Gibson Digital Guitar, Owner'S Manual

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THE MASTER CONTROL KNOB (MCK)
The Master Control Knob not only serves as the master control for all aspects of this
amazing, self-tuning system, but it will communicate with you as you learn its “language.”
The MCK is quite powerful and has many uses, and we believe you will find that MCK
functions will become second nature to you once you have tried them a few times.
Caution: Do not attempt to manually turn the Powerheads unless they are pulled away from the
peghead so they are in the disengaged position! Otherwise the Powerheads can be damaged.
BASIC OPERAT I O N S
The Robot Guitar’s Master- C o n t rol Knob (MCK) is what is commonly re f e rred to as a
“push-pull” knob. When in the normal position, it behaves as a regular volume or tone
pot, depending on which series you have. When the MCK is pulled out, the system
is activated.
When the system becomes active by pulling out the MCK, it immediately places your
i n s t rument in ‘Standard Tuning Mode’ at A440 (unless you have changed tuning defaults,
see page 46), but six factory presets have been provided for your use. Each preset can be