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Trance Audio Acoustic Lens Pickup Installation Guide -
The NEW Template Method
This guide will show you how to easily and precisely place
the Acoustic Lens transducers in your guitar by creating an
easy-to-make cardboard template that fits your specific
instrument.
Using this method you can install our pickups yourself with
no superglue or epoxies, no special or exotic tools, and no
need to drill holes or perform any special or complicated
operations inside your instrument. Use only the provided
adhesives for pickup installation; if you need more or have
questions,
contact
us.
Please read the following instructions carefully, and contact
us by phone or email with any questions. Prior to installing
the pickups, your guitar must have a standard endpin jack
hole (1/2").
If your guitar does not have an endpin jack
hole, contact a luthier or experienced guitar repair person
to add this. Trying to drill the hole without the proper tools
will cause extreme damage to your instrument!
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Summary of Contents for Trance Audio Amulet Ultra Dual Mono
- Page 1 Trance Audio Acoustic Lens Pickup Installation Guide - The NEW Template Method This guide will show you how to easily and precisely place the Acoustic Lens transducers in your guitar by creating an easy-to-make cardboard template that fits your specific instrument.
- Page 2 PREPARATION In order to prepare your guitar for Acoustic Lens installation, you MUST clean and prepare the bridgeplate first by sanding it lightly with a small piece of #100 grit sandpaper wrapped around a small sanding block (a 9-volt battery works well for this).
- Page 3 Once you're finished preparing your guitar, you will need the following items: · Cardboard (1/8" or thicker, provided) · Scissors · X-acto™ or other razor knife · Cutting board or suitable flat cutting surface · Ruler · Golf Tees (provided, or 1/8” dowels, etc.) ·...
- Page 4 Using the ruler, draw a line about ¼” inside along one edge. Then place the template centered next to the bridgepin holes. Mark the position of each of the holes along the edge of the template and on the line. Using a pen, pencil or other sharp object, poke a hole in the outer two holes only.
- Page 5 Making sure that the template is parallel to the top of the guitar, mark the location of the saddle slot on each side of the template. Remove the golf tees and place the template on a flat surface. Use a ruler to line up the two saddle slot marks on the template, and draw a line connecting them with a pen or pencil.
- Page 6 Use a ruler lined up with the saddle to mark and extend the saddle line on each side. With the template in place, mark the saddle line on each side of the template, and use the ruler to connect the marks to create the saddle line position on the cardboard template.
- Page 7 installed ball end to fit flat and securely against the bridgeplate without pressing against the installed pickup. Using a ruler, measure the distance between the center of the low E string bridgepin hole and the center of the saddle. This distance should be a minimum of 3/8” to give the string ball ends proper clearance.
- Page 8 Once the template is appropriately marked, apply a strip of the included temporary white adhesive to the red sensing surface of each of the pickups. Using your thumb, press the adhesive over the entire red sensing surface of the pickup to bond it.
- Page 9 Place the pickups centered on the saddle line of the template in the positions shown. Weaken the stickiness of the adhesive first by pressing on it with your thumb for a while. The adhesive is very sticky, and you want to be able to apply and remove the pickups to adjust and locate them correctly without damaging the template.
- Page 10 Once you’ve got the pickups placed correctly, use the X-Acto knife to score the cardboard as close as possible around the pickups. The idea here is to create a cutout in the cardboard that will hold both pickups securely in place while you transfer the template to the inside of the guitar and...
- Page 11 Once you’ve finished tracing around the pickups, you can remove them from the template. Remove the tape adhesive from the pickups, and clean off any tape residue (pure acetone works well for this). Then use the X-Acto knife to carefully cut out the outline created on the cardboard and remove the inner area.
- Page 12 Install the golf tees in the two outer endpin holes, and slide two of the supplied small rubber grommets over each golf tee on the inside of the guitar as shown. These will hold the tees firmly in place, and they also serve as a spacer between the cardboard template and the bridgeplate so it won’t stick to the E6000 cement during installation.
- Page 13 Move the template inside the guitar through the soundhole, and using the tips of your fingers, locate the tips of the golf tees inside the guitar, and guide them through the two matching holes in the end of the template. Once you have the tees placed correctly in the holes, slide the template and pickups up until the...
- Page 14 Once you’re ready, apply a coating of approximately 1/16th of an inch of the E6000 cement to the red sensing surface of each transducer. You don’t need a lot of cement, but make sure that all of the red sensing surface is covered. Don't wait more than 1 minute to place the pickups once the adhesive is applied as it begins to set up quickly.
- Page 15 correctly in the template, and that the template is sitting parallel to the bridgeplate so it doesn’t stick to the adhesive. Then, using light finger pressure, hold the two pickups in place against the bridgeplate for 10 minutes. Don’t try to force all of the adhesive out from underneath the pickups;...
- Page 16 Now that your pickups are installed, you can move on to installing your Amulet Ultra preamp and endpin assembly! Please see https://tranceaudio.com/support/ for more info in your Amulet Ultra system's User Guide.
- Page 17 Removing an Installed Pickup The E6000 allows you to remove a pickup without causing any damage to the pickup or the bridgeplate of your guitar. If the pickup has been installed for a day or so, you can remove it by simply twisting it in either direction. The pickup will pop loose and can then be lifted and removed.
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