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Summary of Contents for TOUCH GUITARS AU8
- Page 1 Owner’s Manual...
- Page 2 Congratulations on buying your new TOUCH GUITAR The instrument which you now own has been designed for versatility, extreme playability, body- friendly lightweight construction, first-class manufacturing and a classic look and finish. We hope that you will be very happy with it. You are now also a part of the Touch Guitar family.
- Page 3 Parts of the Guitar 1. Headstock 78.723 2. Locking Tuners 16.3 3. Saddle 32.5 4. Damper 46.5 5. Neck 6. Frets 55.57 7. Fret Markers 8. Body 9. 5-piece Neck Joint 10. Neck Pickup 11. Piezo Pickup 12. Straplocks 101.5 13.
- Page 4 Knobs and Electronics Bass/Mids The AU8 Deluxe uses active electronics to produce a more brilliant, dynamically controllable tone. These are These control the basic EQ settings for each pickup. accessed by a hatch on the back of the instrument. It There is a set of two control knobs.
- Page 5 Internal mixer Please note that the default electronic setting of your U8 Deluxe Touch Guitar Inside the electronics compartment is “active”, and that this can drain the there is a small 8-channel mixer to set onboard battery. To avoid problems the volume of each string separately and with this, follow these simple steps.
- Page 6 Care, Maintenance and Adjustment...
- Page 7 Regarding finish care: All wood we use • A prime indicator of instrument is FSC certified condition is string action (the distance between string and fret, which in turn • clean any lacquered finish with the dry affects playability). Improperly adjusted cloth.
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Page 8: Neck Adjustment
Neck Adjustment As with other instruments in the guitar and lute families, adjusting the In order to adjust the neck, you will need to access the truss rod and neck of your Touch Guitar is necessary when temperature/environment either tighten or loosen it. Please note that if you over-tighten the truss changes/string stress cause temporary expansions or contractions in rod it will break and need to be replaced. - Page 9 Bridge Adjustment: Often when string action is too high or too low, you need to readjust the string saddles on the bridge. Before doing this, use the Neck Adjustment process to ensure that the neck is properly aligned. If the neck is at optimum adjustment but the strings are still buzzing or exhibiting uneven action, then you will need to adjust the string height manually.
- Page 10 Tuning The standard eight string Touch Guitar If you initially find this tuning too difficult tuning is : or not to your taste, we would urge you to (lowest string to highest, with all specified persevere with it. It is by far the best notes using standard octave notation): tuning option for the instrument to play with both hands in an integrated fashion.
- Page 11 Whenever you buy a new Touch Guitar, you get a free first lesson (in will need to adjust to the larger number of strings and the lower string person or online) with Touch Guitars founder Markus Reuter; and the action. You may also need to adapt to the tuning arrangements - see the Family approach is supported by further online lesson options and face- Tuning section on page 10).
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Page 12: Playing Position
Fingerboard technique: Playing position: The initial Family technique is the Touch Release Move (TRM), which is The balance design for the Touch Guitar the basic way to play a clean note on your instrument. (in coordination with its strap lock See the diagrams by TGC member Mike Rohde, that show two ways to system) means that it can be played at play a single note. -
Page 13: Certificate Of Authenticity
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY Date Model Touch Guitars AU8 Serial # This instrument has been custom built by Touch Guitars® in Europe. - Page 14 Touch Guitars® Stefan Huth Rheurdter Str. 51 D-47647 Kerken Germany www.touchguitars.com www.touchguitarcircle.com E-Mail: info@touchguitars.com...
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