Block/Unblock Banks For Custom Tunings (Blue Category) - Gibson G FORCE Owner's Manual

Block/Unblock Banks for Custom Tunings
Turn write protection on or off for any tuning preset bank
The blue bank defaults to a user tuning preset bank for custom tuning presets. For low tunings, the
magenta bank (see Activate Low Tunings and/or Additional User Tuning Preset Banks on page 18)
defaults to a user tuning preset bank for custom tunings (low tunings or otherwise). The remaining
banks contain factory tuning presets and are write-protected. However, any of the six banks can have
write protection turned off to store custom tunings, or turned on to prevent overwriting custom
tunings.
1. With Gibson G FORCE off, press On three times. Press the Left button four times to select
B.
2. Press Enter. The Left/Right buttons select the color of the bank to write-enable or write-protect.
3. Press Enter. The Left button enables writing to the selected bank
Right button write-protects the selected bank
4. Press Enter. Green
5. You can now save a custom tuning to any write-enabled bank.
Note: If a bank is blocked, you will not be able to access it with the Up/Down buttons when saving a
custom tuning (see page 11). However, the
you are first given a chance to save to the
all the other banks are blocked you can still save your tuning. However, as soon as you use the
Up/Down buttons to select a different bank to save a custom tuning, the
available if it's blocked.
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or red LEDs light sequentially to confirm your choice.
blue bank is a special case. When you create a custom tuning
blue bank, regardless of whether it's blocked, so that even if
(Blue Category)
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(D A E LEDs flash red).
blue
blue
LEDs flash green). The
bank will no longer be