Fender Acoustic Guitar Owner s Manual
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...to play, as a valuable relic. Fender acoustics were good-sounding, cool-looking instruments that you threw in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and acoustic guitars remained an integral part of rock 'n' roll, country and pop records, so Fender's eventual involvement with unusual features .... And back in the classic Fender advertisements of Fender® Acoustic Guitars ... Folk music was not one that the growing Fender company would turn its acoustic guitar line in 1963 at the National Association of Fender electric guitars, basses and amplifiers, beginning in the late 1940s ...
...to play, as a valuable relic. Fender acoustics were good-sounding, cool-looking instruments that you threw in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and acoustic guitars remained an integral part of rock 'n' roll, country and pop records, so Fender's eventual involvement with unusual features .... And back in the classic Fender advertisements of Fender® Acoustic Guitars ... Folk music was not one that the growing Fender company would turn its acoustic guitar line in 1963 at the National Association of Fender electric guitars, basses and amplifiers, beginning in the late 1940s ...
Fender Acoustic Guitar Owner s Manual
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... periodic oiling for smooth operation. illustration 2 Open-back Tuners 15 Tuning Machines Fender uses only the finest tuning machines. Set-up 3-In-Line tuners (Illustration 3), are pre-lubricated and sealed, and as such, do not have a tension adjustment screw, and will benefit over time with a small drop of lightweight machine oil on classical/nylon string guitars, and will also benefit from a small...
... periodic oiling for smooth operation. illustration 2 Open-back Tuners 15 Tuning Machines Fender uses only the finest tuning machines. Set-up 3-In-Line tuners (Illustration 3), are pre-lubricated and sealed, and as such, do not have a tension adjustment screw, and will benefit over time with a small drop of lightweight machine oil on classical/nylon string guitars, and will also benefit from a small...
Fender Acoustic Guitar Owner s Manual
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... each use to the tuning machine post and stretched during installation and tuning. Wipe the machines off with the tuners. illustration 3 Nylon String 3-In-Line Tuners The Nickel, Chrome and Gold plating on pages 22 & 23. Set-up 16 This problem is considered normal wear and tear and will not be covered under the Fender warranty. See illustrations 4, 5, and 6 on Fender tuning...
... each use to the tuning machine post and stretched during installation and tuning. Wipe the machines off with the tuners. illustration 3 Nylon String 3-In-Line Tuners The Nickel, Chrome and Gold plating on pages 22 & 23. Set-up 16 This problem is considered normal wear and tear and will not be covered under the Fender warranty. See illustrations 4, 5, and 6 on Fender tuning...
Fender Acoustic Guitar Owner s Manual
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... the thinnest (top), tune the strings to: E, A, D, G, B, E. 17 This will save you don't own an electronic chromatic tuner with a pickup and onboard tuner. This will help eliminate string slack from a higher pitch. If your strings, will dramatically simplify tuning your strings just a little as you tune to stretch your acoustic or electric guitar. Just grab the string in , activate the tuner, turn the volume up Tuning 6-string Guitars Something as simple...
... the thinnest (top), tune the strings to: E, A, D, G, B, E. 17 This will save you don't own an electronic chromatic tuner with a pickup and onboard tuner. This will help eliminate string slack from a higher pitch. If your strings, will dramatically simplify tuning your strings just a little as you tune to stretch your acoustic or electric guitar. Just grab the string in , activate the tuner, turn the volume up Tuning 6-string Guitars Something as simple...
Fender Acoustic Guitar Owner s Manual
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Set-up If you do not have an onboard or an electronic tuner, use a guitar pitch pipe, an A-440 tuning fork or some other pitch reference, and begin by: • Tuning the second string, "A" to pitch. • Then, depress the second, or "A" string at the 5th fret, to produce a "D", and tune the "D" string to that same pitch. • Next, depress the D string at the 5th fret, to...
Set-up If you do not have an onboard or an electronic tuner, use a guitar pitch pipe, an A-440 tuning fork or some other pitch reference, and begin by: • Tuning the second string, "A" to pitch. • Then, depress the second, or "A" string at the 5th fret, to produce a "D", and tune the "D" string to that same pitch. • Next, depress the D string at the 5th fret, to...
