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Evertune for Guitars Helped Bring My Love of the Instrument Back

Macrawn

Macrawn

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Guitar was at one point my main thing. It was an obsession really for quite a few years. In Dec I picked up an ESP guitar with the Evertune built right on it from the ESP factory. ESP is one of a couple of makers that have a few Evertune lines. I wanted one like this because a retrofit of an Evertune is probably around $400 and you cut up a guitar that was cut for something different.

The big thing obviously is the Evertune bridge. I cannot tell how big a deal this is for me. I know it's been around for a while but I've been out of the guitar world for a while. Being able to pick up this guitar and play it instantly and have it perfectly in tune has brought a lot of joy into playing and recording. I don't have to mess with tuning, retuning. Putting the strat down and retune. Bend notes and have it slowly go out of tune. I have not retuned it since I got it. It came perfectly tuned as well.

The big concern I had about it was being able to bend notes. It took me a little tweaking to get mine set up so that it was really responsive to bending but it performs bends well, and stays in tune no matter how hard the bend.

Being able to pick up the guitar, flip on the mic and record makes me record a lot more with it. Having to retune a guitar for a few mins before playing or having it drift out of tune cuts out so much from playing it.

I've thrown around the idea of fitting my strat plus with one. Turned the idea down do far, but I guess Evertune is working on a version with a tremolo, like on the strat. Something like that might make me do it if they come out with one.

Anyone else a fan of the Evertune have a guitar with one?
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Absolutely indispensable for recording. It changes the tone / feel a bit I think but the trade off is definitely worth it to me in a production scenario. I would hate recording without it now.
 
Your next purchase should be an Axe FX product, I'm addicted to playing guitar at the moment because of it. It is essentially like Omnisphere for guitar amps and pedals all in one box, there are literally hundreds of different famous amp models and effects plus presets for all of them. I keep looking up my favorite guitar players' gear, and then sure enough, the amps and pedals they use are in the Axe FX and sound incredible.
 
I have a custom built guitar with the Evertune and True Temperament combo. I will never play a guitar without it again. I'm mainly a metal player, so picking hard is a big thing for the tones I'm looking for, and the Evertune allows me to pick as hard as I want without it ever going sharp on the not start. Makes recording a breeze too.

I wouldn't wait for the the tremolo version though. I think they mentioned it somewhere in their website ages ago and never talked about it again. I'm pretty sure the bass version will be the next to come out and then a smaller, more compact version of the guitar model, but God knows when that will happen.

About retroffiting your strat, I'm usually against big modifications to guitars, as I had techs destroy every single guitar I tried modding. Maybe that's because I live in a third world country with no good techs, but still, shit happens. However, if you are able to ship your guitar to Evertune or to an authorized installer, you'll probably have a good time. Keep in mind you can buy guitars with it already intalled for 1000USD or less, so maybe get a new one and keep the one you already have as it is.
 
jvms said:
I have a custom built guitar with the Evertune and True Temperament combo. I will never play a guitar without it again. I'm mainly a metal player, so picking hard is a big thing for the tones I'm looking for, and the Evertune allows me to pick as hard as I want without it ever going sharp on the not start. Makes recording a breeze too.
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You sound exactly like me lol, I’ve never tried True Temperament before but I’m a metal player that picks extremely hard and Evertune has made my life 1000x easier. Right now I have a Evertune equipped Solar but I haven’t used it in awhile because I’m doing a pickup swap (to Bare Knuckle Juggernauts) and also having it properly setup in the tuning I use with the strings I always use as well, so once that’s done it’ll be my main recording guitar going forward
 
I haven’t used evertune so maybe this is a dumb post, but this tuner makes keeping my Strat in tune, even with trem related instability, pretty painless:

www.sweetwater.com

TC Electronic PolyTune Clip Clip-on Polyphonic Tuner

Polyphonic Clip-on Headstock Tuner with Adaptive LED Display, Custom Clip, and Multiple Tuning Modes
www.sweetwater.com www.sweetwater.com

Both clip on and polyphonic tuning are super helpful!
 
dyross said:
I haven’t used evertune so maybe this is a dumb post, but this tuner makes keeping my Strat in tune, even with trem related instability, pretty painless:

www.sweetwater.com

TC Electronic PolyTune Clip Clip-on Polyphonic Tuner

Polyphonic Clip-on Headstock Tuner with Adaptive LED Display, Custom Clip, and Multiple Tuning Modes
www.sweetwater.com www.sweetwater.com

Both clip on and polyphonic tuning are super helpful!
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Imagine never having to use that ever again, that’s what an Evertune does ;)
 
Too expensive, so don't care. Wouldn't wanna mess up my guitars either, they have really beautiful finishes, spalted maple veneers etc. and you don't just carve cavities in things like that. That doesn't work. The bridge itself kinda looks like ass too.

The guitars that already come with it are mostly really boring looking, so I never really gave it a lot of thought.
 
Nico5 said:
While there's a hint on the Evertune website, that it might work with some whammy bar systems, I could not find any actual guitars online that combined the Evertune system with a whammy bar.

And I have to admit to having a psychological problem with guitars without whammy bars :grin:

I even have a bass with a whammy bar
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Evertune is currently working on a tremolo system, there’s no timeframe on when we’ll see it but they did confirm it was on their list of future developments
 
Honigdachs said:
The guitars that already come with it are mostly really boring looking
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My Solar V says hi!

