Metal Bottleneck slide = Short Circuit of Tuner power / communication path??

[elantric]

From the Robot Manual:

 

SHORT CIRCUIT WARNING

In the event of a short circuit from negative to ground (Strings E or A to D or G) the white peg

symbol will flash. This can be caused if strings are not trimmed properly at the headstock.If

the short circuit runs from B or hi E to D, A or low E, the peg will flash yellow. Check to

make sure no strings touch one another.

 

Reading the above - I see I may have problems with my dream of using the Dark Fire to play slide guitar!

 

Time to hunt for my old Coricidin bottle

[Guitar slinger]

Well, while bendig the strings hard you can get to touch them too. And there are other several techniques that cause them to touch each other. Metal plectrums, playing with a coin...

 

But I think (well, I hope) that it only applies for when the guitar is in the "tuning mode"? - sorry, I don't own neither robot, nor DF, but I htink there is this kind of mode, right??

[elantric]

I think you are right. - just remove metal slide during retuning operations should be OK.

[Guitar slinger]

I just remembered that the human body is a conductor of some degree, so you might avoid touching the strings AT ALL while in tuning operation.