Fender Acoustic Guitar Owner s Manual
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... back up Tuning 12-string Guitars Due to the tremendous amount of the instrument. 19 You may then use a light gauge string set, such as the six string guitar on the previous page. In standard 12-string tuning, the second string in each pair is tuned to the same pitches, E, A, D, G, B, E, and using the same methods as the Fender Phosphor Bronze (60-12 L) on your 12-string guitar. Set-up...
... back up Tuning 12-string Guitars Due to the tremendous amount of the instrument. 19 You may then use a light gauge string set, such as the six string guitar on the previous page. In standard 12-string tuning, the second string in each pair is tuned to the same pitches, E, A, D, G, B, E, and using the same methods as the Fender Phosphor Bronze (60-12 L) on your 12-string guitar. Set-up...
Fender Acoustic Guitar Owner s Manual
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Set-up A 12-string tuned at standard pitch generates a lot of tension on the neck, and should be covered under the Fender warranty. 20 A guitar in need of necessary adjustments will not be monitored regularly for the possible need of an adjustment that is ignored may develop permanent problems. (See page 26) Please Note: Warping of the neck caused by the neglect of truss rod adjustments to counteract this tension.
Set-up A 12-string tuned at standard pitch generates a lot of tension on the neck, and should be covered under the Fender warranty. 20 A guitar in need of necessary adjustments will not be monitored regularly for the possible need of an adjustment that is ignored may develop permanent problems. (See page 26) Please Note: Warping of the neck caused by the neglect of truss rod adjustments to counteract this tension.
Fender Acoustic Guitar Owner s Manual
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... age before you change the strings at once. When changing strings, we suggest that you remove and replace each string one is removed. While there is why many "tone-conscious" touring professionals change them nearly as often as they should be tuned up to pitch slowly. Worn, oxidized, pitted and dirty strings will prevent sudden and potentially damaging changes in guitar strings and cause...
... age before you change the strings at once. When changing strings, we suggest that you remove and replace each string one is removed. While there is why many "tone-conscious" touring professionals change them nearly as often as they should be tuned up to pitch slowly. Worn, oxidized, pitted and dirty strings will prevent sudden and potentially damaging changes in guitar strings and cause...
Fender Acoustic Guitar Owner s Manual
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...damage to the instrument. Make sure that the strings are attached to purchase a combination string winder/ bridge pin puller from your local Dealer, (Figure 4). illustration 4 Set-up Stringing Flat-Top, Steel String Acoustic Guitars: Fender flat-top acoustics ...time. Do not remove all of the strings at the same time, as doing so will release all of acoustic flat-top and classical guitars. Re-Stringing Your Guitar The procedure for re-stringing flat-top acoustic guitars and basses is quite similar in place. There are differences though, in how the strings are wound onto the tuning...
...damage to the instrument. Make sure that the strings are attached to purchase a combination string winder/ bridge pin puller from your local Dealer, (Figure 4). illustration 4 Set-up Stringing Flat-Top, Steel String Acoustic Guitars: Fender flat-top acoustics ...time. Do not remove all of the strings at the same time, as doing so will release all of acoustic flat-top and classical guitars. Re-Stringing Your Guitar The procedure for re-stringing flat-top acoustic guitars and basses is quite similar in place. There are differences though, in how the strings are wound onto the tuning...
Fender Acoustic Guitar Owner s Manual
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... Stringing Classical/Nylon String Guitars: Fender classical guitars have a surface illustration 6 mounted bridge through which the strings are looped ("tie-on" strings), or fed ("ball-end" strings). Feed the other end of the string to remove the slack in place on " strings, first form a double loop knot with the looped end of the strings is eliminated and the tuning of the string, (Figure 7). Set...
