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.

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Adjusting String Height (Action)
String height is indicated by the space between the strings and frets.
Changing this setting will change the manner in which the guitar plays.
If the string height is too high, it will be difficult to play, and if the string height is too low, it will cause fret buzz.
1. Loosen the strings.
2. Use the supplied box wrench to remove the anti slip nut on the
1st string and 6th string ends of the bridge.
3. Use the supplied Allen wrench to turn the height adjustment
screw and adjust the height. Turn both screws alternately and
adjust the height little by little. Please adjust the space between
the 22nd fret and the strings to the following numerical values.
• 1st string: 2.0 +/- 0.2mm
• 6th string: 2.5 +/- 0.2mm
4. Once adjustment is complete, attach the anti slip nuts and tighten
firmly.
Make sure that the truss rod (the curvature of the neck) has been adjusted
correctly before adjusting the string height. Changing string height will
affect string pitch so please tune the strings after adjustment is complete.
RaiseAnti Slip Nut Box Wrench
(Supplied)
Anti Slip Nut
Bridge Height Adjustment
Screw
Lower

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Bridge Saddle of SGV 300/800 Electric Guitars
The bridge saddles may lift off of the bridge plate from
intonation adjustments or vibration while transporting.
To adjust the saddles, loosen the strings and press the
hexagonal nut down towards the bridge plate to set
bridge saddles in their original position. Bridge Saddle
Press
Bridge Plate
Hexagonal Nut
Intonation Adjusting Screw

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Setting the Intonation
Adjust the intonation by comparing the note fingered at the 12th fret with the harmonic tone at the 12th fret. Tune so
that both pitches are the same. It is recommended that you use good quality strobe tuning scope for this function.
* Please use the supplied Allen wrench to adjust the octave adjustment
screw.
• If the pitch of the note played on the 12th fret is sharp
compared to the harmonic tone
→Turn the octave adjustment screw to the right (clockwise).
(Move the saddle further away from the neck.)
• If the pitch of the note played on the 12th fret is flat com-
pared to the harmonic tone
→Turn the octave adjustment screw to the left (counter-clock-
wise).
(Move the saddle closer to the neck)
If the pitch at the 12th fret
is sharp compared to the
harmonic tone
→Turn to the right (clock-
wise)
If the pitch at the 12th fret is flat com-
pared to the harmonic tone
→Turn to the left (counter-clockwise)
Octave adjustment screw

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Angle Adjustment for the Tremolo Unit
Adjust the spring screw, located on the back side of the guitar body, so that the tail piece section of the tremolo
unit is parallel to the body.
If the string gauge or the position of the spring hook is changed, adjustment of the tremolo unit's angle (adjust-
ment of the amount of floating) will be necessary.
1. Remove the four (4) cover fixing screws located on the back
side of the guitar body and remove the cover.
2. Adjust the two (2) spring screws uniformly, so as to maintain
good balance, and adjust so that the tail section is parallel.
• If the tail section is raised
→Turn the spring screw to the right (clockwise).
• If the tail section is lowered
→Turn the spring screw to the left (counter-clockwise).
3. Adjusting will affect string pitch so please check and tune the
strings after adjusting the tailpiece.
Springs
Adjust the height
uniformly
Tail section
Spring
Screws
Adjust equally.

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Adjust the Arm Tension
Use the tension adjustment screw, located on the side of the tail piece, to adjust the tension that holds the tremolo
arm in place.
Insert the supplied Allen wrench into the tension adjustment screw
on the side of the tail piece, and adjust the tension that holds the
arm in place.
• To make the arm tighter.
→Turn the Allen wrench to the right (clockwise).
• To make the arm looser
→Turn the Allen wrench to the left (counter-clockwise).
Tension adjustment
screw
To make the arm looser
→Turn to the left (counter-clockwise)
To make the arm tighter
→Turn to the right
(clockwise)