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- Page 1 Electric Guitar Kit CST-24 Electric Guitar Kit...
- Page 2 Thomann GmbH Hans-Thomann-Straße 1 96138 Burgebrach Germany Telephone: +49 (0) 9546 9223-0 Internet: www.thomann.de 01.09.2022, ID: 464643 (V2)
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of contents Table of contents Safety instructions......................... 5 Scope of delivery........................6 Assembly instructions......................7 3.1 Painting body and neck....................7 3.2 Mounting the machine head..................8 3.3 Mounting the guitar neck..................10 3.4 Wiring pots, pick-ups and switch................11 3.5 Mounting tailpiece and strap pins................ - Page 4 Electric Guitar Kit CST-24 Electric Guitar Kit...
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Page 5: 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 6: 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 picture below shows the individual items included in the delivery. The assembly is described in detail in the following sections. Electric Guitar Kit CST-24 Electric Guitar Kit... -
Page 7: 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 8: Mounting The Machine Head
Assembly instructions Neck finish The guitar neck is sealed with a thin layer of matt lacquer before delivery and is ready to use. If you still want to treat the neck with coloured or clear lacquer, proceed as follows. Carefully mask off the fingerboard and all frets before painting. Make sure that all sur‐ faces are free of dust and dirt. - Page 9 Assembly instructions Turn the neck and fasten all the machine heads finger-tight to the front of the head‐ stock with the washers and nuts provided. Tighten the nuts on the front with an appropriate spanner, then tighten the screws on the back firmly to fasten the tuners. Electric Guitar Kit CST-24 Electric Guitar Kit...
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Page 10: Mounting The Guitar Neck
Assembly instructions 3.3 Mounting the guitar neck Place the body on a suitable working surface. Use a soft pad in order to avoid damage to the surface. Insert the neck into the neck cutout. If necessary, use a sharp chisel or sandpaper to adjust it. Be very careful when removing material. The neck should be tight and never have too much clearance in the cutout! Turn the guitar over, position the mounting plate over the four screw holes on the back of the body and screw the two supplied long screws through the upper holes... -
Page 11: Wiring Pots, Pick-Ups And Switch
Assembly instructions 3.4 Wiring pots, pick-ups and switch The pickups, potentiometer and jack socket are wired using connectors. Thread the cable for the string earthing (after stripping the insulation, and without the connector) through the channel from the opening in the back into the hole to fasten the tailpiece. - Page 12 Assembly instructions Using a rubber mallet, hammer the mounting bolts of the tailpiece into the body as shown. Make sure there is sufficient contact between the stripped end of the grounding cable and the tailpiece bolt. Electric Guitar Kit CST-24 Electric Guitar Kit...
- Page 13 Assembly instructions Screw the tailpiece mounting bolts into the bracket. Lead the output socket from the back of the body through the hole provided on the body edge. Electric Guitar Kit CST-24 Electric Guitar Kit...
- Page 14 Assembly instructions Insert the switch into the recess provided at the back. Insert the pots into the back slots as shown in the following illustrations. Electric Guitar Kit CST-24 Electric Guitar Kit...
- Page 15 Assembly instructions Turn the guitar over and fix the pots and switch with the supplied washers and nuts on the front of the body. Electric Guitar Kit CST-24 Electric Guitar Kit...
- Page 16 Assembly instructions Press the pot knobs on the pins of the two pots. Insert the holder for the output socket and check the projection of the socket. This must protrude so far over the bracket to the outside that it can be sufficiently tight‐ ened with the supplied nut and then only slightly protrudes.
- Page 17 Assembly instructions Then screw the holder of the output socket to the body with the screws provided. Lead the pick-up cables through the channels from the front recesses into the rear slot. The neck pickup is somewhat flatter and is inserted into the opening nearer the neck of the guitar.
- Page 18 Assembly instructions Turn the guitar over and attach the pick-ups to the front recesses with the supplied screws. Turn the guitar over and connect the pick-up connectors to the pots. Electric Guitar Kit CST-24 Electric Guitar Kit...
- Page 19 Assembly instructions Then screw the plastic plate to cover the recess for the pots and the switch with the screws provided in the pre-drilled holes on the back of the body. Electric Guitar Kit CST-24 Electric Guitar Kit...
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Page 20: Mounting Tailpiece And Strap Pins
Assembly instructions 3.5 Mounting tailpiece and strap pins Screw the strap pins into the pre-drilled holes in the body as shown using the sup‐ plied screws. Electric Guitar Kit CST-24 Electric Guitar Kit... -
Page 21: Strings, Neck Relief And String Action
Assembly instructions Slide the tailpiece onto the mounting bolts as shown. The tailpiece is still loose and is only fixed when stringing the guitar. 3.6 Strings, neck relief and string action Stringing Thread the strings on the tailpiece as shown. Electric Guitar Kit CST-24 Electric Guitar Kit... - Page 22 Assembly instructions Tighten the strings around the tailpiece as shown and thread the strings into the holes in the tuners. Wrap the end of the string a few times around the peg and first hand-tighten each string. Make sure that the individual strings are in the correct nut position.
- Page 23 Assembly instructions Shorten the protruding ends of the strings with a wire cutter. 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 relief by pressing on the low E string at the first and twelfth fret.
- Page 24 Assembly instructions Screw the cover for the truss bar onto the header headstock. Adjusting the position of the strings When the neck has the desired curvature, tighten the tailpiece as shown. Electric Guitar Kit CST-24 Electric Guitar Kit...
- Page 25 Assembly instructions Use the two Allen screws on the tailpiece to adjust the strings action according to your playing habits, using the hexagon wrench provided. Again, the lower the string action, the easier the strings are to grip, but cause slight background noise when playing the guitar.
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Page 26: 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 28 Musikhaus Thomann · Hans-Thomann-Straße 1 · 96138 Burgebrach · Germany · www.thomann.de...
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