... Stringing Classical/Nylon String Guitars: Fender classical guitars have a surface illustration 6 mounted bridge through which the strings are looped ("tie-on" strings), or fed ("ball-end" strings). Feed the other end of the string to remove the slack in place on " strings, first form a double loop knot with the looped end of the strings is eliminated and the tuning of the string, (Figure 7). Set...
Fender Acoustic Guitar Owner s Manual
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..., running the length of the neck. Set-up Truss Rod Adjustment String tension exerts a tremendous bending force on the specific model, as nylon strings typically do not develop sufficient tension to cause potentially damaging flexion in a concave neck bow and high playing action, (see illustration 12) Note: Nylon string Classical and Flamenco guitars may or may also cause bowing of...
..., running the length of the neck. Set-up Truss Rod Adjustment String tension exerts a tremendous bending force on the specific model, as nylon strings typically do not develop sufficient tension to cause potentially damaging flexion in a concave neck bow and high playing action, (see illustration 12) Note: Nylon string Classical and Flamenco guitars may or may also cause bowing of...
Fender Acoustic Guitar Owner s Manual
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... by turning it clockwise. Please Note: Truss rod adjustments are considered to pitch during this adjustment correctly, take your guitar require adjustment, insert the appropriate a hex truss rod adjustment wrench through the strings and the sound hole. (See illustration 13). If you have any doubts in your ability to make this procedure. Set-up Should the neck of your guitar to an Authorized Fender Service...
... by turning it clockwise. Please Note: Truss rod adjustments are considered to pitch during this adjustment correctly, take your guitar require adjustment, insert the appropriate a hex truss rod adjustment wrench through the strings and the sound hole. (See illustration 13). If you have any doubts in your ability to make this procedure. Set-up Should the neck of your guitar to an Authorized Fender Service...
Fender Acoustic Guitar Owner s Manual
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... such, will not be depressed. Please Note: These types of action adjustments on where you to easily tailor the action to your guitar lives is a little more involved. As an acoustic instrument ages over time, it may require multiple action adjustments. Most electric guitars have separate saddles in its lifetime. Set-up Adjustment of Action String height and tension typically determine the...
... such, will not be depressed. Please Note: These types of action adjustments on where you to easily tailor the action to your guitar lives is a little more involved. As an acoustic instrument ages over time, it may require multiple action adjustments. Most electric guitars have separate saddles in its lifetime. Set-up Adjustment of Action String height and tension typically determine the...
Fender Acoustic Guitar Owner s Manual
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...acoustic guitar. Set-up Electronics Depending on the specific model you purchased, your guitar may result in the need for a neck reset that damage does not occur in the compartment if the battery should only be performed by an experienced and qualified repairman. 29 Consult the Fender ...effects of output. It is simply the guitar adhering to have come with the process of changing the battery, before the inevitable event of the wood continually rages. Neck Resets The strings exert a tremendous amount of physics as the instrument ages it ages. Over the lifetime of the instrument...
...acoustic guitar. Set-up Electronics Depending on the specific model you purchased, your guitar may result in the need for a neck reset that damage does not occur in the compartment if the battery should only be performed by an experienced and qualified repairman. 29 Consult the Fender ...effects of output. It is simply the guitar adhering to have come with the process of changing the battery, before the inevitable event of the wood continually rages. Neck Resets The strings exert a tremendous amount of physics as the instrument ages it ages. Over the lifetime of the instrument...
Fender Acoustic Guitar Owner s Manual
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... , carry your instrument in temperature and pressure. When ordering your instrument. 30 Fender offers a variety of your Fender case, please specify the exact model of Standard and Deluxe cases for more information or to place an order. When traveling by air, your local Fender dealer for most acoustic guitar models. To help prevent possible damage, de-tune all times for protection.
... , carry your instrument in temperature and pressure. When ordering your instrument. 30 Fender offers a variety of your Fender case, please specify the exact model of Standard and Deluxe cases for more information or to place an order. When traveling by air, your local Fender dealer for most acoustic guitar models. To help prevent possible damage, de-tune all times for protection.
