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A second-generation self-tuning Robot Guitar was recently announced by Gibson Guitar Corp. (Nashville, Tenn.). Two new models are available--a Les Paul Studio Ltd. and an SG Special Ltd.--both offering a new locking input jack. The first-generation Robot Guitar was superseded by the new second-generation models earlier this month. The new instruments, which sport a metallic purple finish, are now sold out, but EE Times has learned that a new metallic green finish will be announced by Gibson soon.

All second-generation Gibson Robot Guitars have an automatic-locking input jack from Neutrik AG (Liechtenstein, Germany). The locking phone jack prevents accidental disconnection by latching whenever a standard 1/4-inch plug is inserted. Automatically mated plugs unlock only by pressing red release tab.

New for the second-generation Robot Guitars is the inclusion of an SG model, which was introduced in 1961 as a new lighter weight body style, dubbed the "solid guitar"--SG. The SG Special Ltd. has a more slender neck compared with the classic round-neck of the original Les Paul, which was designed in the 1950s, and which is still used today for the second-generation Robot Les Paul Studio Ltd.

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