Copyright © 2011 Solo Music Gear. All rights reserved
Solo FB Style DIY
Electric Bass Guitar Kit
Assembly Manual
FBBK-1
V 1.02
Страница 1: ...Copyright 2011 Solo Music Gear All rights reserved Solo FB Style DIY Electric Bass Guitar Kit Assembly Manual FBBK 1 V 1 02 ...
Страница 2: ...finished please take a few pictures and send them to us for potential posting into the picture gallery on our website Post your photos to our Facebook page http Facebook com SoloMusicGear Post your photos to The Solo Café http TheSoloCafe com Remember you can always find us online at http SoloMusicGear com to upgrade your parts try a new kit or ask us a question ...
Страница 3: ...odworking skills are required to complete this project Always be aware of the necessarysafety precautions and follow them be sure to use safety glasses and a dust mask when you are working with any tools If you are a novice you should look for help and guidance of a more experienced friend And never forget that it s always better safe than sorry 4 FINISHING THE BODY AND NECK Before you start finis...
Страница 4: ... for it STEP 5 Apply the finish by following the manufacturer instructions Remember that spraying the finish is not an easy process as it requires certain skill and experience you might want to practice first on some scrap wood Always remember your safety work only in a well ventilated area away from any open fire and wear a respirator mask and safetyglasses STEP 6 Final polishing for high gloss f...
Страница 5: ...plate so that the copper wire will be touching bare metal Align the bridge and fasten using the 5 supplied screws STEP 4 Wiring The FBBK Bass has two humbucking style pickups and three potentiometers Vol Vol Tone Begin by feeding the pick up wire for the neck pickup through the appropriate hole and into the control cavity Both of the pickups are the very same in output so you do not have to worry ...
Страница 6: ... on the tuning post helps to keep your strings from slipping and or stretching and therefore keeps your strings in tune Remember though that the diameter of bass strings can be much larger than those on guitar strings so you may have less winds on the shaft of the tuner due to space restrictions Repeat this process for all four strings You will adjust the height of the bridge in the Set Up section...
Страница 7: ...ets of a properly tuned guitar and measure the clearance at the 8th fret alternatively you can put a capo on the first fret and press down 6th string at 16th fret then the height of the string at the 8th fret will show you the clearance Optimal relief for an electric guitar neck must be very small around 014 024 0 35 0 6mm Turning the truss rod nut with the included Allen key clockwise will reduce...
Страница 8: ...nd personal preferences of a bass player Remember bringing a pickup closer to the strings makes it sound brighter but bringing it too close will make the magnetic field of the pickup interfere with the vibration of a string which will not only result in reduced sustain but may also cause complex harmonics sound rather unpleasant Moving a pickup too far from the strings will result in loss of its o...
Страница 9: ...Solo FB Style DIY Electric Bass Guitar Kit Copyright 2011 Solo Music Gear All rights reserved v1 02 8 FBBK 1 Wiring Diagram ...
