SMRTR AIMar 10, 2026Hacker News

AI Sucks at Guitar Tones

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A guitarist trying to recreate the "Hotel California" solo tone using AI language models discovered that ChatGPT and Gemini Pro provided completely inaccurate amp and pedal settings, often suggesting non-existent controls and giving contradictory advice. Unlike coding tasks where AI excels due to abundant online documentation and deterministic outcomes, guitar tones are subjective and poorly documented, making current LLMs ineffective for this creative application.

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