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03-27-2011, 10:45 AM
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From the Welcome page:
Update: March 26th 2011. The shop section of Q-tuner.com will remain closed for a while. If everything proceeds according to plan, we'll reopen next year. In all probability, the current range of products will be replaced by the second generation Q-tuner. The second generation Q-tuner represents a true technical break-through for being the first all passive "smart" pickup. A patent application including a robust claim tree will be filed within a measurable time. Q-tuners: World's first neodymium guitar and bass pickups.
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03-27-2011, 08:58 PM
|  | Amateur Pickup Reviewer | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Oregon | | | OK, now I'm intrigued.
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03-27-2011, 09:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Saskatoon, Canada | | | Yep... Erno's been working on next-gen Qs for a while now. Definitely curious!
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03-27-2011, 10:10 PM
| | | | Tubby.twins and 12bass...thanks for chiming in! Your audio clips, photos, and Q-tuner experiences have been much appreciated!
Personally, I'd be thrilled if Erno would produce the original Qs again, and I can only imagine how he will tweak the first generation. An all passive "smart" pickup sounds most interesting.
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03-27-2011, 10:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ukiah, CA | | i dunno...erno's new stuff is kinda creepin' me out...  |
03-27-2011, 10:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Saskatoon, Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by m.oreilly  i dunno...erno's new stuff is kinda creepin' me out... | Needs some neodymium magnets... 
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03-27-2011, 10:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ukiah, CA | | | she has the newest iteration on her skullcap. so much for asking for a pup with a heady tone... |
03-27-2011, 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by 12bass Needs some neodymium magnets... | That's a "smart" idea.  
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03-27-2011, 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by m.oreilly she has the newest iteration on her skullcap. so much for asking for a pup with a heady tone... | This calls for some massively high action...or really tall frets!
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03-27-2011, 10:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ukiah, CA | | | that's what she said... |
12-26-2012, 11:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Saint Louis MO. USA, Earth. | | | The cost of Neodymium?
Nd has gone up, and its availability has fallen. From the sound of what the website says: Neodymium is being replaced with "smart", whatever that is.
Sad to see. I really wanted a Q-tuner in the sweet spot.
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12-26-2012, 02:32 PM
|  | David Schwab
Owner, SGD Music Products | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bloomfield, NJ | | | The price of Neodymium magnets has gone up a little. Not too bad though. They are certainly cheaper if you get them directly from China, where they mine the stuff, but I still get them from the US.
His website still says:
"Optimized grade of neodymium"
So I don't think he's changing magnets.
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