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Summary of Contents for TOUCH GUITARS T8
- 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 2. Locking Tuners 3. Saddle 4. Damper 5. Neck 6. Frets 7. Fret Markers 8. Body 9. 5-piece Neck Joint 10. Neck Pickup 11. Bridge Pickup 12. Straplocks 13. Bridge 14. Electronics Compartment 15. String Retainer...
- Page 4 Knobs and Electronics The T8 uses passive electronics with a tone knob for works when either the neck or the bridge pickup is every pickup to produce a brilliant, dynamically selected. When both are active the tone knob are equal controllable tone.
- Page 5 Pickup Positions Inner single coils of neck and bridge The following diagrams show the different pickup positions starting fully counter-clockwise. Neck humbucker Bridge humbucker Neck single coil Neck and bridge humbucker...
- Page 6 Care, Maintenance and Setup...
- Page 7 Regarding finish care: • A prime indicator of instrument 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. strings will vibrate unevenly and provide imperfect, uneven tones across the •...
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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 T8 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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