ns design NS-CR4 Radius Bas User manual

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NS-CR4/5 RadiuS BaSS
Owner’s Manual
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NS-CR4/5 Radius Bass Owner’s Manual
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NS-CR4/5 Radius Bass Owner’s Manual
Overview (Front) 5
Overview (Back) 7
Re-Stringing and Tuning 8
Setting Up the Bass 15
Setting the intonation ..................................................................................................................17
Setting the action ........................................................................................................................19
Adjusting the truss rod ................................................................................................................21
Replacing the Batteries 23
Specifications 24
Accessories 25
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Piezo EQ
high – mid – low EMG pickups
bridge – both – neck
Volume
Blend
Piezo – EMG
Treble
cut – boost
Bass
cut – boost
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Overview (Front)
NS-CR4/5 Radius Bass Owner’s Manual
Overview (Front)
Overview Features
1 Aluminum headplate with ball-end string.mounting slots
2 Magnetic pickups (EMG) unique design matched to the fretboard radius
3 Bridge with one piece aluminum saddle and integrated
Polar Piezo pickup system
4 Tuner housing with self-clamping precision tuning system
5 Volume pot for both piezo and magnetic pickups
6 Blend pot with center detent, blending between piezo and
magnetic pickups
7 Active treble boost/cut pot with center detent
8 Active bass boost/cut pot with center detent
9 Pickup selector switch for magnetic pickups 3-position switch
10 Piezo EQ switch 3-position switch
11 Output jack
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Overview (Back)
NS-CR4/5 Radius Bass Owner’s Manual
Overview (Back)
Overview Features
12 Electronics compartment cover
13 Battery compartment cover can be opened separately for battery
replacement
14 Thumb screw for battery compartment cover
15 String aperture
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Re-Stringing and Tuning
This bass accepts any standard single-ball end,
full-scale bass guitar strings. The way the strings
are clamped leaves them undamaged and without
the usual windings on the end. This lets you easily
take them out (e.g. for cleaning) and put them
back on the bass as often as desired.
1 Turn the tuning knob fully counter-clockwise
to loosen the string, until the slotted tuning
arm is in the frontmost position (towards the
bridge).
The clamping mechanism opens up and you can
pull the string(s) out.
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Re-Stringing and Tuning
NS-CR4/5 Radius Bass Owner’s Manual
To install strings:
2 Put the ball end of the new string into the slot
on the headplate.
3 Pull the string towards the neck and guide it
over the nut.
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