest benefits in order of surprise are:
The pitch of the attack is the same as the pitch of the ringing note. This lets you tune/intonate better and also lets you play as hard as you want without it going sharp.
Everything you play sounds like a studio recording because it's always perfectly intonated. It's hard to describe until you play it and don't hear very slightly sharp or flat notes in your chords. It inspires me to play more and longer.
Not having to tune means a LOT of time and money saved in the studio. I recorded my last album almost exclusively with two Evertune guitars and in the entirety of recording the album the only time we touched the tuning was after changing the strings. Whole days of recording without tuning once, and that included runs and octaves that went up and down the neck. That perfect intonation is amazing!
On stage, if you hear something out of tune, you can be confident it's not you. As a singer this is extra useful for me since it's not always easy to just tweak tuning mid-song.
I've flown from Chicago to Europe, played 10 shows, including one up high in the mountains of Slovenia, and flew back home. Didn't tune once for the whole trip.
I have two very nice (and pricey) Les Pauls that I almost never touch because it's just not worth it to me to have to worry about tuning on stage and I have two Evertune guitars to rely on.
That first benefit is already so good
Sometimes (especially if using lighter gauge) if i hit the strings too hard they go slightly sharp for a little bit before returning to the correct note and this would just totally get rid of that issue
I love my evertunes. Once they figure out how to put a tremelo on it then its game over!
What a top for a Studio
What might this be on a fret less guitar
Hi everyone. Matt from EverTune here. Thanks for all your comments and questions. My tech, Gary Brawer (Metallica, Joe Stariani, Neal Schon) is a big EverTune guy. I encourage everyone to try it for themselves. Then you might see why Steve Stevens,
Steve Miller, Ron Nevison and a lot of guys not named Steve rely on EverTune in the studio and live.
Thankyou to you and the Evertune crew for bringing this innovation to the world of guitar! It proves that some engineers are anything but boring (tongue firmly in cheek...). We are in an equipment renaissance at the moment and I wish my cash reserves were much bigger so that I could explore it fully. Cheers.
I’m completely sold on this. Going to be ordering two units to retrofit a couple of my “less collectible” Custom Shop LP’s. Just take my money already! LOL
❤ from 🇨🇦 :)
I'm only in this for the Steves.
If I’m going to disembowel my guitar to keep it in tune, I want accompanying whammy bar with instant dive bomb and dropped d capability….wait a minute isn’t that what a Floyd Rose D-tuna with locking nut does?
@@brianloy7856 I have a Steinberger with Transtrem...
Fantastic for gigging, recording, just playing in general.
Long song writing sessions becomes more inspiring too, since all you gotta do is write songs not not hear strings go out of tune slightly over the course of time.
And anybody who says they never have tuning issues with a normal guitar = no, any normal goes out of tune if you bend too much or go from a cold backstage to a warm stage (or other way around)
Evertune solves all of that :D
100% agreed. Speeds up recording too - I'm not checking tuning after every take, every bent string.
A 12-string guitar would really be worth the price of admission!
With Evertune? Definitely. I know Solar Guitars has 7 and 8 string models with Evertune so 12 should be doable.
@@PeterMoore350 Well, there are very different spacing issues between a 12 string and 6/7/8/9/10s.
Pretty sure that Evertune does *not* offer a 12-string version..
@@gary6449 correct but wouldn’t it be awesome if they could somehow do it ?
They started selling bass Evertunes last year or early this year so let’s hope the next one they do will be for 12 strings
I don't have issues with tuning to the point that I would go through the added expense and complexity. I understand how a lot of people especially beginners would love something like this.
As an Evertune user, these videos are fun to watch 😄
I use two Solar guitars with Evertune for gigs and it is the most relaxing thing on stage, knowing your guitar and your backup are both perfectly in tune ❤
Wow! Ever had a string break on-stage???
@@JCMC777 yep, once
And my backup was in the backstage area (the one time....), so the walking took most of the time and taught me to always have my backup on stage 😂
I love my LTD 1000 Evertune guitar. I’ve had it 7 years and tuned it 3 or 4 times when I changed strings. It’s amazing
Ugh, I spend so much time tuning my guitar. lol
Great video on the evertune bridge, I understand the working of the evertune so much better now. Thanks Phil!
I have an LTD with Evertune and Fluence moderns. There is no going back!
