User manual PEAVEY IPA-150

[. . . ] Your purchase proves your taste in musical instruments is superb. Peavey offers a wide variety of guitars for beginners to professionals, each with unique qualities and features. While our professional luthiers have carefully inspected your guitar, every model requires some initial set up, and periodic maintenance is required for peak performance. To ensure proper care of your quality instrument, visit www. peavey. com/accessories for Peavey-recommended accessories, parts and cleaning supplies. [. . . ] To change string action (height), adjust tremolo studs. 1 ACM®Bridge-ChangingYourStrings Insert a new string through the hole in the back of the guitar and pull through until the ball end of the string rests tightly against the underside of the bridge. Thread the other string end across the string saddle, across the nut and into the small hole in the corresponding machine head tuning post. Allow two inches of slack for turning around the machine head post. Each winding should be beneath the one before it to prevent slippage. Keep a light pressure on the string with the fingers of your other hand while tightening using the tuners. (An inexpensive, optional peg winder makes winding much easier. ) Cut off the excess string using wire cutters. Because new strings are prone to stretch when first installed, you should gently stretch the string by pulling it away from the neck and retune again. Repeat this procedure for the remaining strings, -1, remembering to tune each to pitch before proceeding to the next string. Retune each string until strings hold their relative pitch to one another. DoubleLockingTremolo-ChangingYourStrings The Peavey double-locking tremolo system allows for pushing and pulling because the tremolo does not rest on the instrument body. Instead, it uses powerful springs, which are attached in the back of the body, to balance the tension created by the strings so that the tremolo "floats" within the enlarged cavity. While it is one the most reliable and popular tremolo systems in the world, to novice players, or even to the uninitiated seasoned player, changing strings the first time or two may seem like a overwhelming task. The intonation can be adjusted by moving the saddle forward or backward using a Phillips head screwdriver on the adjustment screw at the rear of the bridge. Raise or lower the two height adjustment spinners on either side of the bridge to adjust string height. The height adjustment of the bar tailpiece can be raised or lowered by using the two height adjustment studs on either side of the tailpiece. TuningMachineAdjustments Over time, tuners can become loose. Get in the habit of checking the tension with every string change. If you notice a change in the tension of a tuner, use a small flathead or Phillips screwdriver to tighten it (turn clockwise) or loosen it (turn counterclockwise) accordingly. Warning: While the screw should be snug, do not overtighten, as you may strip the screw. 1 19 StringAction String action refers to the distance between the strings and the frets on a stringed instrument. Peavey technicians carefully set optimal string action on every guitar before it leaves our factory; however, changes in temperature and moisture (humidity), changing string gauges, making neck adjustments or tuning can alter string action enough to require a height adjustment to restore your guitar to factory specifications. Undesirable low action causes buzzing, while abnormally high action makes your guitar difficult to play. Factory settings place pickups at the same volume level; however many players change the height of one or more neck or bridge pickups to create their own output levels. Should you choose to alter the height of a pickup, remember that it is magnetic. To keep your factory warranty intact, Peavey suggests you take your guitar to an Authorized Peavey Service Center to have the pickup adjustments made. PickupAdjustments 21 Intonation A properly intoned guitar will sound in tune no matter where you play along the fretboard. [. . . ] Series selections, typically found on humbucker models, combine two coils of full output. Parallel selections combine two coils to simulate a single coil while acting as a humcanceling humbucker. Some guitars feature a pushpull volume control in place of a switch that allows for single pickup selections. BalanceControl&Push-PullorPush-PushCoilTap To create a specific tone, some instruments feature a balance control that determines the mix of pickup signals being sent to the amplifier. In the center (detented) position, both pickups send the same volume. [. . . ]