User manual CARVIN GK1-2002

[. . . ] When applying your 2nd, 3rd, and final 4th coat, it is not necessary to apply tung oil into the neck cavity or control cavity. If you wish, you can also apply these coats with a small rag instead of a brush. Apply these coats on fairly heavy, so that they penetrate into the wood pores, but always wipe off the excess within 10 minutes. At Carvin, we apply 2 coats of tung oil the first day and 2 coats the next day about 6 hours apart. [. . . ] Do the same for the rest of the Sperzel tuners. STRAP BUTTONS Use a #2 phillips head screwdriver to install the 2 strap buttons to the body. Make sure that you start the screws straight into the 7/64" drilled holes. Just snug them up to the body. COPPER FOIL SHIELDING Line the control portion of the pickguard cavity with the self adhesive copper foil. Be careful that you do not cut your fingers with the edges of the copper foil. Stick the large contoured piece of copper foil on the bottom of the control area first. Then adhere the 1 1/2" wide x 11" long foil onto the sides of the control area. This will make contact with the aluminum foil underneath the pickguard. At Carvin we use the end of a piece of 3/8" wooden dowel to press the copper down. If the foil peels away from the wood and contacts the componants, it may cause a short in your guitar. hammer, but first put a piece of masking tape on the head of the hammer to prevent scratching or damaging the eyelets. Just pound the eyelets in so that the collar of the eyelet is flush with the surface. Before installing the bridge, run the extra 8" long piece of black colored ground wire through the angled hole leading to the control cavity. Before feeding the ground wire, first take a sharp object and pierce the cooper shielding foil that lines the control cavity. Now lay the bridge carefully onto the end of the bare wire and screw the bridge firmly onto the body with a #2 tip phillips head screw driver. Use the five #5 x 5/8" long wood screws. JACK PLATE TREMOLO STUD & SPRING CLAW INSTALLATION (for GK1T tremolo guitars) To install the tremolo studs, leave the threaded stainless steel studs screwed into the brass inserts while you pound them into the two predrilled holes on top of the body. Tape the head of the hammer to protect the top of the stainless steel studs and gently pound them in until the top of the brass insert is slightly below the surface of the body. Adjust the stainless steel posts so that they are sticking out of the body 3/8" high. Feed the black colored ground wire that's attached to the spring claw through the drilled hole that goes from the rear tremolo spring cavity into the control cavity. Feed it through the copper shielding foil that lines the control cavity after you have pierced the copper foil with a sharp object. Using the #2 phillips head screw driver, screw the two #8 x 1 5/8" phillips head screws into the two angle drilled holes in the upper portion of the rear tremolo cavity. Screw the screws into the wood, leaving 3/4" of the screws sticking out of the body. Feed the jack wires through the 1/4" hole running from the jack cavity to the main control cavity. Before feeding the two jack wires to the main control cavity, take a sharp object and pierce the cooper shielding foil lining the control cavity, so that you can feed the wires through. Screw in the two #4 x 1/2" wood screws until the plate is snug to the body. [. . . ] Feed the string through the tuning key hole and use a wire cutter to cut off the excess. Cut the string about 2" longer than the string post for standard Carvin tuners and 1" longer for Sperzel locking tuners. See your maintenance instruction sheet for other tips on stringing your guitar up and making final neck and fixed bridge adjustments. See the Wilkenson tremolo instructions for more information on stringing up and adjusting your tremolo equipped guitar. [. . . ]