I just got a 7 string with an evertune and I absolutely love it. It holds tuning so well and it feels just like a very comfortable fixed bridge to play. There are some downsides. It does affect the sound especially when you do palm mutes. It's kind of a "dampening" effect kind of like a Boss NS2 pedal. You can work around the palm mutes by disabling the locking mechanism on whatever string you want to record your mutes on or just use bigger strings, and you can dig in as much as you want so there's that too. While you can set it up to bend, slow clapton style bends tend to sound weird and are kind of hard to do. If you play mainly blues leads, I wouldn't recommend it. However for rhythm playing it's an absolute lifesaver. I've saved hours of time recording because I don't have to worry about staying in tune. It's so handy. I wouldn't put it on all my guitars but I cannot imagine NOT having at least one guitar equipped with it, and that's my main takeway. If you have one guitar equipped with an Evertune I find it highly unlikely that you'd want to send it back, having one guitar that is always just in tune is always going to be useful. More metal oriented guitars should come equipped with these things and far fewer should come equipped with Floyd Roses. The fact is whether you are a lead player or a rhythm player, you spend most of your time playing rhythm, and the Evertune really shines there. Hell even if your are a blues player, keep your strat stock and throw an evertune on a Les Paul studio so you can lay down rhythm tracks. Win win.
I had very similar experiences with the ET 7 string I used to own, it definitely does alter the tone, in fact I could hear it in this video when Phil first strummed the guitar acoustically, there's an approaching (but not fully) semi - hollow body sound to them. Agree 100% re fast palm muting and the response. Was also disappointed Phil did not check the sustain of higher notes above the 12th fret, a well known drawback of these bridges and a deal breaker for many.
I set my Evertune to drop D by default and tune up to E. Way more useful tuning. Also intonation is so easy on Evertune bridges as well.
Same
If I had one I'd do the same, because I rarely get out of drop tuning these days.
Up to recently, I worked for the company that owns Washburn and distributes Cort guitars and I LOVE the evertune guitars! I even set up one that was reviewed in Guitar World and they loved it too! I really would die to have a Gibson Flying V with an Evertune! The perfection of playing chords is just the most relaxing!!
If you want a V guitar with an evertune bridge, LTD has the Arrow 1000 Evertune.
@@BearBrush But he said he wants a Gibson Flying V.
Thats not the same as the LTD Arrow.
@@cederickforsberg5840 while true, that simply isn't an option at the moment. Currently if you want a V shaped guitar with an evertune, it's either the LTD or Solar has one as well
@@BearBrush Solar V too...
@@MickH60 I mentioned solar in my last comment above
I feel like the podcast listeners have been waiting for this video for years! Worth it!
Bought a Solar Vinter 6-string with the EverTune... Hitting the open E maj chord right out of the box was one of the most memorable moments playing a guitar I've had. To hear a guitar out of the box perfectly intonated and tuned was one thing; hitting an open chord with force, and not hearing the pitch sharpen is something you don't realize you've most likely never heard before. Unless it was one of my floating trem axes, I'd want this in almost every other one.
A Gibson Les Paul in tune? What is this sorcery? 🧙
Its called evertune hahaha
It’s possible (with age) to get a 3x3 tuner guitar like a LP to stay in tune. Everyone knows the G string (and to a much less extent the B) will give you trouble. Do I have less problem with my PRS 3x3s Yeah, of course. However, my 1959 ES-345 stays in tune just fine. I’ve had it since 1980. With age, proper intonation and setup, and tempering the tuning from wound to unwound (D to G) you can manage it. Use your ears as you play and adjust the pressure and bend as you play up the neck. Avoid adding a note on a string you know will be out of tune. A good example is “Running with the Devil” VH or “Round and Round” by Ratt in which the players avoid mixing notes from lower wound strings and high E while playing triads higher up on the neck. Play smart, listen and let your fingers tell your ears and vice versa so you sound in tune.
Lol, would’ve been a better title for the video
Just upwind the g and your fine....
My studio stays in tune great. Not as good as my tele but way better than any strat I’ve played
Phil, I couldn't care less if I can hear you A/C in the background. Be comfortable my friend!
Great video, as usual.
I got a Kissel with an evertune 6 mo. Ago, i have over 30 guitars and haven’t played any of them, i just grab my Kiesel and go.. super awesome!!!!!!
Great video Phil
Ok, so let us address the ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM !!! ... TWELVE STRING GUITARS !!!
This sort of device would elevate a Rickenbacker 12 string to the next level. Would need to be a 12 string bridge of course. But the idea that you could pick up a RIC 12 and it would always be in tune would be sensational. Now, of course, you don't always want the unison pairs to be in perfect tune but it looks like the fine tuning ability would cater for this.
A typical RIC 12 weighs around 3.6kg (about 8lbs). So adding this bridge would not compromise playability.
