We recommend applying
two layers of the double stick tape
. After the first layer is applied as shown, peel off
the brown protective tape. Repeat the procedure. This helps to reduce the sensitivity towards unwanted
mechanical transmissions and guarantees the most secure adhesion.
4. Preparation for installation of the endpin jack:
a. Unscrew the endpin jack's strap button.
b. Take off one nut and one washer.
c. Find out the thickness of your end block and set the inner nut accordingly. If the end block is thick
enough, you may screw the screw cap against the inner nut. If not, screw the cap in as far as it will go
to secure it and set the nut forward to the desired position.
d. Stick a suitable thin feeder wire from the outside into the endpin hole
and fish it out of an F-hole (or sound hole).
e. Loop this feeder wire through the 2 holes in front of the jack.
f. Drop the jack and the pickups into the mandolin and pull the jack out
through the endpin hole by the feeder wire. Test the setting depth of
the inner nut. This may require some trial and error.
g. Important: Make sure that the strap knob screws in ALL THE WAY over
the outer threaded part of the jack, so that a tiny portion of the thread
is exposed when the strap-knob is tightened. If you don’t do this, you might experience sound cutting
in and out because the plug does not fully insert.
h. Release the endpin-jack into the mandolin for now in order to complete the installation of the pickups.
Let the feeder wire end hang out of the endpin hole.