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P.S.: It plays like butter and shreds like no man's business!
 
dyross said:
I haven’t used evertune so maybe this is a dumb post, but this tuner makes keeping my Strat in tune, even with trem related instability, pretty painless:

www.sweetwater.com

TC Electronic PolyTune Clip Clip-on Polyphonic Tuner

Polyphonic Clip-on Headstock Tuner with Adaptive LED Display, Custom Clip, and Multiple Tuning Modes
www.sweetwater.com www.sweetwater.com

Both clip on and polyphonic tuning are super helpful!
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What is that thing? :)

But seriously, turning during a show, or when you want to play something real quick for a recording at home you don't have to do anything to the guitar except plug it in. That's worth a lot.
 
Got my Solar back from the shop yesterday, it’s now got a set of Bare Knuckle Juggernauts installed and the Evertune is setup perfectly in Drop A#, very happy with it!!

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Macrawn said:
Guitar was at one point my main thing. It was an obsession really for quite a few years. In Dec I picked up an ESP guitar with the Evertune built right on it from the ESP factory. ESP is one of a couple of makers that have a few Evertune lines. I wanted one like this because a retrofit of an Evertune is probably around $400 and you cut up a guitar that was cut for something different.

The big thing obviously is the Evertune bridge. I cannot tell how big a deal this is for me. I know it's been around for a while but I've been out of the guitar world for a while. Being able to pick up this guitar and play it instantly and have it perfectly in tune has brought a lot of joy into playing and recording. I don't have to mess with tuning, retuning. Putting the strat down and retune. Bend notes and have it slowly go out of tune. I have not retuned it since I got it. It came perfectly tuned as well.

The big concern I had about it was being able to bend notes. It took me a little tweaking to get mine set up so that it was really responsive to bending but it performs bends well, and stays in tune no matter how hard the bend.

Being able to pick up the guitar, flip on the mic and record makes me record a lot more with it. Having to retune a guitar for a few mins before playing or having it drift out of tune cuts out so much from playing it.

I've thrown around the idea of fitting my strat plus with one. Turned the idea down do far, but I guess Evertune is working on a version with a tremolo, like on the strat. Something like that might make me do it if they come out with one.

Anyone else a fan of the Evertune have a guitar with one?
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In all honesty this just comes down to proper guitar setup, which most people are either ill-informed about or can't be bothered to do.

Most tuning issues have to do with improperly cut nut slots which snag the strings and don't allow them to slide easily through the nut, so they get caught and go sharp or flat after a bend. ('Big Bends' nut sauce works wonders as a temp. fix for this problem!)

Also you mentioned strats, they generally have vintage tuners which are by far the most stable I've ever used for tuning stability... it's the cheaper 'floating' bridges you want to look out for to fall apart in this regard really.

So yeah this product you're talking about might work great, but it's really not necessary if your guitar has been properly set up by a knowledge tech or luthier.

Poor tuning stability on an otherwise great guitar = almost always a poor setup job.

Also:
KEM said:
and also having it properly setup in the tuning I use with the strings I always use as well,
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^This can not be overstated; it's kind of a painful reality, but it's just how wood and metal work. The further down the gee-tar rabbit hole you go, the more guitars you will need to accommodate a wider variety of tunings, especially for Drop-B/A stuff, because your intonation is going to change with the string gauge and tension alterations, which is more than the simple open-string tuning issue that this item apparently fixes (which is still cool :)).

Cheers
 
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KEM said:
I don’t even enjoy playing guitars without an Evertune anymore, it really just makes the guitar better in every way
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They don't have a Floyd Rose style floating bridge though right?

Because that would be enough to entice me.

If you're just talking a stable non-floating bridge, simply blocking the trem works wonders for stable tuning on virtually any guitar you can think of (I believe your guitar has a graphite nut as well right? That alone is a much more massive factor for tuning than the bridge IMO)
 
TonalDynamics said:
In all honesty this just comes down to proper guitar setup, which most people are either ill-informed about or can't be bothered to do.

Most tuning issues have to do with improperly cut nut slots which snag the strings and don't allow them to slide easily through the nut, so they get caught and go sharp or flat after a bend. ('Big Bends' nut sauce works wonders as a temp. fix for this problem!)
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TonalDynamics said:
If you're just talking a stable non-floating bridge, simply blocking the trem works wonders for stable tuning on virtually any guitar you can think of (I believe your guitar has a graphite nut as well right? That alone is a much more massive factor for tuning than the bridge IMO)
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It is true. I know some people are quite excited about Evertune and it does seem to do its thing very well. But much like roller bridge saddles and similar inventions, it is a bit of a gimmick and shouldn't be necessary unless you're compensating for construction or hardware problems that are happening elsewhere. That's of course also the reason why they don't become standard tech that is used by manufacturers across the board.

I second the point about blocking tremolos. I'm really not a big whiddly stick guy and the whole typical whammy bar trickery in the style of 80s shredders doesn't attract me. But even as a pure fixed bridge player, you can still really benefit from the FR trem by blocking it, the tuning stability of the locking unit and the fine tuners is great.
 
TonalDynamics said:
They don't have a Floyd Rose style floating bridge though right?

Because that would be enough to entice me.

If you're just talking a stable non-floating bridge, simply blocking the trem works wonders for stable tuning on virtually any guitar you can think of (I believe your guitar has a graphite nut as well right? That alone is a much more massive factor for tuning than the bridge IMO)
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They’re working on one!!

They just announced their bass bridge recently and in that press release they announced that the v2 guitar bridge will carry over a lot of the technology they developed for the bass model, and after that they’ll working on a tremolo version, it can all be found here:

www.evertune.com

EverTune Bass Bridge Q&A • EverTune News

We invited EverTune users to ask questions regarding the upcoming EverTune Bass Bridge and EverTune in general. Here is how the back and forth went.
www.evertune.com
 
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