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  • Page 1 Electric Guitar Kit JA do it yourself kit user manual...
  • Page 2 Musikhaus Thomann Thomann GmbH Hans-Thomann-Straße 1 96138 Burgebrach Germany Telephone: +49 (0) 9546 9223-0 E-mail: info@thomann.de Internet: www.thomann.de 20.11.2019, ID: 464648...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of contents Table of contents Safety instructions......................... 4 Scope of delivery........................5 Assembly instructions......................6 3.1 Cutting out headstock....................6 3.2 Painting body and neck....................7 3.3 Mounting the machine head..................8 3.4 Mounting the string retainer..................9 3.5 Mounting the guitar neck..................10 3.6 Mounting pickguard and pick-up................

  • Page 4: Safety Instructions

    Safety instructions Safety instructions DANGER! Danger for children Ensure that plastic bags, packaging, etc. are properly disposed of and are not in the reach of babies and young children. Choking hazard! Ensure that children do not detach any small parts (e.g. knobs or the like) from the product.

  • Page 5: Scope Of Delivery

    Scope of delivery Scope of delivery Thank you for buying this guitar assembly kit. All wooden parts, hardware and elec‐ trical components are contained in this package. The following figure shows the individual components of the delivery. The assembly is described in detail in the following sections. Electric Guitar Kit JA...

  • Page 6: Assembly Instructions

    Assembly instructions Assembly instructions Useful tools and materials Provide the following tools and materials for the assembly of the guitar: Phillips screwdriver Rubber mallet Ring wrench Pliers / wire cutter Varnish and accessories Sandpaper Body and neck should by all means be painted before assembly. When applying spray lacquer or paint, you must wear a dust mask.

  • Page 7: Painting Body And Neck

    Assembly instructions 3.2 Painting body and neck Painting the body The solid wood of the guitar body is sealed and prepared for various types of lacquer coating. A wide variety of finishes can be procured from DIY, timber and automotive outlets in aerosol cans making finishing straightforward without requiring specialist skills.

  • Page 8: Mounting The Machine Head

    Assembly instructions 3.3 Mounting the machine head Insert the four machine heads from the rear side of the headstock into the bores. Align the machine heads so that the tuning pegs are perpendicular to the top of the headstock. Fix the machine heads as shown in the figure in this position hand-tight with the sup‐ plied screws.

  • Page 9: Mounting The String Retainer

    Assembly instructions Tighten the nuts on the front with a suitable wrench, and then tighten the screws to secure the machine heads on the rear side. 3.4 Mounting the string retainer Secure the two string retainers on the front of the headstock in the holes provided next to the machine heads.

  • Page 10: Mounting The Guitar Neck

    Assembly instructions 3.5 Mounting the guitar neck Place the body on a suitable work surface. Use a soft padding to prevent damages to the surface. Fit the neck into the neck cutout. If necessary, use a sharp chisel or sand‐ paper for reworking.

  • Page 11: Mounting Pickguard And Pick-Up

    Assembly instructions 3.6 Mounting pickguard and pick-up The pots, switches and output socket are already pre-assembled on the pickguard and only need to be connected to ground. Pickguard and pick-ups need to be bolted to the body. Thread the string-earthing cable (stripped, without connectors) through the channel from the back hole into the bridge mounting hole.
  • Page 12 Assembly instructions Using a rubber mallet, hammer the mounting bolts of bridge and tailpiece all the way into the body as shown. Make sure there is sufficient contact between the stripped end of the grounding cable and the bridge bolt. do it yourself kit...
  • Page 13 Assembly instructions Screw the bridge and tailpiece mounting bolts into the bracket. Place the pickguard on the front of the body so that all the wiring is in the recess provided. Screw the pickguard to the body with the screws provided, as shown in the following figure.
  • Page 14 Assembly instructions Put the supplied inserts into the recess of the bridge pick-up. Screw the provided screws into the holes of the two pick-ups. do it yourself kit...
  • Page 15 Assembly instructions Insert the supplied springs onto the screws of the pick-ups. Electric Guitar Kit JA...
  • Page 16 Assembly instructions Insert the pick-ups into the recesses and screw the pick-ups to the body. Make sure that the wiring of the pick-ups is placed so far under the pickguard and pads so that they are neither obstructing when screwing the pick-ups nor visible. do it yourself kit...

  • Page 17: Mounting Bridge And Tailpiece

    Assembly instructions 3.7 Mounting bridge and tailpiece Place the body on a suitable work surface. Use a soft padding to prevent damages to the surface. Put the bridge and the tailpiece onto the mounting bolts. Both components are still loose and are only fixed when stringing the guitar. Electric Guitar Kit JA...

  • Page 18: Strings, Neck Relief, String Action And Pick-Ups

    Assembly instructions 3.8 Strings, neck relief, string action and pick-ups Stringing The strings are threaded on the tailpiece and led over the bridge and the string saddle. Thread the strings into the holes of the machine heads, wrap the end of the string a few times around the peg, and then hand-tighten each string.
  • Page 19 Assembly instructions Then tune all the strings in sequence to the correct pitch. You can use a tuner or a pitch pipe as a reference. Note that the string tension will drop a little and the guitar needs to be retuned several times until the strings stay in tune. Shorten the protruding ends of the strings with a wire cutter.
  • Page 20 Assembly instructions Adjusting neck relief The neck is equipped with a steel truss rod, with which the neck relief can be adjusted individually to the playing habits. After tuning the strings, check the neck relief by pressing the low E string on the first and twelfth fret.
  • Page 21 Assembly instructions Adjusting string action If the neck has the desired curvature, you can use the two screws on the right and left of the bridge and the screws of the individual string saddles to adjust the position of the strings according to your playing habits. Again, the lower the string action, the easier the strings are to grip, but cause slight background noise when playing the guitar.
  • Page 22 Assembly instructions After setting the string action, you can check the octave intonation of the guitar and readjust if necessary. Tune all strings to the correct pitch, touch the first string just above the twelfth fret, and hit it. The resulting overtone (harmonic in the 12th fret) must have the same pitch as the string in the 12th fret.

  • Page 23: Mounting The Strap Pins

    Assembly instructions 3.9 Mounting the strap pins Screw the strap pins into the pre-drilled holes in the body as shown. Electric Guitar Kit JA...

  • Page 24: Protecting The Environment

    Protecting the environment Protecting the environment Disposal of the packaging material For the transport and protective packaging, environmentally friendly materials have been chosen that can be supplied to normal recycling. Ensure that plastic bags, packaging, etc. are properly disposed of. Do not just dispose of these materials with your normal household waste, but make sure that they are collected for recycling.
  • Page 25 Notes Electric Guitar Kit JA...
  • Page 26 Notes do it yourself kit...
  • Page 28 Musikhaus Thomann · Hans-Thomann-Straße 1 · 96138 Burgebrach · Germany · www.thomann.de...

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