an appropriate wrench. Prevent the jack from rotating during
tightening by inserting a small Allen wrench into the holes of
the end of the jack. Install the strap attachment. Be careful not
to over-tighten it, it just needs to be snug. Connect a fresh 9-
volt battery to the snap-in connector and put it in the battery
holder. Attach the battery wires to the side of the guitar with
the cord clamps. Roll the extra cord as a “coil” in some of the
clamps if necessary.
9. INSTALLING THE PICKUPS
Installing the UST. Thread the B-Band UST up from inside the
guitar through the hole in the saddle slot. It is easier to find
the hole inside the guitar if you insert a small screwdriver or
toothpick from the top through the hole as a guide. Fit the UST
all the way to the other end and bottom of the slot. Then put
the saddle in place.
Note!
After installation the UST pickup can have very high
output, enough to overdrive the B-Band preamp input, causing
distortion. The UST will lower in output, under pressure of the
saddle, in 1 to 3 days.
For installation of the 1470 AST (steel string guitars; x-braces),
place two bridge pins in their holes, one at the low “E” string
side and one at the high “E” side. Set the bridge pins normally.
This, with the cardboard installation template / AST assembly
will guide the AST to fit correctly. Having the AST cardboard
installation template / AST assembly lying on the bottom of the
guitar, remove the adhesive protective layer from the AST. Lift
the assembly up and guide the assembly so the bridge pins
insert the guide holes and carefully place it to the bridge plate.
Then stick it firmly by holding and pressing firmly with fingers
for a short while. Next carefully remove the cardboard installa-
tion template. make sure the AST fits there tight and secure.
For AST remove the adhesive protective layer from the AST.
Then stick it firmly by holding and pressing with fingers for a
short while. If necessary, you can remove the AST shortly after
attaching, but be careful when doing this. Carefully lift under
the edge of the AST, with your fingernail, and work it off slowly.
Don’t attempt to lift the AST off by pulling on the pickup lead.
Peel the adhesive off the wood, rather than peeling the pickup
off the adhesive. At installation this can be removed and reat-
tached two or three times.
Inside the guitar, make sure that the UST or AST leads do not
touch anything. We do not recommend attaching the “lead”
wires of the UST or AST to the guitar by any means. This may
cause excessive handling noise and resonance that sounds like
distortion.
Note!
After 24 hours the adhesive will dry and it will be hard to
remove. Removal after this time may damage the pickup.
Test the system before putting on the strings. To do this, plug
into an amplifier and then tap lightly on the top of the guitar to
make sure that you can hear the pickup when you tap. Another
good test is to shake the guitar when plugged into amplifier. If
anything is loose or if the pickup’s leads are touching some-
thing you will hear it. This should not happen.
Install the strings and test the system. Now play, keep it real
and enjoy!
