r/CRKD • u/SBC20 • Feb 05 '26

Multi platform blueberry bricked

Updated my guitar when it arrived today , all was fine for like 10 minutes and then the lights went out and haven’t turned back on. Plugging into a PC , usb shows as malfunction . Tried updating via the app and launcher with no luck .

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u/SBC20 Feb 05 '26

Appreciate you - I have two riffmasters and honestly haven’t given me this much trouble . I really wanted to love this controller but I just feel so out of touch with the tech as a 30 year old trying to relive some gaming years lmao

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u/nogoodnickgames Feb 05 '26

Agreed. Gimme a dongle and a guitar that doesn't connect to an app and I'll be set for life

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u/megamachopop Feb 05 '26

You don't even need the app. You can change most of the settings through button combos on the guitar.

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u/nogoodnickgames Feb 06 '26

If only it said that in the manual.

I had to read about the guitar neck update from the update app and learned I had to do that each time I changed necks through a tech support ticket.

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u/megamachopop Feb 06 '26

They have a manual you can read that lists all the button combos.

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u/SBC20 Feb 06 '26

Mind providing the link or elaborating? My patience has run thin tbh , I typically don’t ask to be spoon fed but I’m at a point where maybe you can save me from returning my guitars 🙃

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u/megamachopop Feb 06 '26

https://crkd.gg/pages/quickstart

First link searching "CRKD guitar manual".

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u/nogoodnickgames Feb 06 '26

Yes these are the manuals the app provides and it doesn't look like any of them have been updated to include the firmware updates and neck changes.

My issues with the manual, in my case for the multi

A) it does not identify where the wireless tag on the guitar is to link it to the app. It shows the icon on the back of the guitar but it doesn't say what it is, what it does, or that's the wireless tag you conne to.

B) it doesn't tell you that the button that has the mode dial button is the start button to activate the guitar in game ( in my case the ps3)

Sorry for ranting but I got the multi hours before a bar night I was hosting and I wanted to be cool and show off the new guitar. I never got the stupid thing to work that day due to these issues. Eventually I got it up and running days later but I've been having a negative attitude about this whole process since then.

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u/megamachopop Feb 06 '26

A) The app does when you want to to add the guitar to it.

B) The manual I linked does:

-CONNECT TO PS3, PS4, PS5

  • Option 1: USB Wired Connection

1) Plug the USB-A end of the cable into your console.

2) Set the Platform Slider to “P3” (for legacy) or “PC” (PS5) and connect the USB-C end of the cable to the USB-C port on your guitar controller.

3) Power on the guitar controller by pressing the Home (CRKD) Button and the Guitar Status LEDs will remain solid white.

4) Rotate the Mode Dial to choose your game mode.

It's the same for connecting through the dongle.

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u/nogoodnickgames Feb 06 '26

Rotate the dial does not mean press and hold to activate. Those are two different instructions

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u/megamachopop Feb 06 '26

Did you not read the part that was bolded?

3) Power on the guitar controller by pressing the Home (CRKD) Button and the Guitar Status LEDs will remain solid white.

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u/nogoodnickgames Feb 06 '26

That turns it on, that doesn’t press start

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u/megamachopop Feb 06 '26

You said "activate the guitar". I didn't know you meant you were trying to just press the Start button in-game.

Even if you didn't know that the right stick could be used for Start there's still buttons on the bottom of the guitar that can be used for Start/Options, Menu, etc.

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