Peavey AT-200 Auto-Tune Electric Guitar

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Push just one button on this innovative guitar, and play with perfect tuning and intonation every time. It even works with alternative tunings like drop D.

What's special about this item?

Feature: What it does:
Auto-Tune for Guitar Monitors and adjusts the pitch of each string
Peavey custom-designed humbucking pickups Full tone with warmth, punch and presence
Full-size MIDI input Added versatility; integrates with other MIDI gear
Strings-thru-body hardtail bridge Strings seated in body; more resonance and control

You'll never hear a sour note by anyone playing a Peavey AT-200. With Antares Auto-Tune technology, this guitar tunes itself through digital signal processing, giving perfect pitch and intonation regardless of how new or old the strings are.

Hear the AT-200 guitar in action with this video from Peavey:


Tune With Speed and Accuracy

The first time you tune up on the AT-200, you'll be amazed at how quick it is. No matter how grotesquely detuned your strings are, simply strum all six, then engage the string tuning function by pressing the volume knob. Through digital signal processing, your cacophonous racket is transformed into a perfectly-tuned strum!

Keep Keys Consistent

The Auto-Tune technology goes further than just the initial tune. The solid-tune intonation means your chords and melodies will ring true no matter in which position they are played. Auto-Tune is intelligent enough to recognize and react to string bends and vibrato, no matter how much soul you put into it. The system can still be "tricked," however, for some unique features. Try engaging Auto-Tune with the second fret of the sixth string fretted for drop-D tuning, for example, or switch to open and baritone tunings with different fret combinations. The AT-200's ability to quickly shift between tunings makes it a workhorse for eclectic guitarists.

A Well-Balanced Axe On Its Own

With the Auto-Tune and active electronics disengaged, you'll hear the AT-200's natural tone: rich and full from read more its dual Peavey-designed passive humbucker pickups. Three-way switching lets you blend sounds and the master volume and tone knobs help you tweak them further. The AT-200's basswood body is carved in a "super strat" style and the deep cutaways provide easy access to the higher end of the rosewood fretboard.

Features:

-Basswood body
- Maple neck
- 22-fret rosewood fretboard
- Peavey-designed humbucker pickups
- Master volume and tone controls
- Antares Auto Tune technology instantly tunes guitar through DSP
- Solid-tune ensures accurate intonation across fretboard
- Fret guitar for alternate tunings
- Battery-powered by 4 AA batteries
- 8-pin DIN connector can be used with AT-200 breakout box

Say goodbye to out-of-tune chords -- and excuses -- with the Peavey AT-200.
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- Automatic tuning via Antares Auto-Tune
- Sealed diecast tuners, 15-1 gear ratio
- Master volume with momentary switch to initiate String-tune and Solid-tune function
- Master tone control. Pull up to turn off active system and change to passive pickups
- 2 Peavey humbucking pickups
- Three-way switching selector for Auto-Tune system and passive pickups
- Full Size MIDI input
- String-thru body
- 1/4" and 8 pin DIN connectors. 8 pin DIN connector included for use with optional AT200-B breakout box.
- Battery powered via 4 AA cells or remotely powered with optional AT200-B breakout box
- 25.5" scale
- Solid Basswood Body

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 877-732-8391
Email: customerservice@peavey.com
Web: https://peavey.com/c/Contact-Us

Peavey AT-200 Autotune Electric Guitar

Perfect Tuning. Perfect Intonation -- Instantly. With the simple push of a button on the Peavey AT-200 Autotune electric guitar, guitar players can now create music in perfect tune and pitch. The Peavey AT-200 features Antares Auto-Tune for Guitar with String Tune and the Solid-Tune intonation system, two technologies that work together to bring the clarity of perfect pitch to this high-quality instrument.

With the Peavey AT-200, you can even switch into alternate tunings like Drop D, Open G, Baritone and more instantly by adjusting your finger positions when engaging the Auto-Tune for Guitar feature. And no bulky, unattractive hardware weighs down the playing experience -- the Peavey AT-200 looks, plays and sounds just like a conventional guitar. Exactly the way it should.

String Tune

With Auto-Tune for Guitar, tuning up your guitar is a breeze. You can tune all six strings instantly with the push of a button (no motors or gears required). Simply strum the strings, trigger String Tuning via a button or foot switch, and your guitar is instantly in tune.

It's really that simple. And with 'Auto-Tune for Guitar's' Virtual Capo function, you can shift pitch both up and down a full octave, so you can play in any key or range. This allows you to play open chords in different keys at their traditional positions down at the bottom of the neck. (Imagine playing 12th fret hammer ons and pull offs in the open position, or switching to baritone guitar, bass, or even sub-bass, with the push of a button.)

Solid-Tune Intonation

It's one thing to tune up your strings, but as anyone who's been playing for awhile knows, the tougher challenge is maintaining perfect intonation as you move up and down the neck and finger complex chords. Luckily, this is where Auto-Tune for Guitar performs some of its most dramatic magic.

