Stimmen - 2, Durchschnittliche Bewertung: 4.5
(
)
)
|
Anleitung Zusammenfassung
BEFORE USING THIS INSTRUMENT. READ BACK COVER FOR FURTHER WARNINGS. NECK The neck is carved from select hard-rock maple utilizing our patented (U.S. Patent No. 4,237.544) bilamination construction to prevent twisting and warping. Internally housed between the bilamination of rock maple is a fully adjustable steel torsion rod with rolled threads. This steel torsion rod is firmly attached at the body end of the neck and is adjustable at the nut end with our special truss rod adjustment tool. The guitar utilizes a slant peg head design with all six tuning machines in a straight line configuration. BODY The body is constructed from selected hardwood, which is finished with our special polyester-urethane. The body features a double cutaway with the necessary space above and below the neck to allow ease of playing above the 12th fret position. The body shape has a special rib cage contour to allow ease of handling when instrument is to be used with a guitar strap. The finish we’ve chosen for the guitar is very highly mar and weather resistant and should offer years of service to the owner. (See Caring for your Guitar - Finish) PICKUPS The pickups are very high output full-range humbucking designs with blade pole pieces utilizing a unique dual/single coil circuit (U.S. Patent No. 4.164,163) allowing humbucking or single coil operation of either or both pickups through rotation of the tone controls (See Circuit Explanation and Controls). The pickups are fully shielded and potted to reduce unwanted microphonics and noise and to allow pickups to remain intact for many years without vibrating loose in transport or use. Note: Because of this potting it is virtually impossible to disassemble the pickup without totally destroying the unit. Any attempt to disassemble the pickup will void any warranty on the electronics of your instrument. CIRCUIT The circuit utilized in the guitar is virtually unparalleled for its ability to obtain maximum tonal variations without the use of an active preamp built in. The pickups are very conventional humbucking designs and operate through a three-way toggle switch, which allows each pickup independently or both pickups simultaneously to be employed. The center position of the three-way toggle switch allows both pickups to function and their tonalities may be blended with the tone controls. There’s only one volume control which operates the output level of both pickups and there are two tone controls, one for each pickup. These tone controls allow the unique capabilities of selecting between full humbucking response or single coil tonalities. (See Description of “How the Circuit Works"). FRETS The fret wire material for the guitar is classed as medium heavy. The frets are high crowned, 18% nickel silver and provide excellent intonation/compensation characteristics and superb string bending techniques. Eighteen percent nickel provides a degree more hardness than material used typically and should provide years of trouble-free performance. HARDWARE The bridge is a die-cast unit, which is triple plated chrome with fully adjustable individual saddles for intonation. The individual saddles have been designed to allow a great deal of front to back movement for intonation adjustments when dealing with different gauge strings for different types of playing technique. (See Adjustments - Intonation) The top nut is constructed from a bone-hard polycarbonate material. The premium tuning machines have a 14:1 ratio with chrome plated contoured metal control knobs. Thethree-way toggle switch is military grade. NECK TILT The neck tilt feature controls the all important playing angle of the neck while at the same time allows critical string fret clearance to be adjusted accurately. When used in conjunction with the torsion rod adjustment the guitar should be easily set up to exact playing specifications for many different styles and personal tastes. (See Adjustments - Neck Tilt) SCALE This instrument features a “full” scale length which is 24-3/4" and there are 23 frets. CONTROLS 1. Volume. The volume control is the element for regulating the output of both pickups and the level is increased by rotation clockwise while a counterclockwise motion will decrease the output signal. It is also compensated so that there is a minimal loss of high frequencies with reduced volume, however, optimum performance is at a maximum setting. A special contoured control knob is used for comfort and smoothness of this feature. (§)-Output Jack 2. Tone. Each pickup has its own tone circuit which operates independently. When the selector switch is in the center position and both pickups are employed, each tone control affects the overall tone by altering its own pickup tonality. The single/dual coil circuit will be explained under “How the Tone Circuit Works". (See Pickup Selector) 3. Pickup Selector. The Pickup Selector Switch (a 3-position switch) operates in a fashion customary on most guitars. With the g...