Stringing your guitar is simple. First, make sure that the knurled head screw located at the back of the
tuner is loosened all the way. Next, insert the string through the hole in the tuning post, while tightening
it by pulling on it gently with one hand. Then lock the string in position by turning the knurled head screw
clockwise as far as it will go. Subsequently, tune the string to pitch as normal. If you would like to remo-
ve it again, loosen the string tension and turn the knurled head screw counter-clockwise until the string
comes loose.
See P. 10 for a description of the stringing/tuning-process with the Floyd Rose Vibrato.
Graph Tech Machine Heads
Framus Vintage Machine Head
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1) Tuners - Stringing/Tuning
Locking Tuners:
2) Frets and Plek
®
-Technology
All of our Framus guitars made in Germany with the exception of the ES model come standard with Graph
Tech Ratio Locking Machine Heads which are famous for their tuning stability, smooth movement, and
ease of use.
Stringing/tuning:
The Plek
®
technology guarantees 100% perfect fret dressings on all Framus guitars. An optimal guitar
setup is provided thanks to this technology. The neck measuring procedure, accurate down to 1/100th of
a millimeter (10 µ), scans the fingerboard on all relevant points (basically every possible playing position on
the guitar). Measuring is done with the machine concurrently simulating string tension. Fret dressing is not
done with the usual manual sanding and fret crowning procedures, because the Plek
®
machine dresses
every fret individually according to the previous measurements with a custom-shaped wheel cutter. This
preserves the radius and shape of the fret even after the dressing is done. Tolerances that would normally
occur with manual fret dressing are thus eliminated.
The end result is a perfectly seated, defined string action along the fingerboard and optimal playability.
Plek
®
Technology means:
- Computer-driven fret dressing
- Dressing is done while simulating string tension
- Cutting procedure with an accuracy down to 1/100th of a mm (10 µ)
- Exact fret crowning
- Defined string action
- Optimal playability
For further information please visit: http://www.plek.de
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