Less-than-perfect intonation muddies your guitar's tone. But by using the Solid-Tune Intonation system, an Auto-Tune for Guitar equipped guitar constantly monitors the precise pitch of each individual string and makes any corrections necessary to ensure that every note of every chord and riff is always in tune, regardless of variables like finger position or pressure or physical limitations of the instrument. As a result, listening to a guitar with Solid-Tune is a revelation, offering a purity of tone that has simply never before been possible.

Of course, Solid-Tune is smart enough to know when you want to manipulate pitch, so you can play bends and vibrato exactly as you always do. In fact, Solid-Tune Intonation makes it even easier to bend to the right pitch every time.

Bending and Vibrato

Auto-Tune for Guitar's Solid-Tune technology is even smart enough to recognize when you want to manipulate the pitch, so you can play bends and vibrato exactly as you always do. In fact, Solid-Tune Intonation makes it even easier to bend to the right pitch every time.

Alternate Tuning

Using Auto-Tune's world-standard pitch detection and extremely high-quality pitch shifting, Auto-Tune for Guitar lets you quickly select from among familiar alternate tunings as well as dramatic tunings that would be physically impossible without Auto-Tune for Guitar.

From popular tunings like double drop D, open D, open G, and DADGAD to previously-impossible tunings like six-string bass, split bass/guitar (i.e., just the bottom string shifted an octave down), twelve string, and the best polyphonic octaver you've ever heard, Auto-Tune for Guitar gives you access to virtually any tuning you can imagine, along with some you may have never imagined. All without the need to stop and physically retune or swap guitars.

Features:

- Amazing automatic tuning via Antares Auto-Tune for guitar system
- Sealed diecast tuners, 15-1 gear ratio
- Master volume with momentary switch to initiate String-tune and Solid-tune function
- Master tone control. Pull up to turn off active system and change to passive pickups
- 2 Peavey custom designed humbucking pickups
- Three-way switching selector for both the active Auto-Tune system and passive pickups
- Dual action torsion rod
- Full Size MIDI input
- String thru body for maximum sustain
- 1/4" and 8 pin DIN connectors. 8 pin DIN connector included for use with optional AT200-B breakout box.
- Battery powered via 4 AA cells. Can also be remotely powered with AT200-B breakout box
- Upgrade software packages available through Antares. Please visit the website for a listing of available software upgrades
- 25.5" scale
- Solid Basswood Body

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars. (2 ratings)
Submitted September 15, 2015 by Wes K in Austin, TX

"Great Guitar, Difficult Firmware Update "

Overall: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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The guitar itself is good quality. The out of the box setup was very good and needed very little adjustment to action or intonation. The pickups are very usable and I will not be swapping them. The Autotune function works like it is supposed to and is great for mid-song tune changes! I especially enjoy the funky tunings that aren't possible on a regular guitar like a hybrid bass/guitar. Dropped A or straight G sound just as good as standard. My only complaint is the extra hardware necessary to update the firmware and install additional software. Overall a great package and I have no buyers remorse.

Sound
The guitar sounds great just through the passive pickups; it is exactly what you would expect from a mid-range rock guitar. The Autotune sounds natural and allows the nuances of your playing to shine through. The pickup selector still works when Autotune is engaged, so playing and dialing in your tone is just as natural as any electric guitar. The only drawback is the drop in volume when switching on Autotune.

Features
Most useful feature is definitely Autotune! That's why you buy this guitar. It works exactly as it should and keeps you in tune no matter where on the neck you play. The alternate tunings are great and even detuning to the bass arena won't digitize the tone. Upgrading the firmware gets you acoustic sounds as well as pickups modeled on famous instruments and open tunings. Definitely worth the price! read more

Ease of Use
It's a very playable guitar and the Autotune function works great as is. However, updating with additional features is much more difficult than it should be. Even if you already have midi equipment around, the nonstandard 8 pin din connection in the guitar requires the purchase of the Peavey Breakout Box to convert to the standard 5 pin then another device to convert midi to USB. The end result is worth the hassle with additional pickup models, tunings, capo capabilities, 12 string emulation and the ability to store presets to the first string!

Quality
I have always been a Peavey fan; my first electric guitar was a 1992 Predator and I still play it. The AT-200 is based on the new Predator and does not disappoint! Fit and finish are good, playability is dead on, and tone is very usable. The Autotune is a great addition and the whole package feels quality.

Value
I pickup this up as a dent and scratch (with nary a mark on it!) and paid less than new price. For that, this was easily worth the purchase price. I would pay full price for this guitar, but would considerably more disappointed at the additional cost of hardware and cables necessary to update.

Manufacturer Support
Haven't had any need to contact Peavey. Ever. On anything I've ever purchased from them. Antares is a new company to me, but using their site was easy enough and I have not had to contact them for support.

The Wow Factor
This guitar is ALL wow factor! I did a video review and will show it to other musicians on my phone and WOW is the standard response every time the guitar tunes itself!

Musical Background:
I have been playing guitar since 1992, have been in several bands but mostly just play with myself now ;)

Musical Style:
Metal is my main genre, but I enjoy blues, rock, some old country, and anything else my fingers decide to do while holding an in
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