Jesse Caron, of St Louis, Missouri, is working on a guitar pedal with a built-in GPS tracking device to help find stolen gear.
Called the Smrt Roadie, it works similar to the ‘Find A Phone’ app or those little Tile things you can attach to your keys or anything else you lose a lot.
If your gear gets stolen you can log into a website and find your gear hopefully. (PSA: DON’T LEAVE YOUR GEAR IN A VAN PARKED ON THE STREET)
From the Smrt Roadie website, it “provides you protection from theft while also providing real time tracking for your manager and label. All this while also making sure you stay in tune.”
Caron tells Riverfront Times: “The GPS tracker will be built into the tuner, and provide pin-point precision on where that pedal is.”
Expected to retail for about $150 when it’s released, it will charge when connected to a powered pedal board and can hold a charge for up to 10 days.
You can get more info and pre-order your Smrt Roadie here.
BUT SERIOUSLY DON’T LEAVE YOUR GEAR IN YOUR VAN PARKED ON THE STREET.
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