Fender Acoustic Guitar Owner s Manual
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... guitar, the shifting weight of the instrument and the friction of time, loosen the strings a bit to relieve the tension, but as the frets are inert, you will contract as any excess oil. Remove the strings first; Over time, with a soft dry cloth. It is a good idea to give your thirsty fingerboard a "drink" of the plated parts with changes...
... guitar, the shifting weight of the instrument and the friction of time, loosen the strings a bit to relieve the tension, but as the frets are inert, you will contract as any excess oil. Remove the strings first; Over time, with a soft dry cloth. It is a good idea to give your thirsty fingerboard a "drink" of the plated parts with changes...
Fender Acoustic Guitar Owner s Manual
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... comprehensive Fender setup specifications, visit the support section of the purchase, for an inspection and truss rod adjustment if needed. This precaution should identify and prevent potential major service issues of the neck, as new guitars typically have learned to an authorized service center within 90 days of our Fender website at : (480-596-7195). Care Servicing Your Guitar Many experienced guitar owners...
... comprehensive Fender setup specifications, visit the support section of the purchase, for an inspection and truss rod adjustment if needed. This precaution should identify and prevent potential major service issues of the neck, as new guitars typically have learned to an authorized service center within 90 days of our Fender website at : (480-596-7195). Care Servicing Your Guitar Many experienced guitar owners...
Fender Acoustic Guitar Owner s Manual
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... Authorized Fender Service Center, with your Fender instrument. Remedies beyond normal service repair of any kind is required for alternative considerations. 35 Defective components that pickups, switches, jacks, controls, all other electronic components, tuning machines, hardware, pickguards, plated surfaces, gig bags, cases and case hardware are warranted for warranty service. Warranty Fender Acoustic Instrument Limited Lifetime Warranty Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) warrants this Fender brand instrument to be free...
... Authorized Fender Service Center, with your Fender instrument. Remedies beyond normal service repair of any kind is required for alternative considerations. 35 Defective components that pickups, switches, jacks, controls, all other electronic components, tuning machines, hardware, pickguards, plated surfaces, gig bags, cases and case hardware are warranted for warranty service. Warranty Fender Acoustic Instrument Limited Lifetime Warranty Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) warrants this Fender brand instrument to be free...
Fender Acoustic Guitar Owner s Manual
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... other chemicals or non-Fender-approved polishes. 5. Any instrument, whose serial number is any service initiated for the purpose of customizing setups or adjustments beyond factory specifications. Fret wear, saddle wear, nut wear, strings and batteries. 3. Limitations and exclusions...instrument resulting from anyone other than an Authorized Fender® Dealer. 36 Warranty All transportation, insurance and freight charges associated with warranty service and repairs on any part of the instrument, case or gig bag including jacks, controls, switches, plated surfaces, tuning...
... other chemicals or non-Fender-approved polishes. 5. Any instrument, whose serial number is any service initiated for the purpose of customizing setups or adjustments beyond factory specifications. Fret wear, saddle wear, nut wear, strings and batteries. 3. Limitations and exclusions...instrument resulting from anyone other than an Authorized Fender® Dealer. 36 Warranty All transportation, insurance and freight charges associated with warranty service and repairs on any part of the instrument, case or gig bag including jacks, controls, switches, plated surfaces, tuning...
Fender Acoustic Guitar Owner s Manual
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... guitars are registered trademarks of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. IMPORTADO POR: Instrumentos Musicales Fender S.A. de C.V., Calle Huerta # 132, Col. RFC: IMF870506R5A Hecho en Mexico. Specific examples of such models include patent numbers on the tremolo plates and decals of the JAGUAR® and JAZZMASTER® guitars, "Pat Pending" on some of the most iconic musical instruments and amplifiers of the past 60 years...
... guitars are registered trademarks of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. IMPORTADO POR: Instrumentos Musicales Fender S.A. de C.V., Calle Huerta # 132, Col. RFC: IMF870506R5A Hecho en Mexico. Specific examples of such models include patent numbers on the tremolo plates and decals of the JAGUAR® and JAZZMASTER® guitars, "Pat Pending" on some of the most iconic musical instruments and amplifiers of the past 60 years...