Stuartwho

Hi, Yes, on firmware 2.0 there are issues (well documented by Martin and others ) as noted above. I guess it works on some guitars, but not all. Certainly not on my 89. You can save yourself a ton of time and frustration here by just using the 1.9 software to create alternate tunings on the guitar (ie without workbench). This works fine, you just give up the 2.0 model guitars. Here are caveats I've found as a beginner trying to make custom tunings under 1.9 that are not in the user manual: 1) Make sure the volume is turned up high when you make the tuning. 2) after you have 'saved' the tuning according to the manual, reboot the guitar, ie pull out the 1/4" amp cord, wait 10 seconds then plug it back in before you attempt to start using the guitar. This is kind of like rebooting a pc after you've installed new software, you shouldn't have to do it, but in the old days you had to..... Hopefully the 2.0 issues will get fixed, but until then this works OK.

A bad cable would do it. Stu

I'm hesitant to share this but..... I got open g and open e to work properly on my 89 ( a bargain for sweetwater a few weeks ago, the 89 doesn't have those turnings so you have to put them in), using the virtual capo by starting from the high e string and moving progressively down to the low e instead of the other way round (which was natural for me). Given all the other acrobatics some of you are going through its worth a 5 minute shot. As a guitarist I suck, but I've 40 plus years of software development and management experience, and whether the failure is in the chips or the code ( firmware) the system is clearly unstable. If your system is working , great.... My 10 cents is don't touch it,but if it isn't then you have to go through this process of throwing mud at walls randomly in the hope some of it sticks and fixes the issues. All the little dances recommended for upgrading by line 6 show they know the software is unstable, they just don't know where gremlins live (otherwise they'd fix it, these guys are not dumb) but business is business and they need/wanted to get the code out to the customer base. This is not a condemnation of line 6, its real life in the software business.... Remember vista v 1 ( and about half the versions of oracle ever released). Stu

Anyone having problems with alternate tunings setup using the virtual capo feature on the guitar (not using the workbench)? OPen E sounded fine with the old firmware, but now all the strings that are moved up sound aweful (not a pure note? if it was a color I'd describe it as mud). Open G, (moving notes down a semitone or two) works fine. I've reloaded the firmware about a dozen time with the same results (through the monkey software), it works fine on old firmware rolled back but not on the new one on my jvt 89. thanks