We asked AI to build us guitar rigs, and the results were… interesting

AI guitar rigs? | Hear Metallica's scorching, wah-laden new single, Screaming Suicide | Harley Benton looks to tempt Slash fans with its new $315 Tribute Series single-cut Created for sauuuuul.peliculas@blogger.com |  Web Version January 20, 2023 CONNECT WITH THE PICK       Handpicked stories from the world of guitar SIGN UP ⋅   SHARE Editor's Note AI guitar rigs? If you follow the news, you may have heard about ChatGPT, an Open AI chatbot that generates surprisingly sophisticated text in response to, well, any manner of prompts. It's been making headlines of late due to students using its capabilities to cheat on homework, but, then again, that's a problem for the world of academia to solve. Since we learned about it, what we at Guitar World have been wanting to figure out is: can ChatGPT build you a pedalboard?  This week, we decided to find out for ourselves. We asked it to assemble entire rigs based on specific genres and players, and recorded the results, which were... interesting! A bust? Or the future of rig assemblage? Scroll down to find out... Jackson Maxwell – Associate Editor, guitarworld.com Top Stories Hear Metallica's scorching, wah-laden new single, Screaming Suicide (Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images for P+ and MTV) It's the second track to be lifted from the band's 12th studio album, 72 Seasons, which arrives April 14 Harley Benton looks to tempt Slash fans with its new $315 Tribute Series single-cut (Harley Benton) Arriving in the subtly named Paradise Amber Flame and Autumn Flame Burst colorways, the LP-inspired six-string looks to appease GN'R fans on a budget Watch David Crosby's final performance – a rendition of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's Ohio with Jason Isbell (Mairo Cinquetti/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Crosby and Isbell, who first met during the 2018 Newport Folk Festival, served up a powerful rendition of the 1970 protest song after performing one of Isbell's own tracks Features We asked AI to build us guitar rigs inspired by artists and genres, and the results were… interesting (Future) From pedalboards built for the blues to rigs reminiscent of Dimebag Darrell's tone, here's how artificial intelligence coped when we put it through an intense rig-building bootcamp Hank Marvin: "When I got the first Strat we'd ordered with a 'tremolo arm', I was intrigued. None of us had seen one before or really knew what it did" (Jon Super/Redferns) Cited by Clapton, May, Page, and more, Marvin is the first true legend of instrumental guitar. Here, he talks gypsy jazz, his favorite Shadows tunes, and the genius of Jeff Beck From Guitar Player Hear Arielle's freewheeling new track, 73 (Andrew McMeekin) The new single is the title cut of the Brian May Guitars signature artist's forthcoming album "It was just so shocking": Bill Frisell recalls seeing Jimi Hendrix perform in 1968 (Chris Morphet/Redferns) “It was just too much to comprehend,” the jazz guru told GP of the experience in a recent interview Buyer's Guides The very best Vox amps (Future) From the much loved AC30 to modern do-it-all practice amps, we count down the greatest amps available today from this British institution Lessons Need some inspiration? Liven up your playing with these 10 fresh techniques (Getty Images) Welcome to electric guitar bootcamp, with quickfire lessons in techniques inspired by Jeff Beck, Joe Satriani, and Jimi Hendrix Reviews Boss DS-1W Distortion review (Phil Barker/Future) The iconic orange distortion has been on sale since 1978, but now Boss has revamped its best-selling compact pedal – with spectacular results LEARN MORE ABOUT The Pick: Guitar World  |    Guitar Player  |    Guitarist Total Guitar  |    Bass Player  |    Guitar Techniques Sign Up  |    Update Profile  |    Unsubscribe Privacy Policy  |    Cookies Policy  |    Terms and Conditions CONTACT US: FEEDBACK  |    ADVERTISE Future US LLC © Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036