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Fender Acoustic Guitar Owner s Manual

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OWNER'S MANUAL FOR FENDER® ACOUSTIC GUITARS

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We believe it you will give you for your guitar. 3 In it will find answers to read through this booklet. Please take a few moments to many years of your questions and other invaluable information about care and maintenance for choosing a Fender® acoustic guitar. Welcome to the Fender® Family Thank you many of pleasure.

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... rocking and rolling '50s, it seemed only natural that the growing Fender company would turn its acoustic guitar line in 1963 at the National Association of the '60s era. Fender acoustic guitars were fun. A Fender acoustic guitar was one for the coffee house and the campfire. Fender began advertising its attention to country pickers-artists such as seen...

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... harvested. Innovation continued in innovation, quality and service. Fender continues to those early-'60s sun-and-fun acoustic models. size dreadnoughts, jumbos, orchestra and concert models; Thank you again for everyone from distinctive artist signature models to full-scale acoustic bass guitars; The resulting guitars were striking in 1966. Today, in models that include...

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Anatomy Anatomy 101 Whether you know the names of all the parts or not, anatomical side soundhole preamp (depending on model) rosette top guitar body bridge pins end pin or end pin jack (depending on model) saddle bridge binding 7 pickguard

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Here's the basic anatomy of a guitar: Anatomy strap button (depending on model) fret fingerboard heel position inlay string nut neck cutaway (depending on model) tuning machines (keys) headstock tuning machine/key post (shaft/capstan) 8 charts are always cool.

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...moisture content of wood is between 40% and 50%. One of the greatest threats to the integrity of fine wood guitars is a lack of attention to preserve the integrity of solid wood acoustic guitars is "room temperature", which is about 70 degrees F (20.5 C). The collective experience of all of the ...major acoustic guitar manufacturers today, has demonstrated that the ideal temperature to maintaining the instruments in the appropriate temperature and humidity range that will ensure the ...

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... and 72 degrees F temperature, (about 22.2 degrees C). Also, as the woods absorb moisture from the air, it can cause softening of the guitar. Info The moisture content for wood and the relative humidity for air are measured quite differently. It also can cause the top and back, especially... on flat-top and classical guitars, to shrink, making string action high and play difficult. 10 In wood, a 6% moisture content is allowed to evaporate out, it can cause...

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... near a heating vent, radiator or in use a room humidifier to monitor the humidity level and when appropriate, use one of the small guitar humidifiers such as the result of exposure to evaluate, measure and stabilize the moisture content in temperature and/or humidity will be exposed to varied...was produced. It is to use , we recommend that an acoustic guitar will not be covered under the Fender warranty. 131 It is not in direct sunlight near a window. Do not leave the guitar out of the case for guitars. When the instrument is 100% certain that you keep it reaches its...

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... of exposing a cold instrument to the new temperature before you should be covered under the Fender warranty. 13 For example: transporting an instrument in a cold automobile and then bringing it inside and opening it up a guitar expand and contract with changes in temperature and humidity, and they do so at different rates...

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...Die-Cast Tuners Open-back tuners (Illustration 2), do not require periodic oiling for smooth operation. illustration 2 Open-back Tuners 15 Tuning Machines Fender uses only the finest tuning machines. A small tension adjustment screw is too loose, the machine may become very difficult to ensure smooth ...small drop of lightweight machine oil from time to time. Our die-cast machines (Illustration 1), are typically used on classical/nylon string guitars, and will benefit over time with a small drop of lightweight machine oil on each die-cast tuner's button that the adjustment is...

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... plug in the middle, lightly tug it up and down on the tuning machine post. It's also a good idea to stretch your guitar is seated well and snugged down to remove slack, and then retune. This will help eliminate string slack from a higher pitch. Always tune from below ... you play. This will save you some tuning frustration down from the tuning machine and decrease the possibility of different methods for tuning a guitar, depending on your guitar does not have an onboard tuner and you may want to the correct pitch instead of down the road. Just grab the string in...

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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 ...

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... some players choose 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 the previous page. Set-up to where it plays at standard pitch. The guitar will certainly be easier to a lower relative pitch, such as its partner. For the B and E strings, the...

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A guitar in need of necessary adjustments will not be covered under the Fender warranty. 20 Set-up A 12-string tuned at standard pitch generates a lot of tension on the neck, and should 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.

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.... Otherwise, the rapid stretching may cause the string to pitch slowly. Worn, oxidized, pitted and dirty strings will prevent sudden and potentially damaging changes in guitar strings and cause a corrosion and breakdown of the materials. While there is why many "tone-conscious" touring professionals change them nearly as often as they...

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... to hold the strings in place. top, remove the bridge pin and the old string. illustration 4 Set-up Stringing Flat-Top, Steel String Acoustic Guitars: Fender flat-top acoustics have a surface mounted pin style bridge with the thumb should secure it in place. To re-string a flat- Make sure that ...to the bridges of the new string into the corresponding hole in the bridge, and then re- Re-Stringing Your Guitar The procedure for re-stringing flat-top acoustic guitars and basses is quite similar in the way that the bridge pin is difficult to remove, you may potentially cause ...

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Set-up Stringing Classical/Nylon String Guitars: Fender classical guitars have a surface illustration 6 mounted bridge through which the strings are looped ("tie-on the 23 Pull the string taught so that the pressure of the ... the center point of the strings is stabilized this will prevent slipping and save you just made, (Figure 8). illustration 7 To re-string a classical/nylon string guitar using "tie-on" strings, first form a double loop knot with the looped end of the twisted loop holds the string in place on " strings), or...

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Please Note: Never cut a string to length before putting it to unwrap and become useless. Premature cutting may cause the string to pitch. Install the string first, and then clip the excess near the post/capstan. 25 pull the string up To string a classical/nylon string guitar with "ball-end" classical strings, simply feed the string through the appropriate hole in the bridge; Set-up over the nut towards the headstock, then wind the string onto the tuning machine capstan using the same instructions for "tie-on your guitar and tuning it on " strings (see Figures 9 and 10).

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... 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 the neck that is too loose will result in a convex neck bow and low action with excessive fret...

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