The biggest challenge is that many RIC 12 owners don't want to modify the visual look of their instrument and probably don't want a permanent non-reversible customisation. But for others, the thought of a RIC 12 that never goes out of tune is quite compelling. Cheers from the Land Down Under.
The G type evertune is used on guitars where the string height at the stock bridge exceeds 1/2 inch. These are great bridges. I've got 3 guitars with them.
The large backplate is for the F style Bridge. The Gibson evertune has the two seperate backplates.
The answer to your question…yes, I would grab the one that was in tune…when I want/need to play, I don’t want to have to check tuning, action, neck relief etc…I wanna guitar thats ready when I am👍
I have a PRS with Evertune, Best guitar ever. Never tune on stage again! Plays wonderful. Great job Evertune!
Such a fascinating mechanism. Really want one. Thanks for the in depth look Phil.
Amazing! My go to guitar is my 1984 Studio that I bought in 1985. Still stock, stays in tune, and I love it! My first "real" guitar!
Amazing work, Phil!
Thank you
I would love to see Evertune come up with a solution for acoustic guitars. That would be insane!
Yes. Knowing my guitar is always in tune would definitely lend me to pick up and play. Thx for the video; no one on TH-cam is as good as you when it comes communicating and connecting with people and explaining gear as you. I wish there was an equal in the acoustic community.
I love mine. I had one installed in my Gibson Explorer and quickly after ordered an Evertuned LTD Phoenix. I play in a country/rock cover band 4 hours almost every Saturday night and it’s been a game changer.
This is cool, never understood this and now I do thank you!! Def has its own sound, doesn’t sound like the Les Paul as much. Little more sterile, makes sense it’s paired with actives or high gain passives. Was watching a Paul Stanley interview where he was saying the same thing about maintaining stability for rhythm (in his case talking about heavier strings). Seems like a clean rhythm set it and forget forever solution. Pretty neat!
I wish he would've ab'd it with the same model LP unmodified....... That would be definitive.
Did exactly that... bought the ESP w Evertune and Seymour Duncans. I am not a metal guy at all, but this guitar doesn't know (shhhh) it is a metal guitar. I have convinced it that it can have a great life playing rock, jazz, blues, alt - not too proud to beg. It lives in my barn/music room which has wildly varying temps/humidity. Never budges out of tune. And the guitar is a beautiful LP style body with stunning gray/black design. Kudos Evertune and ESP! PS, the non-Evertune guitars that live in the barn go a full step out of tune frequently. And I'm not an ET shill - I ain't chasing no waterfalls.
I have a Morris Hurricane with the Kahler Flyer 2 trem and locking nut, I've been very lucky as it's always in tune. I maybe adjust 1 or 2 of the fine tuners after a restring but that's it. I've had this guitar 30 years and now realise how lucky I've been, especially as it only had its first set up this year!
Love this
I find it very useful, especially when you commented about it being "known fact that its in tune makes me wanna pick it up even more..."
Makes me think about getting it even more
maybe it's time to get an Eclipse with Evertune - great video Phil. Thanks!
If you're a player that digs in, this could be great. No re-tuning between songs. Considering the engineering, seems inexpensive.
Brilliant for recording and studio work....
Excellent overview. I still haven’t seen an ever tune in the wild just yet (live gigs and such). I’d love to try one out!
I have a T style with evertune and it’s great for outdoor gigs
Who would have thought the day would ever come where you could have a Gibson LP that would always stay in tune.
It's a magical time in the history of guitar technology...
Yeah, I agree 100%, half our guitar life we spend battling tuning issues.
Using good humidifiers in my acoustic body, in the case eliminates time consumption in tuning ! I think that bridge is probably a great invention and a great product! 25 and 25 1/2 inch scales work with this? We spend so much time fixing and keeping things in order in our life it's nice to pick up your guitar and start playing....
I'd love one of these bridges. Might as well instead of a hardtail as you can set it to allow bends too. Not sure how well they will do adding a trem system to the evertune one day. Would be cool and surely they will one day. Lol
Yes…that would inspire me to reach for it because retuning is a drag…it interrupts your song or ideas… you gotta stop and retune
Super-interesting video, Phil. Thank you!
& this video is why I swear by the Evertune.
6, 7, & 8 string players are tuning lower & lower & the Evertune is the way to go for it.
& having to not have a telephone wire for the lowest string helps to get better tone & feel for the players themselves.
Fantastic video Phil. 🤘
Fantastic, I’m sold. Great video
Thanks
I’m from the area where these are made. A tech loaned me a tele w an evertune for a session and it was amazing. I overdubbed all day without tuning, focusing only on music and sounds. Great studio day.
Sweet!
