My band bought a new LP with the G Force tuners. He did not like them and called Gibson about how to replace them. They were not helpful. He soon discovered this latest version of auto tuners by Gibson can simply be removed and replace with standard tulips without hassle, dropped right in. I do not think this is the case with the first version. I think they left holes exposed, etc. He's back to what he knows.

This lead me to wonder about them so I went to GC and tried them for myself. I really liked this feature and I think I could live with it just fine. I found them easy to use and they worked perfectly. I do not have a Gibby with these tuners but if I get one they will probably remain. I gig and like to tune while muted to avoid a lot of unnecessary noise so have a tuner pedal or some other type mute pedal would be necessary for me.