zombiejonb Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Ok so I am having an issue with the tuner on my Spider IV. I try to tune my guitar to standard tuning, and while the LED screen says it is in tune, the guitar is way out of tune. When I use an external tuner it is just fine. But then the LED screen shows me out of tune. Has anyone else had this issue? and How can it be fixed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fflbrgst Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I have heard of this, and there does not seem to be any way to calibrate the onboard tuner. You could try a factory reset, but note that you will lose any custom patches you have set up in the amp (save them onto a computer using Spider Edit). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esibanjack Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 It’s a known issue that the tuners on all the Spider amps are crap, but that’s a pretty minor thing in my book. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyrotten2010 Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 I don't have the issue with my spider IV 120 but it seem the problem I have is with the MKII pedal. When I tune the guitar it seems fine but when go play a chord it's all off. I had my guitar intonated. But if I do the fifth fret finger tuning and get it in tune and go back to the tuner it's showing its all out of whack. But the chords and the guitar seems to play fine. It's all in tune. is there away to get this pedal recalibrated? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psarkissian Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Harmonic at fret five,... it may be the tuner won't track that high of a pitch. Never tried tuning anything other than open strings on those myself. Not really meant for use beyond being like the mini head-stock tuners. We use a Peterson precision tuner here for intonating with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyrotten2010 Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Well I meant if you place your finger on the sixth string you then tune the open "A" to the fretted "A" on the fifth fret and work your way down to the open high "E" string but if I use the tuner on the MKII the open string is off it shows it at a different pitch then what it should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyrotten2010 Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 I also noticed when I connect my devices to my laptop I can't seem to use the Line 6 Monkey.. it doesn't show the devices I have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyrotten2010 Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 The tuner on the Amp is spot on but when I'm looking at the MKII is off by a couple of degree. I just went back and reset the intonation with a new set of strings. When looking at the AMp tuner when its right in the center the MKII tuner lights will be two lights flat from the zero mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fflbrgst Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Not sure if you can calibrate that part of the pedal - the pedal does not have a tuner itself, its is just reading the signal from the amp, so it's the signal calibration that is off at the tuner. You could try reflashing the pedal software (if you dare - sometimes people have had more issues when doing that!) - but you'll need Monkey to recognize the devices first. I had that problem with an old Win machine, eventually used a different computer to connect and get the software updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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