alheeren Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Hey, gang! I finally picked up a JTV 89F! Super excited and I’ve been having a blast the last couple of days with my Helix! The problem I’m having is when using the acoustic 5 (jumbo?) in standard tuning it’s great but if I change the tuning to half step down it sounds horrible and the artifacts make it totally unusable! It is “used” but updated to the latest firmware. I was told to reinstall the firmware again. Does this sound right or is it something else? Thanks for the guidance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertokia Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Make sure that you are not hearing the acoustic sound of your Variax's strings [standard tuning] conflicting with the alt-tuned model....adjust your amp or headphone levels accordingly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thark Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 What Bertokia said. It’s amazing how the sound of the plucked strings can filter through into the overall modelled sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarno Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Yep. Been there. Turn your amp up loud enough to drown out the sound of the un-altered standard tuned strings, or wear headphones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinon2 Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 It's a virtual certainty that what everybody has already mentioned is exactly what's happening... unless the volume is really cranked, we always hear the guitar acoustically when we play. It's impossible not to... the strings are inches from your ears. Most of the time this is easily ignored in favor of whatever is coming out of the speakers. However, when the notes that are coming from the speakers are no longer the same as what you're hearing acoustically, dissonance is inevitable... particularly at close intervals like a 1/2 step. Turn it up, and the problem will go away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psarkissian Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 It's called the 'dual tone effect'. It's what happens when you hear the standard tuning of the string, together with the signal from the amp. Typical remedy is using headphones, or turning up the amp. Also, the tuning and intonation on these needs to be spot on more so than the usual everyday guitar,. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarno Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Another possibility is that in HD Workbench, there is some amount of Magnetic Pickups being mixed in with the sound for the guitar model on the variax you are using. You should fire up Workbench and verify that this is not happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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