Manual Powerhead Tuning
You can tune Dark Fire’s Powerheads by hand as well as use Robot tuning technology.
Caution: Never use a manual or mechanical string winding tool, as this can damage the
Powerheads. Also, never attempt to tune the Powerheads manually while they are operating
robotically as this can also damage the Powerheads permanently.
Unlike conventional tuning keys, Powerheads all turn in the same direction. The Powerhead tuner
posts have locking nuts to secure the end of each string during tuning operations.
Robot technology includes special options for changing strings (see Chapter 5), as this is much faster
than changing strings manually.
Alternate Tuning Function Basics
Dark Fire has three banks (each with six presets) of alternate tunings. Dark Fire comes with 18
factory presets loaded in these banks, but you can replace any of these with custom presets.
The three banks are indicated by the colors of the dots in the center of the Display Matrix:
Blue
(the default bank when you first pull the MCK
out
)
Green
(additional alternate tunings)
Red
(special low tunings that are optimized for use with different strings than the standard
guitar set)
The Blue Bank is intended to be your main, “go-to” bank for alternate tuning presets. Therefore, it is
the easiest to access. However, accessing the other banks requires only slightly more steps.
Standard Tuning Shortcut for All Banks
While in
any
Bank, you can go instantly to the Robot standard tuning function (low string to high,
E
,
A
,
D
,
G
,
B
,
e
).
1. Turn the MCK fully clockwise to the
Peg
symbol. It will show the color of the currently selected
Bank.
Gibson Dark Fire 4.0 manual, page 10
