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- Page 1 PRK-1 Electric Guitar Kit Assembly Manual Version 2.0 Copyright © 2011 Solo Music Gear - All rights reserved...
- Page 2 Welcome... Hi, and congratulations on purchasing this Solo DIY Guitar Kit! As you know, a great deal of the 'difficult' work on this guitar has already been completed to a very high quality standard. All the cutting, shaping, drilling and fretwork (including fret dressing and fret levelling) has been completed by our technicians, to ensure you will end up with a functional instrument.
- Page 3 What You Need... It would always be advisable to have a complete basic set of tools available, but at the very least we suggest you have the following..1. Sand Paper (180, 240, 320, 400 grits) 2. Flat and needle files for metal 3.
- Page 4 a slightly damp cloth to wipe the dust away, just allow the surface to dry before you resume sanding, or you can also use a 'tack cloth' available at most paint stores. In the case of a raw wood body that has not been sealed at the factory, you would wipe with a damp (warm water) cloth before your final grit.
- Page 5 Assembly PRK-1 1. Gluing the Neck to the Body : The PRK-1 is a set-neck guitar which means the neck is glued to the body, not attached with screws. Because of this difference, you may elect to finish the body and neck before gluing, but we suggest it is easier to glue the neck in, before you start any finishing procedures.
- Page 6 bushings. Make sure the bushings are pressed in to the shoulder on the top edge of the bushing. We will add the bridge and tailpiece when we are ready to string the guitar. 4. Wiring : Starting with the neck pickup (see wiring diagram), insert the pickup wire through the holes in the pickup cavities and into the control cavity.
- Page 7 Once all the strings are installed and brought up to pitch using a tuner, you are ready to move on to 'Setting Up the Guitar'. Setting Up the Guitar..The art of 'setting up a guitar' is one that can take years before you become truly skilled. The really good tech's make a guitar setup look easy...a little tweak here or there and the guitar plays and sounds so much better than it did before.
- Page 8 have 'string or fret buzz', you will either have to increase the neck relief slightly, or increase you string height. Adjusting String Height... The string height is ruled by 3 physical adjustments. First, the nut at the headstock of the guitar must be properly slotted for height and string gauge.
- Page 9 The final step in your guitar set-up is setting the pickup height. Pickups work on a magnetic field that is affected by the vibration of each string. You can be too close to the strings and you can also be too far away from the strings with the pickup..too close will create 'ghost tones' that will make tuning your guitar difficult and will also affect the sound of your guitar in a negative way.
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