LEO JAYMZ LB-400 User manual

DANGER!
Danger for children
Ensure that plastic bags, packaging, etc. are properly dispose
are not in the reach of babies andyoung children. Chokinghazard
Ensure that children do not detach any smallparts(e.g. knobs
like) fromthe product.They could swallow the piecesand choke
Never let childrenplay unattended with the product.
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Safety instructions
Safety instructions
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CAUTION!
Danger of cutson the hands
While assemblingand joiningindividual partstogether with scre
attention to sharpedges on tools,screwsand components.
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Always wear safety glassesor goggles when operating equipment
glassesor reading glassesare not safety glasses.Be certain the sa
wear meet the appropriate standardsof the AmericanNational Standard
Institute (ANSI). Because there are various waysto cut andjoin w
makesubstitutionsfor the methodsstated in this manual. We try
easiest methodspossible.However, only you knowyour skillswit
machinery. Never compromiseyour safety by usinga cutting metho
you are not comfortable.Instead, find an alternative approachth
sameresult.
Theseinstructions assumethat you are familiar with the safe ope
wood workingmachinery andwoodworkingtools, andunderstand
usedto assemblethis project. If you donot qualify for both of the
buildingthis project for your own safety. Read andunderstandth
manualfor the machinery you intend to use, take a woodworking
your local library for moreinformation. Woodworkingmachinery
inherently dangerousbecausethey usesharpedgesthat can and
serious personalinjury includingamputation and death. Donot un
the ability of these toolsandmachineryto causeinjury. Never ope
without all guardsin place andalways wear approved safety glasses
own safety, please heed this warning.

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What's in the delivery
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Assemble instruments prepare
3.1 Sand the bass
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Provide the following tools andmaterialsfor the assemblyof the guitar:
Screwdriver
Rubbermallet
Ring spanner
Pliers
Paint and accessories
Sandpaper
Guitar paint spray can
The kits came with little bit roughly surface, so it need to be sand first with
150 grit very gentely. Some position of the wood doing it slightly not working
very well you can little bit more fiercely for sand it off. DUe to sand it more
and more, you can change the sand paper from 150 grit to 400. Until you
feeling it smooth enough when you touch the surface by your hand.

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3.2 Paint the bass
It isimportant to paint the bodyand neckbeforeassembly.
Alwayswear a dustmaskwhenapplying spraypaint.
3.2.1 Fillup the grain.
Thebody is madeof mahogan, and theneck is
made of solid maple. Open grained woods need
to be filled before finishing in order to achieve a
flat surface.
WesuggestusingourNeutral Color
Tonegrainfiller following the instructions on the
label. Three applications are recommended to
get a nice flat surface to build finish coats
over.The grainfiller can also be used to fill any
gaps, chips,or other imperfections in the wood.
Asa general rule, you should fillup the
grainuseNeutral Color Tone grainfiller until you
can't seethe poresof the wood with the
nakedeyes. Then we can start for the precess
below.
Use a damp cloth for dip with your favorite color
and wipe on the body and neck as you like. Not
only one time may can not reach the exactly
what you espected, so sand with 320-grit and
wipe again and again until got your lovely color.
3.2.2 Coloring the body

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3.2.3 Coloring the Neck
Sand the back of the neck use the same
method for sand the body. Before you painting
the neck please make sure that will you paint
the back or not, if not you have to tape the side
of the headstock.
Use the same method for stain the top of
headstock, then you got this and waiting for
dry then sand it.
Most players are like the natural back of the
neck, so you can use the tone oil only for coated
on the back of neck. And sand it after it
completely dry, and coat again, after dry enough
sand it again. Keep the operation several times
then you can polish it more glossy.

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3.3 Installation
Installl the tuning machines for the headstock. Let
the machine heads go through the hold of
headstock form rear side and mounting the nut on
it with washer. But do not tight them very much.
(We make the example in black hardwares, infact
all are same method.)
Use a streight ruler line up to the machine headsfor
align all of them and make each tuning machine
perpendicular to the edge of the headstock, then
tighten the nut with washer in the front side.
Tape drill and leave and the tail section only half
length of the thickness of the headstock. In order
to not drill break through the wood of headstock.
Pre-drill small hole from the rear side of the
headstock to through the screw hole of the
machine heads. Now it's time for tighten the nut
of the machine heads by span.
3.3.1 Mounting the machine heads

3.3.2 Install the electronics
You can find an access from each pickup cavity to
the back cavity. And i
f there is any copper foil
paper sticking inside of all the cavities as shilding
that will be perfect.
Let the both neck and bridge pickups' wire going
through the access to the back cavity and leave the
wires in it.
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No you can mounting the screws totheholefor fix
all the machine heads.
Completely tight the the nuts with the washers for
the headstock on top side.

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Press the pickup fully down into the cavity and let it
stay in the middle and moveable inside of the cavity,
let all the pickups contact with the body completely.
Then pre-drill a small hole. Pre-drill always much
helpful to drive the screw on the wood easier.
Find the pickup screws with springs, install it on the
pickup as the illustration. It means the screw have to
go through the pickup first and spring second.
Drive the screw must down to the hole which you
have pre-drilled, only in the case can make sure the
screw are certainly going down streight but no even
little incline. Drive the screws not to the end and
leave a space adjust the height for both pickups. You
can use your thumb for check the spring working
well.
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3.3.3 Wiring
Use a pencil for put a A4 paper on the 3 holes for
the control knobs and mark the position for both
Volume and the Tone.

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Cut the A4 paper as much as smaller that can
contain the 3 marked positions, use it as a
template for drill 3 holes to a hard carton paper
by screw driver or drills or sharp wooden stick.
Notice: Please remember the top and rear side of
the paper carton same as the body.
Put the pertetiometer into the hole from rear side
to the top side. And cut the paper carton as much
small as you can contain all the potentiometers on
it.
Insert the ground cable wire to the surface of the
body via the access to the ground wire hole. It
have to full contact with the bridge or welding
with the bridge.
Welding the wires as the the circle diagram in
next page.