Accessing the Tuner, Learn-a-Lick/Jam-a-Long

Note: The footswitches will only activate the user presets and banks. To access the factory presets and banks, you will need to use the Data Wheel and scroll above the last user bank/preset.

When you have selected a particular bank and preset, the number of the preset and bank will be shown in the display. Each effect that is active in that preset will be indicated by the lit LEDs above the effect select buttons.

Accessing the Tuner

The VGS50 includes a chromatic tuner to quickly get your instrument in tune. To access the tuner, press and hold the footswitch that is currently active(the footswitch with a lit LED above it). The letters “tu” will appear in the display. You can then play any string on your guitar. The display (5) will show the note that you are closest to, and the Tuner/Parameter LEDs (6) will light to let you know whether you are sharp or flat. Your note is in tune when the green LED in the middle is lit. The red and yellow LEDs above the green LED indicate that you are sharp and need to tune down. The red and yellow LEDs below the green LED indicate that you are flat and need to tune up.

The tuning reference on the VGS50 has been set to A=440 (concert pitch) from the factory. You may change the tuning reference for drop tunings by rotating the Data Wheel at any time while in the tuner mode. Your tuning choices are A (standard tuning), Ab (1/2 step flat), and G (whole step flat).

Pressing any footswitch will exit the tuner mode and return you to the performance mode.

Learn-a-Lick/Jam-a-Long

The Jam-a-Long feature lets you connect a tape or CD player to the VGS50 and output the music into your amp with your guitar signal. The VGS50 also includes a powerful teaching tool called “Learn-a-Lick”. This feature lets you record solos that are too fast to hear much less learn, and then slow them down to a speed where you can figure out what notes are being played. To use this feature you will need the tape or CD with the “too-fast-solo” on it, a tape or CD player, and a cable with an 1/8” stereo jack on one end and a connector appropriate for your tape or CD player’s headphone output on the other end.

Just follow these steps and you’ll have a virtual personal guitar instructor teaching you all of those speed burning licks.

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