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- Page 1 Solo ES Style DIY Hollow Body Electric Guitar Kit Assembly Manual ESK-75 V 1.02 Copyright © 2011 Solo Music Gear. All rights reserved...
- Page 2 Post your photos to The Solo Café http://TheSoloCafe.com Remember, you can always find us online at http://SoloMusicGear.com to upgrade your parts, try a new kit, or ask us a question. Copyright © 2011 Solo Music Gear. All rights reserved v1.02...
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Page 3: Tools And Materials Needed
STEP 1 – The body and neck have been coated with a poly resin sealant. They need to be sanded before finishing. DO NOT SAND THE FINGERBOARD. For sanding both neck and body, use a flat sanding block for all flat surfaces and by hand for edges and Copyright © 2011 Solo Music Gear. All rights reserved v1.02... - Page 4 STEP 1 – Gluing the Neck. The ESK-75 is a hollow body guitar and has a glued in neck (no screws). This design is known as a set-neck. Assuming your guitar body and neck have been prepared for finishing (or are finished), and that all surfaces have been cleaned up, you can 'dry-fit' the neck to the body (just hold it in place to see how tight or loose it fits).
- Page 5 Take note of the 3-way switch at the top bout of the guitar, and the side mounted input jack. Because the ESK-75 is a hollow-body guitar, all the parts of the electronics harness can be soldered together (including the input jack, the 3-way switch and the pickups and pots), if you take particular care in spacing the parts appropriately.
- Page 6 STEP 6 – Tailpiece. The tailpiece for the ESK-75 has 3 holes for attachment. You will first have to align the tailpiece, so the strings have the correct position and equal pull. You can use whatever method is easiest, but if you take 2 pieces of string and attach them to the outside tuners, stretch the strings back to the tailpiece and loop them through the outside string retainers;...
- Page 7 The higher the Copyright © 2011 Solo Music Gear. All rights reserved v1.02...
- Page 8 Never turn the truss rod screw more than 1/4 turn at a time! Now return to the 'Adjusting String Height' section and re -adjust your string height so Copyright © 2011 Solo Music Gear. All rights reserved v1.02...
- Page 9 There is no universal rule for pickup height because it relies on string height, string gauge, pickup type, magnet type etc etc...so by experimenting, you will find an adjustment that provides the best sound. Copyright © 2011 Solo Music Gear. All rights reserved v1.02...
- Page 10 Solo ES Style DIY Hollow Body Electric Guitar Kit ESK-75 Wiring Diagram Copyright © 2011 Solo Music Gear. All rights reserved v1.02...
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