User manual FISHMAN ACTIVE BANJO PICKUP INSTALLATION GUIDE

[. . . ] You may reach our customer service department at 978988-9665 or tech@fishman. com With key input (and ears) from several top players, we spent over a year refining and dialing in this pickup's performance until we were confident that we got it right. To achieve noise-free, microphone-like reproduction, this pickup takes full advantage of cutting-edge active transducer technology borrowed from our acclaimed Rare EarthTM magnetic soundhole acoustic guitar pickups. Like its guitar-pickup cousin, this new banjo pickup features a quiet humbucking coil design that dutifully rejects noise and hum. [. . . ] Enclose a copy of the original Bill of Sale as evidence of the date of purchase, with the product in its original packaging and a protective carton or mailer. FISHMAN TRANSDUCERS' technicians will determine whether the item is covered by warranty or if it instead has been damaged by improper customer installation or other causes not related to defects in material or workmanship. Warranty repairs or replacements will be sent automatically free of charge. If FISHMAN TRANSDUCERS determines the item is not covered by warranty, we will notify you of the repair or replacement cost and wait for your authorization to proceed. Parts List Banjo Pickup Jack Assembly with: · SwitchjackTM · Curved Bracket · 3/8" Nut · 3/8" Dress Washer · 15/23" Dress Washer · Plastic Spacer for Jack · 2 Plastic Spacers · 2 Off-center Washers · 2 Flat Washers · 2 10-32 x 3/4" Screws · 2 Locknuts · Blue Steel Shim (sensing element) Note: If you do not feel confident with a soldering iron, please have the pickup installed by a professional repair person. Specifications Pickup Coil: Preamp: Stacked Humbucking Low Noise, Discrete, 0 Feedback Circuit Nominal Output: -10dBu Noise: -94dBu, A Weighted Output Impedance: 3k Ohm Minimum Recommended Load Impedance: >10 k Ohm Power: 9 V Alkaline Battery Battery Life: Over 5000 Hours FISHMAN TRANSDUCERS® 340-D Fordham Road Wilmington MA 01887 USA Phone 978-988-9199 · Fax 978-988-0770 www. fishman. com 009-035-002 · 8-01 ® ® Tools Required · 1/8" Hex Wrench · 3/8" Wrench · 1/2" Wrench · Soldering Iron ACTIVE MAGNETIC BANJO PICKUP 2 Rare EarthTM Banjo Rare EarthTM Banjo BANJO HEAD Rare EarthTM Banjo Remove the shielding barrel from the jack, run the wire through it, then solder: · Red wire to tip (shortest terminal) · White wire to switch (longest terminal) · Shield to ground (hooked terminal) Attach a 9 Volt Alkaline battery to the battery clip. Slip the battery into the holder on the backside of the pickup. Mount the Pickup 1. Remove the backing paper from the small rectangular blue shim to expose the sticky-back adhesive. Attach the shim to the head (inside the instrument) so that the shim is centered under the coordinator rods, perpendicular to the rods and about 1/2" (12. 7 mm) from the edge of the middle bridge foot. BLUE SHIM NECK 1 1 - Screws 2 - Plastic Spacers 3 - Off-Center Washers OR Plug It In CURVED BRACKET 1/2" TAILPIECE BRIDGE FEET 4 - #10 Washers 5 - Locknuts 2 FLANGE Once everything is buttoned up, plug in the banjo and if necessary, adjust the position of the pickup along the rods for best sound. Make sure the pickup is spaced 1/16" from the underside of the head. Very small adjustments will make noticeable changes. Experiment until you find the Sweet Spot - the loudest and clearest position. 3 Adapter for Banjos with a Single Coordinator Rod OR 4 5 Two adapter blocks can be made to fit the pickup to a banjo with a single coordinator rod. A hard wood such as maple is suitable for the blocks. A split block can be made by first drilling a hole one drill size larger than the diameter of the coordinator rod through one of the blocks. Trim the block as thin as possible on the pickup side to minimize offset, and cut in half as per the illustration. To provide friction between the clamping surfaces and the rod, take a fine grit open mesh sanding sheet and wrap it around the rod's circumference. Fit the split block around the sanding sheet. If sanding sheet isn't available, glue pieces of 220 grit sandpaper to the drilled surfaces of the block, and fit it around the coordinator rods. [. . . ] Set the pickup about 1/16" from the surface of the head. You can make a 1/16" spacer cut from the box for this pickup and use it to set the gap between the head RODS and the face of the pickup. 5. Wind the pickup wire several times around the coordinator rod, then route the wire through an opening in the flange. BODY OF PICKUP SPLIT BLOCK SANDPAPER COORDINATOR ROD Solder the Wire to the Jack 1 - 15/32" Dress Nut 2 - 15/32" Dress Washer 3 - Plastic Spacer 4 - Curved Bracket 12 Negative Battery Wire (white) to Switch 3 456 SOLID BLOCK 4. [. . . ]