I learned so much Phil. To me Evertune was something I always saw on some ESP EC-1000 models. Now I know through your great video the basics of this great in tune, stable system. Thank you!
I'm a huge fan of the Evertune bridges.
I actually love the beautifully *even* intonation even more than I love the _"not-having-to-retune-as-often thing"._
Very cool.
We really appreciate you doing the review! I have been very curious about everTune for years. However I don’t love the visible holes from the modification. Thanks again Phil!
Thanks Phillip! Oh my gawd its fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a great review. Thank you Phil. It's an amazing bit of gear.
Thank you
Phil don't bury the lede with that title! I scrolled past this video a few times before noticing the guitar had an Evertune!
Great video, I didn't know about this bridge. Great explanations.
I have a Solar E1.6 FBB with Evertune. It’s one of my favourite guitars. I have 5 Solars - 3 with FR trems, 1 with hard tail.
Interesting that this mod didn’t route out the back like most Evertune equipped guitars.
BTW if you want to understand how Evertune works? Ola Englund has videos on tuning and drop tuning Evertunes.
Cheers from NZ 😎🎸🤘
The Evertune system looks visually appealing as well. I'm actually kinda impressed.
That LP is absolutely beautiful by the way.
I'm jealous lol.
Can’t wait to put this on my vintage ‘59 LP!
my $300.00 Hamer Slammer from '98 is always in tune. If for some reason it is not in tune, ALL the strings are out of tune, the same amount. I have far more expensive guitars but the Hamer is the one I play the most..
The Korean Hamer Slammer were awesome guitars
Most excellent video Phil and I am a long time viewer/follower. I have enjoyed 99.9% of all of your work. Thank you sir for sharing your knowledge with all of us.
This is the first time I’ve heard about the Evertune bridge. Fascinating and now I am curious about them. I will check to see if a store near me has a guitar with one so I can personally feel it out.
Great video, loved the info, thanks.
Sounds great and looks great, makes me want to buy a Les Paul or single cut variant and have a Evertune installed on it.
It’s a glorious sounding guitar. Evertune is the future and it’s a good thing for us guitar players. Phillip, you’re right, a tuned guitar is always calming. Thanks for making this video 🙏
Esp has ec1000 end e2 singlecuts with evertune in it -> played one. Awesome. Albeit XJ frets break the deal for me
I'm with you on the heat! It has been brutal down here in Tucson as well. I basically suspended all guitar and pickup making unless I had an order for pickups that I needed to wind.
That studio sounds great!
I have been waiting for you to do an EverTune video!!!
I found that with light strings, the original tune-o-matic on my LP KM '78, wouldn't shorten the high E enough, so I put a Leo Quan Badass on around '79. That worked fine with the wider range for setting the saddle.
Thanks for another great video. Very interesting. Gibsons are still not for me, having worked 17 years in a guitar store, but the bridge is something I'd like to check out now. These videos are really honest and practical, so thanks for the insight. Great to hear unbiased reaction from a real guitar player.
My quicksilver has the Buzz Feiten tuning system. Wonder if it would work. I absolutely love this idea
Great video, thanks!
For the intro question. My answer would be ABSOLUTELY YES I WOULD PICK IT UP
I didn't know Evertune bridges are also permanently locking intonation. I love in a country with a lot of variation in humidity and temperature during the year and constantly having to adjust intonation is quite irritating.
I will think about purchasing an Evertune equipped guitar for sure!
I had one of the first, if not the first Evertune in SoCal put on my guitar by Fren Asken. My guitar is an SG, which are thinner than most guitars, and proved to be a bit of a challenge. But it's on there, and it is absolutely fantastic. It's spooky how good this thing works.
Cosmo--If you see this, Regards!
I bought an ESP/LTD with the Evertune built in and it is rock solid.
I have two evertune equipped axes. I’ll never go back. I usually practice with my normal guitars and save the strings on the evertunes for live and recording I’ve always hated when bands finish a song and you’re looking at the tops of everyone’s head as they stare at their pedal tuners. I’ve always hated tuning before every pass at a solo in the studio. I used to dread certain songs in the set list where I knew the solo was going to kill the tuning on the last chorus. I used to change the set list to accommodate tuning after those songs. Im never going to have to deal with any of that again. Evertune is a great tool.
First time I've heard of Evertune - thanks for the heads up! I really like the idea of a Gibson Studio with this rig - esp if it can be set up so top 3 strings are bendable and lower 3 can stay in tune no matter what . . . that's pretty revolutionary. Coolio 😎
That's how mine is set up. It is brilliant. Helps me where I need it (keeps lower strings static), and gives me the freedom to bend the upper three.
