Vox SDC-1 mini Owner's Manual page 6

En Introduction
Thank you for your purchase of a VOX SDC-1
mini Electric Guitars. Please take a few mo-
ments to familiarize yourself with the features,
setup, and care of your new instrument.
Features
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2
3
4
4a
4b
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TUNING PEG (x6)
1a STRING POST (x6)
2
TRUSS ROD ADJUSTMENT NUT
3 PICKUP
4
BRIDGE
4a
SADDLE HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT SCREWS
4b INTONATION ADJUSTMENT SCREWS
5
VOLUME
6 TONE
7
OUTPUT JACK
Restringing and string stretching
This guitar uses split shaft string posts. You can
hold the strings firmly in place and restring
quickly by threading the strings through the
hole at the center of the shaft and then winding
them. For more stable tuning, follow the steps
below when restringing the guitar, which in-
clude stretching the strings.
Restringing with new strings
1. Start with the sixth string (the low E). Thread
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the string through the metal hole at the back of
the guitar body.
2. After pulling the threaded string right up and
over the bridge, pull the string towards the head
of the guitar, and clip the string at a length 5 cm
past the string post with a pair of nippers or a
1a
similar tool.
Be careful—the tip of the string that you
clipped will be very sharp!
3. Thread the tip of the string through and all the
way into the hole at the center of the string post.
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4. Bend the string where it comes out of the hole
to a 90-degree angle, and wind the string until it
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reaches the correct pitch. Be careful that the
strings do not overlap when you are winding
them.
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5. Use the same steps to wind the other five
strings onto the guitar.
Stretching the strings
This instrument uses a short scale length. The
pitch of the strings on short scale guitars tends
to vary more than regular guitars, due to slight
lengthening or slippage. Because of this, it is
normal to find that the guitar has gone out of
tune if you haven't played it for a while, or right
after changing the strings. You can minimize
this issue by stretching your strings using these
steps.
1. Begin by tuning all of the strings using an
electronic tuner.
2. Hold your guitar in playing position and
stretch the strings beginning with the low E, by
using the fingers of your right hand to gently
pull the string about 1 to 2 cm away from the
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5cm