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- Page 1 Electric Guitar Kit Extreme-84 Electric Guitar Kit...
- Page 2 Thomann GmbH Hans-Thomann-Straße 1 96138 Burgebrach Germany Telephone: +49 (0) 9546 9223-0 Internet: www.thomann.de 20.06.2023, ID: 547683...
- Page 3 Table of contents Table of contents Safety instructions......................... 4 Scope of delivery........................5 Assembly instructions......................6 3.1 Cutting out the headstock................... 6 3.2 Painting the body and neck..................6 3.3 Mounting the machine heads..................7 3.4 Mounting the guitar neck.................... 9 3.5 Wiring the pots, pick-ups, battery and switch............
- Page 4 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 5 Scope of delivery Scope of delivery Thank you for buying this electric guitar kit. All wooden parts, hardware and electrical components are contained in this package. The following figure shows the individual components of the delivery. The assembly is described in detail in the following sections. Electric Guitar Kit Extreme-84 Electric Guitar Kit...
- Page 6 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 Varnish and accessories Needle files Sandpaper It is essential that the body and neck are painted before assembly. You must wear a dust mask when applying spray lacquer or paint.
- Page 7 Assembly instructions Painting the neck 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 described below. Carefully mask off the fingerboard and all frets before painting.
- Page 8 Assembly instructions Turn the neck over and fix all machine heads hand-tight with the supplied washers and nuts on the front of the headstock. Tighten the nuts on the front with a suitable wrench, and then tighten the screws to secure the machine heads on the rear side.
- Page 9 Assembly instructions 3.4 Mounting the guitar neck Place the body on a suitable work surface. Use a soft pad to avoid damaging the sur‐ face. Fit the neck into the neck cutout. If necessary, use a sharp chisel or sandpaper for reworking.
- Page 10 Assembly instructions 3.5 Wiring the pots, pick-ups, battery and switch The cables for the pick-ups, the pots, the battery and the jack socket are connected by means of click-on connectors. Prepare the neck and bridge pick-ups for installa‐ tion by routing the cables through the cut channels and then screwing in the pick- ups as shown in the figures.
- Page 11 Assembly instructions Electric Guitar Kit Extreme-84 Electric Guitar Kit...
- Page 12 Assembly instructions Electric Guitar Kit Extreme-84 Electric Guitar Kit...
- Page 13 Assembly instructions Turn the guitar over and prepare the cables of the pick-ups and the pre-wiring of the pots and the pick-up switch as shown in the figures. Electric Guitar Kit Extreme-84 Electric Guitar Kit...
- Page 14 Assembly instructions First connect the red cable (with white labelling) of the bridge pick-up to the yellow cable (with white labelling) as shown in the figures. Electric Guitar Kit Extreme-84 Electric Guitar Kit...
- Page 15 Assembly instructions Then connect the second red cable of the neck pick-up to the second yellow cable of the pot and the pre-wired pick-up switch as shown in the figures. Electric Guitar Kit Extreme-84 Electric Guitar Kit...
- Page 16 Assembly instructions Next, mount the battery box by routing the cables through the cut channel, inserting the battery box in the prepared hole, and connecting the cables to the yellow plug of the pot and the pick-up switch wiring, which is also connected to the pick-ups. Electric Guitar Kit Extreme-84 Electric Guitar Kit...
- Page 17 Assembly instructions Electric Guitar Kit Extreme-84 Electric Guitar Kit...
- Page 18 Assembly instructions Then connect the two black-and-white cables from each pick-up to the two red cables in the wire harness of the pot and the pick-up switch. Also position the volume and tone pots and the pick-up switch in the pre-drilled holes. The tone pot is the one with the blue cable, and must be inserted in the rear hole.
- Page 19 Assembly instructions Insert the plug connector of the jack socket. Connect the plug connector to the blue cable of the tone pot and then screw it tight. Electric Guitar Kit Extreme-84 Electric Guitar Kit...
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- Page 22 Assembly instructions Next, screw down the plastic plate to cover the recess for the pots and the battery box with the screws provided in the pre-drilled holes on the back of the body. Electric Guitar Kit Extreme-84 Electric Guitar Kit...
- Page 23 Assembly instructions Turn the guitar over. Mount the nuts on the volume controls, the tone pots and the pick-up switch and tighten them. Make sure not to scratch the body. Then mount the pot knobs as shown in the figures. Electric Guitar Kit Extreme-84 Electric Guitar Kit...
- Page 24 Assembly instructions 3.6 Mounting the tailpiece and bridge Place the body on a suitable work surface. Use a soft pad to avoid damaging the sur‐ face. Use a rubber mallet to drive the bolt fasteners for the tailpiece and bridge into the body as shown in the figures.
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- Page 26 Assembly instructions 3.7 Mounting the strap pins Screw the strap pins into the pre-drilled holes in the body as shown in the figures. Electric Guitar Kit Extreme-84 Electric Guitar Kit...
- Page 27 Assembly instructions 3.8 Adjusting strings, neck relief, string action and pick-ups Stringing The strings are threaded from the bridge towards the neck over the corresponding saddle. Wrap the end of the string around the machine heads a few times and then hand-tighten each string.
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- Page 29 Assembly instructions Adjusting the 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 neck relief by pressing the low E string on the first and twelfth fret.
- Page 30 Assembly instructions Adjusting the string action Once the neck has the desired relief, you can use the screws for each saddle to adjust the string position to suit your playing habits. Again, the lower the string action, the easier the strings are to grip, but cause slight background noise when playing the guitar.
- Page 31 Assembly instructions After setting the string action, you can check the octave intonation of the guitar and readjust if necessary. Tune all strings to the correct pitch, touch the first string just above the twelfth fret, and hit it. The resulting overtone (harmonic in the 12th fret) must have the same pitch as the string in the 12th fret.
- Page 32 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 33 Notes Electric Guitar Kit Extreme-84 Electric Guitar Kit...
- Page 34 Notes Electric Guitar Kit Extreme-84 Electric Guitar Kit...
- Page 36 Musikhaus Thomann · Hans-Thomann-Straße 1 · 96138 Burgebrach · Germany · www.thomann.de...
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