To hardcore guitar fans, this means that Gibson guitars with Min-ETune feels and plays very much the same as their traditional counterparts, with the advantage of always being in-tune. The new Min-ETune is battery powered and it can tune your guitar into 12 of the most popular tunings, or into 6 custom tunings that you can save.

Nashville-based guitar maker Gibson wants to help musicians impacted by the deadly tornadoes that struck Middle Tennessee earlier this week.

Gibson Gives, a nonprofit wing of the global guitar brand, plans to donate guitars to players with damaged or destroyed instruments as a result of the early Tuesday storm, a news release said.

Guitarists needing instrument replacement can reach the Gibson Gives Recovery Plan at donation.request@gibson.com.

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'Guitars will be provided at Gibson’s sole discretion based on proof of damage or loss,' the release said. 'Replacement guitars may be demo models, prototypes, or shop worn across Gibson’s family of guitar brands.'

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A 126-year-old company, Gibson crafts popular electronic guitars — such as the Les Paul and SG — in a southside Nashville facility. The brand migrated primary offices last July to Cummins Station.