drjeff007 Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Just purchased a great lightly used JTV 69 and love all the sounds but the drop 1/2 step tuning sounds like crap.(Sorry for the colorful language) :) If you strum the open strings from high to low don't sound consistent especially on B and High E. Very discordant. When I play chords just sounds bad. All other turnings seem pleasing to my ear. It sounds like it's way out of tune on some strings and very robotic. Please note I've carefully tuned the guitar. I've also turned my amp up loud so I'm not hearing the difference between regular strings and alternate tuning. Also makes no difference with head phones. Thanks for any ideas as this one has me scratching my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triryche Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Did you try reflashing it? It's possible the previous owner has a custom tuning stored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drjeff007 Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 Hi Uber Guru, I haven't tried reflashing it yet. I have been in contact with previous owner who actually was a demo rep for the vaiax for several years. Anyway, he did make custom tunings but stored in the custom banks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinon2 Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Just purchased a great lightly used JTV 69 and love all the sounds but the drop 1/2 step tuning sounds like crap.(Sorry for the colorful language) :) If you strum the open strings from high to low don't sound consistent especially on B and High E. Very discordant. When I play chords just sounds bad. All other turnings seem pleasing to my ear. It sounds like it's way out of tune on some strings and very robotic. Please note I've carefully tuned the guitar. I've also turned my amp up loud so I'm not hearing the difference between regular strings and alternate tuning. Also makes no difference with head phones. Thanks for any ideas as this one has me scratching my head. Out-of-whack intonation will wreak havoc with the alt tunings. If it's used, God only knows the last time it was set-up properly. I'd start with that before worrying about the firmware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drjeff007 Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 Yes that would make sense cruisinon2 The original owner said when he bought it, it was in desperate need of a good setup and that he dialed it in. Of course over time that may have come undone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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