Harley Benton E-Guitar Kit LP-Style
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Setting up
Theneckisfittedwithatrussrodwhichmayneedadjusting.Whenthestringsaretunedup,theywilltrytopull
awayfromtheneck,whichmaymeanthattheactionbecomestoohigh.Ifthishappens,usethelargerofthe
twohexkeysprovidedtograduallytightenthetrussrod–ahalfturnisusuallyenoughandmaynottakeef
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fectimmediately–allowtheadjustmentstosettleeachtime–donotbetemptedtoover-tightenthetrussrod.
Sighting along the neck should show a very slight concave tendency which is called “relief” and too straight a
neckmayleadto“fretbuzzing”.Somestringsmayneedtoberaisedorloweredindividuallytogivethecor
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rectactionandthiscanbeadjustedusingthesmallerofthetwohexkeysprovided.Forthelaststepscrewthe
truss-rod cover.
Oncethedesiredactionisachieved,allthatremainsistosettheintonation.Aftertuningupallthestrings,you
justhavetogentlytouchastring,rightabovethetwelfthfretandthenpickthestring.Theresultingchime-like
soundisaharmonic(12thfretharmonic).Thisharmonicshouldhavethesamepitchaswhenthestringis
pressedatthetwelfthfret.Ifthepitchofthetwonotesdiffers,adjustthesaddleforthisstringbackorforthon
thebridge.Listencarefullyandadjustgentlyuntilthetwonotesmatch,toachievecorrectintonation.Repeat
this procedure on all strings until the harmonics and the fretted notes sound the same.
Pleasealsorememberthatovertime,slightadjustmentsmayneedtobemadeanddifferentgaugesofstrings
will need compensating for in the setup.
Thepickupheightcannowbeadjustedforbestperformanceandcanbebalancedbyadjustingthescrewsat
thetopandbottomofeachpickup.Asageneralrule,holddownthestringsatthe22ndfretandadjustsothat
thestringsareatleast2mmclearofthepickup.Anypickupsthatarenoticeablylouderthanotherscanbe
madequieterbyadjustingthemfurtherawayfromthestrings.
Forfutureadjustments,keeptheseinstructionsasareferenceandenjoyyourcustommadeguitar.
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