If you tune it to the upper limit of the evertune's capabilities in order to do bends, won't that mean your guitar can also go out of tune in that direction (higher) if you leave it adjusted like that?
There is a possibility of it. Will it happen though? Probably never. You would really have to be taking it in and out of an extremely hot room to an extremely cold room back and forth constantly IF that could possibly happen. I’ve never had issues and I own multiple evertunes so it’s not a test subject of one.
@@ingersoll4961 I see. I suppose you can set it a bit farther from the transition between zones 2 and 3, and the tradeoff would be that bends are just the tiniest bit harder. Is that right?
@@gckbowers411 100%
@@gckbowers411 But not needed, we are talking extremely unusual extremes here....
Before you explained what that bridge does to counteract what happens at the top end, Mr. McKnight, I wondered how it could work. Then, I realized that the secret hiding part to do with it being a string through system which is not typical of a Gibson Les Paul. After that, I remember the video posted by guitar Max a few weeks ago about a portable guitar that folds up at the heel. I think that part of the mechanism installed in that model to make it collapsible is a similar bridge to this one.
I just ordered my first Evertune, a Hype GTI From Ormsby that's multiscale(first multiscales with evertunes), I think it'll make me play even more for sure, and the rest of Ormsby's stuff already got me to 3-4 hours a day a lot of the time.
I find that the evertune bridge negatively affects the sustain. Other than that, I loved mine. Totally works as advertised.
I had an evertune installed on my Warmoth parts Flying V. It had a wrap-around bridge before the installation. When I first got it back I was very disappointed in the change to the guitars tone. It definitely lost sustain. However, It’s my main guitar for live and recording, and has been for seven years now. The gains of being able to fearlessly bend the crap out of a solo and play a Maj7th chord right after, not even needing a tuner on stage, or recording as many passes as a want without tuning between takes, are worth the price paid in tone loss for me. Just not having a pedal tuner onstage is huge benefit for me, the rest of the band, and the audience.
Yeah Phill I’m with you on that! A guitar that’s always absolutely in tune is a go to! What an awesome looking and sounding Studio Les Paul! Great review and analysis!!!❤💕🎸👍🙏🤗✌️👋
30in evertune p bass then I'm on board. They announced bass evertunes but not much out there yet
Is that one of those evertune bridges if so those are super cool i see them on Solar guitars
Great vid, I had seen a lot of guitars with an Evertune bridge and never actually understood what it did and since most of the guitars that come with it are shredder guitars I had never looked into them.
Man that Red Gibson Thunderbird is a beauty
Evertune rules I love it
This would be perfect for a gigging guitar ! I don't mind tuning my guitar at home but for the stage I would use this 100%
Thanks, Phillip. You know, the SG screams for this upgrade...the added body weight would offset/eliminate neck dive and it would solve the tuning stability issues. If it will fit an SG, its a no-brainer. Would love to see that video. Cheers.
I can see this being very useful in a studio / recording situation. However, to answer your question, if I walked into a room would I grab it just because I knew it was in tune, no I would not. I would still pick up my N4, Jem, or Les Paul.
I do have a guitar that is always in tune. It's called the Telecaster. Joking, of course. This looks pretty cool.
Kind of reminds me of learning and succeeding at tuning my Emons S10 Pedal Steel.
So cool!
you have such a look of joy when you play.... its contagious..haha
Hopefully Evertune figures out how to do a trem arm someday!
Depends on which one I wanted to play
I would for sure buy that guitar. It looks awesome!
It's really cool, I could see having it on a guitar for rhythm/recording work. I also wonder if you'd get more time in between string changes with an evertune system. You'd still end up with "dead strings" over time, but I guess they'd still be in tune? Do they make anything for acoustics or is that not really feasible?
I love Evertune.
I have had strings on for months and they only need a very slight adjustment... Not sounding out of tune, but a string or two maybe being at +-1/2/3 cents after all that time.
So if being super picky yeah, they might not stay in tune 1000000000000% FOREVER....
But damn good near enough!
I rather tune once every month than between every take when recording, thats for sure =D
This was a long time coming !!! But it was worth the wait.
Now the hunt is on Phil to get the right one with an Evertune for your collection ;-)
Awesome review
@ 9:18 Evertune did a good job 👍 that bridge sounds like an absolute miracle; what would they have thought back in the 50's had they seen this? 🤔 @ 15:57 absolutely! 👩 it sounds like " State-of-the-art " technology, thank you for the heads up; I had no idea such technology even existed; from: Scranton, Pennsylvania
Impressive! I would be curious to see a demo incorporating some string bending.