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The Controls & Connectors
The Controls & Connectors
Front Panel
1
[POWER] Switch
Press to turn the G50 power on or off. The PARAMETER
& MEMORY#/VALUE display will light when the power
is on.
2
INPUT-DIVIDED Connector
One end of the multi-pin cable supplied with the G50
plugs in here. The cable plugs in with the release button
facing upward. This is a locking connector — the release
button must be pressed to unplug the cable. The other end
of cable connects to the G1D Divided Pickup Unit (refer
to the G1D owner’s manual for details).
3
MONO SYNTH Jack
The normal output from a guitar can be plugged in here
via a standard 1/4" phone-plug cable if the G50 is to be
used without the G1D Divided Pickup Unit in the mono-
phonic mode. The monophonic mode is automatically
selected when the multi-pin cable is disconnected and a
standard guitar cable is plugged in here.
Page 7 for details.
4
PARAMETER & MEMORY#/VALUE Display
This display shows the current program number when the
G50 is in the PLAY mode, and the appropriate parameters
and/or values when any other mode is engaged.
5
[PLAY] Button
This button engages the normal G50 PLAY mode (the
PLAY mode is selected by default whenever the G50
power switch is turned ON). Any of the G50’s 128
“programs” can be selected and played in this mode.
Page 11 for details.
6
[INPUT] Button
Engages the input adjustment mode in which the G50
input gain can be matched to the output level of each
individual guitar string for optimum playability and
performance.
Page 9 for details.
7
[TUNER] Button
Engages the G50’s built-in guitar tuner, allowing precise,
easy tuning of each guitar string. If pressed while holding
the [PLAY] button, the [TUNER] button also accesses a
selection of preset program sets.
Pages 10, 8 for details.
8
[MIDI] Button
Allows the MIDI transmit/receive channel(s) of the G50
to be set to match the connected MIDI device(s).
It is also possible to transmit MIDI bulk data correspond-
ing to the G50’s 128 programs to an external storage
device by pressing the [MIDI] button while holding the
[PLAY] button.
Page 19 for details.
9
PARAMETER SELECT [
▲
](NO) and [
▼
](YES) Buttons
These buttons are used to select the G50’s editable
parameters (“A” through “Y”). Press either button briefly
to select the next parameter in the corresponding direction
([
▼
] to select the next parameter toward “Y”, or [
▲
] to
select the next parameter toward “A”), or hold either
button for continuous scrolling in the corresponding
direction.
These same buttons are also used to confirm (“YES”) or
cancel (“NO”) the G50 program copy, swap, and other
functions.
Page 13 for details.
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MEMORY#/VALUE [-1] & [+1] Buttons
These buttons are used to increment (increase) or decre-
ment (decrease) program numbers or the value/setting of
any of the G50’s editable parameters. Press either button
briefly to select the next number/setting in the corre-
sponding direction ([+1] to increment; [-1] to decrement),
or hold either button for continuous scrolling in the
corresponding direction. It is also possible to skip in tens
(e.g. 10
→
20
→
30
→
etc. or the reverse) by pressing
the opposite button while holding the button correspond-
ing to the direction in which you want to increment/
decrement.
