Casio PG-380 - Tuning the Guitar

Tuning the PG
Guitar
Your CASIO PG Guitar features
built-in electronic tuning circuitry
which makes it easy to stay in
tune without the aid of pitch
pipes, external strobe tuners or
other instruments,
‘Also, you may need to make
fine octave tuning adjustments at |
the bridge assembly if certain
strings seem difficult to tune.
These adjustments are made in-
dividually for each string.
To tune your guitar
(DSelect the frequency of the
standard pitch (Ad).
Before actually tuning your
guitar strings, you can use
microswitches number 9 and 10
on the back of the guitar to
select the frequency of the
standard pitch you will tune to.
| This is simply a basis to work
from when you tune your gui-
tar — if one note is in tune
you can tune the others to it,
As with other instruments, the
PG guitar uses Ad as the stan-
dard pitch. You can specify the
frequency of A4 by turning the
microswitches ON or OFF ac-
cording to the chart shown on
the right.
@Tune each string by using
the tuning indicators.
Notice that there are two ar-
rows which light up when you
play an open string on the gui-
tar. These are the tuning
indicators.
One is marked “4” indicating
that the open string being
played is sharp, and the other
is marked ‘‘b”’ indicating that
the open string being played is
flat.
When these indicators light
simultaneously, the string is in
tune (within + 3 cents).
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Microswitches
Sw9 |SW10| Freq.
Off Off 440 Hz
Off On 441 Hz
On Off 402 Hz
On On 443 Hz
The microswitches and trigger
pickup sensitivity controls on the
back of the guitar are protected
by black rubber covers. These
controls are made up of preci-
sion electronic components which
may be damaged if exposed to
static electricity or foreign ele-
iments, so be sure to replace the
rubber covers after making any
adjustments,
# g Lights to indicate that the
string is sharp
Lights 0 indicate thar the
bY string is flat
If two or more strings are played
simultaneously, both the “#”
and “5” indicators will not light
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