If only one or two of the fine tuners are out of range you may want to try adjusting them without engaging the tremolo stop. Step 1: The first thing you do to reset the range of all the fine tuners is to position all the fine tuner screws to the middle of their possible movement. Step 2: One way to do this is to turn the low "low E" string fine tuner screw all the way up, then turn the "D" string fine tuner screw all the way down. Now, position the "A" string fine tuner screw half way between th

If the base plate appears to be tilted forward away from the top surface of the guitar or tilted back closer to the top of the guitar, then an adjustment should be made. Step 1: To level the base plate, first take the spring cover plate off the back of the guitar. Step 2: Inside the spring cavity you should find a tremolo stop. 10 Step 4: Now remove the bullet from the saddle. Step 5: If you are replacing a broken string, when you unlatch the pivoting saddle there will be no tension on the strin

Pluck the string you want to tune (Typically the "A" string for this procedure) and then, while watching the tuner, loosen first one claw screw then the other claw screw the same amount. Check the tuning and repeat until the string is in tune.When you get the string you chose in tune the other strings will be in tune.This assumes that all the strings were in tune before you released the tremolo stop. For foreign language translation of this owner's manual, please visit 15 tuning using the range

You should now have all of the fine tuner screws set to the middle of their range. Ignore the fact that your guitar is now completely out of tune, we're going to fix that next. At this point you're ready to tune your guitar using the range tuner set screw. You can set your guitar up for standard pitch, any open tuning, or any drop 13 Step 6: Now check the base plate position. If it is not parallel to the face of the guitar body turn the setscrew until the base plate is parallel. Step 7: After yo

It controls the loudness of this pickup. • The next control is the 3-way Pickup Selector. It is used to switch the two pickups on or off. Switching the selector up will engage the neck pickup. The middle position engages both pickups, and switching it down will engage the bridge pickup. • The next control is the Volume Control for the neck pickup. It controls the output of this pickup. • The final control is the Master Tone Control.This changes the tonal characteristics of the pickup(s) currentl

• The next control is the Volume Control for the neck pickup. It controls the output of this pickup. • The final control is the Master Tone Control. This changes the characteristics of the pickup(s) currently engaged. Exclusive Series guitars This series has the traditional control set-up found on most archtop guitars with two pickups. It consists of 2 Volume Controls, 2 Tone Controls and a 3Way Pickup Selector. Platinum Series basses Platinum Basses come equipped with 2 passive split-coil bass

Do not leave your instrument in a hot car, direct sunlight, near a stove, heater, an attic or other area where the temperatures are high. Cold temperatures can also damage your guitar. If you must take your instrument out in the cold, let it warm back up before taking it out of the case.This will keep the finish from cracking or clouding. It will also keep your fretboard from drying out and cracking. Cleaning Like all fine instruments, your B.C. Rich requires periodic care and maintenance. One o

6 11 SETTING UP THE SPEEDLOADER TREMOLO BRIDGE BASE PLATE The proper setup of the SpeedLoader Tremolo Bridge looks exactly like a properly setup Original Floyd Rose Tremolo Bridge. By the way, the SpeedLoader Tremolo will retrofit an Original Floyd quite easily. The first thing you'll want to do is check to see if the top surface of the base plate of the bridge is sitting parallel to the top surface of the guitar. If the base plate appears to be tilted forward away from the top surface of the gu

Check the tuning and repeat until the string is in tune.When you get the string you chose in tune the other strings will be in tune.This assumes that all the strings were in tune before you released the tremolo stop. For foreign language translation of this owner's manual, please visit 15 tuning using the range tuner set screw. Remember: do not use the fine tuner screws to tune the guitar at this point. Step 4: A range tuner setscrew is located in the nose of each pivoting saddle. Step 5: Using

In fact if you stretch the string too vigorously you will damage the string. Just play the string in for a bit and re-adjust your tuning with the fine-tuning screw as needed. If the string you're replacing was tuned to your desired pitch, the new string you install should be able to be tuned to that pitch with the fine tuner screw. If the fine tuners do not have enough range to tune the new string to the previous pitch you will need to adjust the range tuner setscrew as described below. See "Set