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  • Page 1 Electric Guitar Kit CST-24 do it yourself kit user manual...
  • Page 2 Musikhaus Thomann Thomann GmbH Hans-Thomann-Straße 1 96138 Burgebrach Germany Telephone: +49 (0) 9546 9223-0 E-mail: info@thomann.de Internet: www.thomann.de 15.11.2019, ID: 464643...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of contents Table of contents Safety instructions......................... 4 Scope of delivery........................5 Assembly instructions......................6 3.1 Painting body and neck....................6 3.2 Mounting the machine head..................7 3.3 Mounting the guitar neck.................... 9 3.4 Wiring pots, pick-ups and switch................10 3.5 Mounting tailpiece and strap pins................

  • Page 4: Safety Instructions

    Safety instructions Safety instructions DANGER! Danger for children Ensure that plastic bags, packaging, etc. are properly disposed of and are not in the reach of babies and young children. Choking hazard! Ensure that children do not detach any small parts (e.g. knobs or the like) from the product.

  • Page 5: Scope Of Delivery

    Scope of delivery Scope of delivery Thank you for buying this guitar assembly kit. All wooden parts, hardware and elec‐ trical components are contained in this package. The following figure shows the individual components of the delivery. The assembly is described in detail in the following sections. Electric Guitar Kit CST-24...

  • Page 6: Assembly Instructions

    Assembly instructions Assembly instructions Useful tools and materials Provide the following tools and materials for the assembly of the guitar: Phillips screwdriver Rubber mallet Ring wrench Pliers / wire cutter Varnish and accessories Sandpaper Body and neck should by all means be painted before assembly. When applying spray lacquer or paint, you must wear a dust mask.

  • Page 7: Mounting The Machine Head

    Assembly instructions Neck finish The guitar neck is sealed with a thin layer of matt lacquer before delivery and is ready to use. If you still want to treat the neck with coloured or clear lacquer, proceed as follows. Carefully mask off the fingerboard and all frets before painting. Make sure that all sur‐ faces are free of dust and dirt.
  • Page 8 Assembly instructions Turn the neck over and fix all machine heads hand-tight with the supplied washers and nuts on the front of the headstock. Tighten the nuts on the front with a suitable wrench, and then tighten the screws to secure the machine heads on the rear side.

  • Page 9: Mounting The Guitar Neck

    Assembly instructions 3.3 Mounting the guitar neck Place the body on a suitable work surface. Use a soft padding to prevent damages to the surface. Fit the neck into the neck cutout. If necessary, use a sharp chisel or sand‐ paper for reworking.

  • Page 10: Wiring Pots, Pick-Ups And Switch

    Assembly instructions 3.4 Wiring pots, pick-ups and switch The wiring of the pick-ups, the pots and the jack socket is made via plug connectors. Thread the string-earthing cable (stripped, without connectors) through the channel from the back hole into the tailpiece mounting hole. Lead the cable out of the hole so that sufficient contact with the metal surface can be achieved when fitting the tailpiece.
  • Page 11 Assembly instructions Using a rubber mallet, hammer the mounting bolts of the tailpiece into the body as shown. Make sure there is sufficient contact between the stripped end of the grounding cable and the tailpiece bolt. Electric Guitar Kit CST-24...
  • Page 12 Assembly instructions Screw the tailpiece mounting bolts into the bracket. Lead the output socket from the back of the body through the hole provided on the body edge. do it yourself kit...
  • Page 13 Assembly instructions Insert the switch into the recess provided at the back. Insert the pots into the back slots as shown in the following illustrations. Electric Guitar Kit CST-24...
  • Page 14 Assembly instructions Turn the guitar over and fix the pots and switch with the supplied washers and nuts on the front of the body. do it yourself kit...
  • Page 15 Assembly instructions Press the pot knobs on the pins of the two pots. Insert the holder for the output socket and check the projection of the socket. This must protrude so far over the bracket to the outside that it can be sufficiently tight‐ ened with the supplied nut and then only slightly protrudes.
  • Page 16 Assembly instructions Then screw the holder of the output socket to the body with the screws provided. Lead the pick-up cables through the channels from the front recesses into the rear slot. The neck pick-up is a bit flatter and is placed in the recess closer to the guitar neck.
  • Page 17 Assembly instructions Turn the guitar over and attach the pick-ups to the front recesses with the supplied screws. Turn the guitar over and connect the pick-up connectors to the pots. Electric Guitar Kit CST-24...
  • Page 18 Assembly instructions Then screw the plastic plate to cover the recess for the pots and the switch with the screws provided in the pre-drilled holes on the back of the body. do it yourself kit...

  • Page 19: Mounting Tailpiece And Strap Pins

    Assembly instructions 3.5 Mounting tailpiece and strap pins Screw the strap pins into the pre-drilled holes in the body as shown using the sup‐ plied screws. Electric Guitar Kit CST-24...

  • Page 20: Strings, Neck Relief And String Action

    Assembly instructions Slide the tailpiece onto the mounting bolts as shown. The tailpiece is still loose and is only fixed when stringing the guitar. 3.6 Strings, neck relief and string action Stringing Thread the strings on the tailpiece as shown. do it yourself kit...
  • Page 21 Assembly instructions Tighten the strings around the tailpiece as shown and thread the strings into the holes in the tuners. Wrap the end of the string a few times around the peg and first hand-tighten each string. Make sure that the individual strings are in the correct nut position.
  • Page 22 Assembly instructions Shorten the protruding ends of the strings with a wire cutter. do it yourself kit...
  • Page 23 Assembly instructions Adjusting neck relief The neck is equipped with a steel truss rod, with which the neck relief can be adjusted individually to the playing habits. After tuning the strings, check the neck relief by pressing the low E string on the first and twelfth fret.
  • Page 24 Assembly instructions Screw the truss rod cover onto the headstock. Adjusting string action When the neck has the desired curvature, tighten the tailpiece as shown. do it yourself kit...
  • Page 25 Assembly instructions Use the two Allen screws on the tailpiece to adjust the strings action according to your playing habits, using the hexagon wrench provided. Again, the lower the string action, the easier the strings are to grip, but cause slight background noise when playing the guitar.

  • Page 26: Protecting The Environment

    Protecting the environment Protecting the environment Disposal of the packaging material For the transport and protective packaging, environmentally friendly materials have been chosen that can be supplied to normal recycling. Ensure that plastic bags, packaging, etc. are properly disposed of. Do not just dispose of these materials with your normal household waste, but make sure that they are collected for recycling.
  • Page 28 Musikhaus Thomann · Hans-Thomann-Straße 1 · 96138 Burgebrach · Germany · www.thomann.de...

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