Front Controls - Alesis X Owner's Manual

The front of the guitar combines traditional controls with two special switches for the built-
in effects.
Pickup Selector Switch
1.
combinations:
1-Bridge only. 2-Bridge + Middle. 3-Middle only. 4-Middle + Neck. 5-Neck only.
All three pickups are humbucking models, which greatly reduce noise relative to non-
humbucking pickups. The bridge-position pickup has the traditional side-by-side
humbucker configuration. The middle- and neck-position pickups use a "stacked single-
coil" configuration.
Volume Knob
2. - This knob attenuates (lowers) the output from the X Guitar's pickups.
It is independent of the effects and acts before them.
Program Up/Down Switch
3.
switch.
Effects On/Off Switch
4.
sure to turn it off after playing to conserve the batteries.
Output Jack
5. – For stereo output, plug a TRS cable into this
jack to connect the guitar to a mixer or recording device. (You
may need to use "Y" cables or a special breakout cord.)
Plug in a TS (mono) cable to connect to a guitar amplifier.
Plug in a pair of headphones for private performance.

Front Controls

– The five-position switch selects one of the following pickup
– Increment or decrement the effect program using this
– Flip this to the upward position to turn on the effects. Be
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