electronics
Your NS/Stick is equipped with four active EMG Front Tele
TM
stacked humbucker pickups, one pair for each set of four strings (melody 1-4 and
bass 5-8). Each pair of pickups has an independent pickup selector switch and volume, bass and treble controls. The three-way pickup selector
switches allow you to chose NECK, BRIDGE or BOTH (center switch position) pickups. The NECK pickup blends in harmonics closer to the funda-
mental, producing a warm, mellow tone on both melody and bass string groups. The BRIDGE pickup senses the higher harmonics along with
the fundamental, producing a sharper, more biting tone to both string groups. Or you can select BOTH for a punchy, full-frequency sound. Any
combination of pickup settings is possible (BRIDGE on the bass strings and BOTH on the melody strings, for example).
A STEREO/MONO switch controls the overall output, with each group of four strings on its own channel (stereo) or all eight strings on the bass
channel (mono). This toggle switch flips toward the tail end for STEREO and toward the frets for MONO.
Active tone and volume controls allow you to shape the sound of the bass and melody strings separately. BASS and TREBLE EQ controls are
on stacked pots for each string group, the lower knob for bass and the higher knob for treble. Because the system is active, the EQ bands of both
string groups can be boosted or cut, enabling a very wide range of sounds.
operator’s
Manual
subjects:
electronics
BAtterY
string chAnge
truss AdjustMent
cAre And cleAning
bass group
pickup selector
melody group
pickup selector
STEREO/MONO
selector switch
VOLUME
for melody strings
VOLUME
for bass strings
BASS/ TREBLE EQ for
bass strings
BASS/ TREBLE EQ for
melody strings
BAtterY
The active electronics are clean and dy-
namic, powered by two 9-volt batteries.
Battery life is approximately one year of
normal use.
Remember to unplug the instrument
when not in use, as the jack is a switching
jack that activates the batteries.
To replace the batteries just remove the
backplate.
see reverse for:
string chAnge
truss AdjustMent
cAre And cleAning
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