Casio MG-500 - Page 9

Neck Curvature To adjust neck
_ curvature
Your
guitar
features
an
(With
the
guitar
in
normal
adjustable
bolt-on
neck,
and
a
tuning,
hold
down
a
string
at
custom
wrench
(large)
is
both
the
Ist
and
22nd
frets
provided
so
you
can
make
your
|
(simultaneously).
own
adjustments
of
neck
(2)While pressing down the
|
:
string
at
both
frets,
slide
a
These
adjustments
can
be
rather
|
playing
card
under
the
strings
at
delicate,
and
are
best
left
to
the
12th
fret.
per ah bate service shop,
necessary,
you
can
You
should
be
able
to
move
the
make
eauen
according
to
card
freely
in
and
out,
without
it
the
basic
mules
and
procedures
touching
either
the
frets
or
string.)
that
follows.
however
if
the
distance
between
|
the
string
and
fretboard
i
over
0.$mm,
adjust
neck
curvature
by
tuming
the
adjusting
nut
clockwise
(toward
the
th
string).
If the ying card does not slide.
ali § sito the string and fret,
ens the adjusting nut by
os it counterclockwise
curvature (if necessary).
is Adjustments
Machine Head
Torque
By adjusting the torque of the
machine head, you can prevent
strings from becoming detuned
(to some extent).
Adjusting Guitar
Pickup Height
By adjusting pickup height, you
can make delicane eed: in
sound characteristics. When the
pickup 1 is brought closer to the
strings (raised), the sound be-
comes fuller, while when the
pickup j is lowered the sound be-
comes thinner and sharper.
Adjusting Bridge
Height
Depending on the gauge of
strings you will be cae the
style of music and the type of
sound you want to obtain, you'll
robably want to adjust string
bight (distance from the fret-
board and pickups), by raising of
— the bridge for each
string. A special ae (small) is
provided for this purpose.
| To adjust machine head |
torque
© Using a Philips screwdriver,
es a loosen the screw hold-
knob.
Turn
to
——
=
4
-
ihe
left
i)
to
j
baorg
porque
and
feap’
to
the
ey
(A)
to
tighten
|
ed
2)
:
torque. | A
|
To adjust pickup
_ height
of the pickups) to lower or raise
| came with your guitar, raise of
@ Turn the screws at both sides |
the pickup.
As a basic rule, the surface of the|
pickups should be between 2 and
3mm
from
the
strings
when
the
_
strings
are
held
down
at
the
22nd
Strings
(top) fret.
To adjust bridge |
height
|
@ Using the small wrench which
_ lower bridge height as shown in |
the diagram on the nght.
Adjustments 16