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Electric Guitar
Owner's Manual
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Guitar 6 7 Configuration 8 9 5 11 14 10 12 13 5 15 1. PickupHeight Screw 9. Neck Pickup 2. 5-Way Pickup Selector 10.Position Markers 3. Volume 11. Fret 1 4. Tone Controls 12. Fingerboard 2 5. Strap Button 13. Nut 3 4 6. Bridge 14. TuningK eys 7. BridgeP ickup 15. String Retainer 8. Middle Single CoilP ickup
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Congratulations Cleaning & Care So, you are the owner of a new Peavey Electric Guitar. Congratulations! Your purchase When properly cared for, your Peavey guitar will offer you years of pleasure. proves your taste in musical instruments is superb. Peavey offers a wide variety of Playing your guitar means that you will need to perform regular, general guitars for beginners to professionals, each with unique qualities and features. While maintenance, such as cleaning and proper storage, to keep
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Cleaning - Wood Cleaning - Fingerboard To clean and care for the major wood parts of your guitar Properly caring for your fingerboard requires special attention. Over time, a fingerboard may lose its (body, headstock or the back of the neck), Peavey natural oils and shrink or exhibit a worn or faded appearance. Peavey recommends that you periodically recommends that you use a clean, soft, lint-free, dry apply a small amount of Lemon Oil (available at www.peavey.com/accessories) to your fingerb
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Cleaning- M etal Storage & Travel To clean and lubricate the major metal parts Your guitar is a piece of art that must be protected. of your guitar (strings, pickups, bridge, When you are traveling with your instrument, loosen tuners), Peavey recommends that you use a the tuning knobs a turn or two to take pressure off different clean, soft, lint-free, dry cotton cloth the neck, and protect it with a gig bag or case. While and specially formulated guitar string cleaner a gig bag offers
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Accessories Strings Add-on products like stands, hangers and straps that are made of plastic, Old strings produce dull, buzzing or dead notes, while a rubber or man-made materials may chemically or physically react with and new set of strings ring clear and true. If you play often, damage the finish of your Peavey guitar. Peavey offers a full line of accessories you will need to change your strings often. A good rule of at www.peavey.com/accessories). thumb is that if you play daily, you shou
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® Changing Your Strings ACM Bridge - Changing Your Strings Standard Tuning Unless you are reconditioning your fretboard (see care and Changing strings on a Peavey guitar featuring an ACM Bridge is a simple task that will bring new life to (6th string is the heavey topmost string) cleaning), strings should be changed one at a time to maintain your instrument. Open note E A D G B E proper neck tension. New strings should be free of defects String 6 5 4 3 2 1 (twists, kinks, bends) that
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® Double Locking Tremolo- Changing Your Strings ACM Bridge - Changing Your Strings The Peavey double-locking tremolo system allows for pushing and pulling because the tremolo does Insert a new string through the hole in the back of the guitar and pull through until the ball end of the not rest on the instrument body. Instead, it uses powerful springs, which are attached in the back of string rests tightly against the underside of the bridge. the body, to balance the tension created
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Double Locking Tremolo- Changing Your Strings DoubleL ocking Tremolo- Changing Your Strings First, detune the 6th string (the thickest, top string) using the machine head tuner—two or three turns Thread the other string end under the nut and into the small hole in the should remove the tension on the string. Then, using a mm Allen wrench, unlock the corresponding corresponding machine head tuning post. Allow two inches of slack for string clamp located at the nut. Then, back o
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™ TuningM achine Adjustments Tune-O-Matic /Stop Tailpiece- Changing Your Strings To replace strings, thread the new strings through the string holes located on the back of the tailpiece Over time, tuners can become loose. Get in the habit of checking the tension with every string change. and bring them up and over the saddle. The intonation can be adjusted by moving the saddle forward or If you notice a change in the tension of a tuner, use a small flathead or Phillips screwdriver to
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String Action Pickup Adjustments String action refers to the distance between the Factory settings place pickups at the same volume level; strings and the frets on a stringed instrument. Peavey however many players change the height of one or more neck technicians carefully set optimal string action on every or bridge pickups to create their own output levels. Should guitar before it leaves our factory; however, changes in you choose to alter the height of a pickup, remember that it is
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Intonation Neckand Truss Rod A properly intoned guitar will sound in tune no matter where you play along the fretboard. Intonation is determined by the length of each string as controlled by the location of each Every Peavey steel-string guitar features an adjustable truss rod inside the neck. Truss string’s saddle. To check intonation, complete all adjustments to the truss rod and string rods allow for adjustments in the neck to accommodate changes in string tension action, and tune yo
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Volumeand Tone Control Neck and TrussR od This control determines the master output level of your instrument. Rotating the knob clockwise in- thumb (where the neck and body meet, typically around the 16th fret). Then, stretch your picking hand creases volume. Turning the knob counterclockwise decreases the volume. Some guitars feature multiple index finger as far as you can to fret the middle area of the neck, somewhere around fret --9. The volume controls, one assigned to each pic
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Balance Control& Push-Pullor P ush-Push Coil Tap Pickups& P ickup Selector Switch Single-coil pickups and dual-coil pickups To create a specific tone, some instruments feature a balance control that determines the mix of pickup (humbuckers) convert your guitar’s string vibrations signals being sent to the amplifier. In the center (detented) position, both pickups send the same into an electronic signal that is processed by your volume. Turning the knob counterclockwise selects
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Accessories Accessories Peavey offers a wide range of accessory products to support and enhance your purchase. Please visit the Peavey web site, www.peavey.com for specific details and suggested list prices. Item Number Description Item Number Description Item Number Description Item Number Description 0090 Thin Dreamers™ Red 1, 12-piece 00910 Heavy Dreamers Blue 1, 12-piece 00010 10’ Black Instrument Cable 00
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Warranty Warranty Peavey Service Center. Your Peavey Warranty covers defects in material and workmanship in Peavey products purchased and serviced in the U.S.A. and Canada. OR (2) Ship the defective item, prepaid, to Peavey Electronics Corporation, International Service Center, 12 Highway 11 & 0 East, Meridian, What This Warranty Does Not Cover MS 901. Include a detailed description of the problem, together with a copy of your sales receipt or other proof of date of purchase as
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Features and specifications subject to change without notice. Peavey Electronics Corporation • 022 Hartley Peavey Dr • Meridian, MS 90 (601) -6 • FAX (601) 6-12 • www.peavey.com © 2006 EX00009
