Yamaha Guitar SGV User manual

ELECTRIC GUITAR OWNER’S MANUAL
エレクトリックギター オーナーズマニュアル
SGVSERIES
SGVシリーズ

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CARE AND MAINTENANCE
Congratulations on your purchase of the
YAMAHA electric guitar.
With reasonable care, your YAMAHA electric
guitar will age gracefully and provide many
years of superlative musical service.
* When connecting or disconnecting cables, turn off the ampli-
fier and other equipment or reduce the volume.
* After playing, wipe the entire guitar down, including strings,
with a good polishing cloth. This will remove corrosive skin
oils and acids, and protect the plating, finish, and strings.
* Avoid exposing the guitar to direct sunlight and extremes of
heat and humidity.

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Front P.U.Volume
MasterTone
3-P P.U. Selector SW.
SGV800 Nomenclature
Rear P.U.Volume
Front P.U.
Front P.U. + Rear P.U.
Rear P.U.
Rear P.U.
Front P.U.

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Pickup C
Pickup A
Master Volume
Pickup Fader Control: Adjusts the output balance of pickups B and C.
Turn to the right (clockwise) to increase the balance of the
output from pickup B.
Turn to the left (counter-clockwise) to increase the balance of
the output from pickup C.
3-P P.U. Selector SW.
SGV700/SGV300 Nomenclature
MasterTone
Pickup B
Pickup A
Pickup A+(B+C)*
Pickup (B+C)*
Pickup B
* The balance of pickup (B+C) depends upon the position of the Pickup
Fader Control.
Pickup C

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Truss Rod Adjustment Procedure
Make sure guitar is tuned to pitch before making adjustments to the truss rod.
The curvature of the neck should be slightly concave. The practice of
sighting down the neck to see whether there is a bow or bend is unreli-
able, and even experienced bass technicians can be misted by optical
illusions. A better method to check for proper curvature is as follows:
Step 1: Tune strings to proper pitch, and depress the strings by placing a
capo directly behind the first fret. The capo should be just tight
enough to effectively create the tone of F when plucking the E string.
Step 2: Depress the E string directly behind the 16th fret with your left hand
index finger. The E string depressed at opposite ends of the finger-
board acts as a straightedge, allowing measurement of the space
between the fret tops and the E string.
Step 3: Measure the mentioned space at the 7th fret by inserting the appro-
priate feeler gauge blade (right hand). If the mentioned space is less
than 0.15mm, or greater than 0.40mm insert the hexagonal truss rod
wrench into the truss rod nut and turn in increments of a 1/4 turn or
less towards the appropriate direction as shown in the drawing.
Increases
mentioned space
concave
convex
Decreases
mentioned space
Truss rod
NOTE
Unless you have experience with truss rods, we suggest that you
entrust this adjustment to your dealer.