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I use it for 3 months, the C1 model Squier Jazzmaster Joe Mascis.

Interested in discovering opentunings I was looking for a guitar that take charge of them. I tested digital Variax 300 but the sound of this guitar did not satisfy me, especially when you just change the tuning.

Mounted a small half hour, replacing mechanical without modifying / pierce his guitar, unlike other systems. It weighs a few hundred grams and is discrete (behind the handle).

The first pleasant sensation is pleased to be able to give a few seconds all the strings

The guitar actually gives access to a database of 12 open tunings + 6 we can create, to learn, this is for me the major advantage of this solution. It is like having several instruments.

The transition to a new remote tuning can take a good fifteen seconds, requiring to do rope rope.

The system can be disengaged to manually tune if necessary, even if the precision is average.

The downside is that you can not just save all open new kinds of unusual and exotic tuning of his own, because the system works on a frequency range from rope. In my case I can not save the simple way AAEEAE.

Another positive point is the support service and the development team very attentive and responsive.

This mechanism requires following a few rules when it manipulates, such as do not screw too tightly, as otherwise the mechanical break. If entrusted his guitar to a luthier (eg for racordage), it may be useful to raise awareness of the need to be well documented on this system. Otherwise if it breaks it can create a dispute.

Points not tested: tuning in noisy environments (concert), and accuracy in the absolute tuning. In relative that's OK. For those interested, I will specifically test.

In the end, despite the limitations mentioned: the pleasure of now several guitars in one!