Omade Elite Series Guitar User manual

“Musical Instruments
Maker”
Elite Series Guitar
User Manual
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Warranty:
Your instrument is made for durability.
So, you ave 3 years warranty from t e boug t of your product.
T e warranty concern defaults on wood parts construction, finis and glue.
Misuse and normal cycle life are not taking under warranty.
Ot ers ardware is not take into account by t is warranty, t ey are depending on specifics
manufacturer’s warranties.
Caution:
Wood is not a fixed material, it move and t is is part of natural process, depending of t e way it is
protected from temperature, umidity variation and maintenance done on t e instrument, so t is
is not under warranty.
So, it as to stay away from warm source, cold source and variation of temperature and umidity.
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We wis to t ank you for ad c oosing our product, feel welcome in t e family owners of t is
beautiful musical instrument.
T is user manual was made to elp you making t e maintenance of your instrument.
Summary
1) Stringing a guitar..............................................................................................................................4
2) Tuning the truss rod..........................................................................................................................4
3) Tuning the vibrato............................................................................................................................4
4) Button control function....................................................................................................................5
5) Cleaning your strings and instru ent..............................................................................................5
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1) Stringing a guitar
C ange string one by one, t is will prevent ig tension c ange in t e neck and allow a better
precision intonation work and vibrato tune after.
Put t e string out tension, t en cut it between t e end of t e neck and t e bridge (near pickups),
take care of your instrument finis t at way.
Unmounts t e string from t e mec anic and t e nut, t en unmounts t e rest of t e string from
t e bridge.
Clean your instrument wit adapted product cleaner t an restring wit t e new string and put it
in tune.
Repeat until you ave c anged eac string you wanted to c ange and it’s done for t at.
Now verify t e curve of t e neck t an strings action at 12t fret.
2) Tuning the truss rod
If you ad c ange string gauge or ave a vibrato, block it so it can’t move t an follow t e met od
explained ere.
T e neck curve s ould be flat but if t ere is freeze at some fret at t e middle of t e neck, you
prefer and can make it disappear by t e truss rod way, it could be a nice solution.
T e truss rod ave a screw at w ic wit an adapted driver you can make c ange on t e curve of
your instrument, t e way you will ave to turn it depend of t e truss rod installed inside your
instrument, t en try slig tly and see or measure t e difference to know ow it act on t e neck
relief.
Now you know, just tune it as flat as possible, tune t e string action, tune t e intonation and to
finis t e vibrato spring if t ere is, verify and t en repeat t e process if needed.
3) Tuning the vibrato
It’s needed to block t e vibrato in t e normal position, t e plate of t e vibrato need to be near
parallel to t e body table.
W en t is is done, tune t e intonation of eac string, we recommend t e use of our software
for t is purpose, eac string s ould be at t eir normal tension w en doing t is job.
Finally, unblock t e vibrato and tune t e spring to put t e plate of t e vibrato to is normal
position, use a tuner to finis t is part.
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4) Button control function
On t ose guitars, t ere is 3 buttons; at t e bottom is t e tone control, upside t e volume control
and at t e middle t e Mix button w ic will let you mix t e volume between two pickups, it’s
functional w en t e selector is selecting two pickups.
5) Cleaning your strings and instrument
T e most important to stay in rig t intonation is to clean your strings eac time you ave to tune
t em wit a tuner, not doing t is will put your instrument in false intonation, if by doing t at
your instrument is out of intonation, it’s time to c ange your strings.
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