User manual HASBRO DIPLOMACY OLDER VERS

[. . . ] Remove batteries if product is not to be played with for a long time. Do not short-circuit the supply terminals. Should this product cause, or be affected by, local electrical interference, move it away from other electrical equipment. Reset (switching off and back on again or removing and re-inserting batteries) if necessary. [. . . ] To add cool effects to whatever tone you choose, press the Tone Knob and then play. Style Metal Punk Rock Indie Sounds like Heavy distortion Moderate distortion Guitar plus synthesizer Clean sound Press TONE Button to add Echo Distortion without echo A sound like notes played backward Depth of sound The MODE Knob lets you play your guitar in different ways (see p. 6): for example, to learn and play along with built-in songs. Because this is more advanced play, we'll leave it for now and proceed with basic play. HOW TO PLAY Playing the Guitar You hold this guitar as you would any other guitar. Because there are no strings, you strum this guitar in a unique way. Take the fleshy part of your thumb or fingers and brush the Strum Bar in an up or down motion. The speed with which you brush the Strum Bar affects tone and volume. Tilting the guitar up and down as you play produces a cool audio effect of "bending" notes (see p. 5): to play without these effects, hold and play the guitar in an approximately horizontal fashion. Note that the sensors on your guitar do not work as well when your hands are very dry. NOTE: This guitar is built for right-handed players. If you are left-handed and try to play the guitar upside down, the built-in "tilt switches" will constantly "bend" the notes you play. To turn the tilt switches off, press and hold the TONE Button while turning the guitar ON: you can now turn the guitar upside down and play it left-handed. You need to do this every time you turn the guitar on or change the batteries. 4 1 Frets To produce different notes, either touch and hold or press the frets on the neck of the guitar, then strum. You must play the correct notes and approximately in time: If you make three mistakes playing a phrase, a "clink" sound marks each missed note. Then you'll hear a "booing" sound. (Don't take it personally: the world's greatest musicians have been booed, at one time or another. ) The phrase will then repeat at a slightly slower speed: give it another try until you get it right. * If you make two mistakes playing a phrase, a "clink" sound marks each missed note. The phrase will continue playing, and so should you. When it's over, you will hear some light applause. If you make one mistake, a "clink" sound marks the missed note. The phrase will continue playing, and so should you. When it's over, you will hear some moderate applause. If you make no mistakes, you hear a "cheering" sound. (Don't let it go to your head. ) * When you make a mistake, the guitar will demonstrate the phrase again; to cancel this demonstration and immediately try to play the phrase again, touch the TONE Button. You will hear the four-click count-in to the song, and you can try again. 7 1 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 3. [. . . ] · An amber light shows you if a note is a "hammeron" or "pull-off. " (See p. 6) · A red light shows you if a note is to be "palmed. " Listen to the demonstration to hear if the note is being stopped or muted with palming. They don't call them "advanced" lessons for nothing! Band Accompaniment ­ In this mode, you can play along with one of 12 songs stored in your guitar's memory. These songs are complete versions of the songs in LEARN mode. [. . . ]