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A friend of mine bought a 2015 Standard recently and it has the G Force tuners. He says he needs to make several attempts sometimes to get it to tune, specifically the low E. Does anyone have experience of this? Is it normal on the G Force tuners, or something that needs adjustment?
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Only time mine done that was fresh out of the case when I bought it, a quick battery charge sorted it.
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Thanks, I will recommend a battery change and recalibration.
Yeah I like the traditional (see what I did there ) manual method myself too, but am not against technology changes, so if it works, great, if not, a swap to basic tuners will be recommended.
I draw the line at the tuning pegs needing their own manual. I aint got no time for that!
Worse still, I see the electronic tuners getting more popular. I saw a NAMM video where you have a device that looks like a drill/string winder, connected via a wire to your phone. You select what tuning you want on your phone and it turns the tuning peg for you. Then when that string is done, you remove the drill/string winder thing onto the next tuning peg and it does it all again.
What the hell is the point?! Just plug into a tuner and use your hands! If it worked for Jimi Hen... actually... maybe that's a bad example.
To be fair, he wasn't that fussed about them either, but the guitar was much cheaper than the current models I think. I don't see the big deal with. I am quite happy changing tunings a couple of times each practice session..
A) GForce sometimes don't tune properly. People who have read the manual will say "Have you charged it properly?" Your emotional reaction to this is similar to when you call an IT helpdesk and they say "Have you tried rebooting?" or when you call the RAC and tell them your car has broken down and they say "Have you checked you have fuel in it?" If you could reach down the phone you would firmly shake them by the throat...
Have you heard all those people who have GForce on a guitar and complain loudly how they really miss it when they play one of their other guitars? Me neither
:-/
It's also very out of place on a guitar. The beauty of a guitar is that it's basically 1940s technology, and there's no reason you won't be able to enjoy that guitar 30+ years down the line, but the G Force will be utterly obsolete within 5 years.
Mine worked perfectly but that was why I sold them.
It's worth noting that as well as charging and calibrating it, a lot of issues are actually the brass nut binding, and Gibson will send you out a much better titanium replacement free of charge.
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Wanna buy another 3 sets to retrofit to your other guitars ?