Moog guitar service manual
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Things to Watch Out For: Electronics: Please dont attempt to make experimental trim adjustments except under direct on-the-phone guidance by a Moog factory technician. (Its pretty much impossible to get back to proper adjustment by ear.) There are no opportunities to improve performance by misaligning these trims. The components on the PCB are very delicate and easily damaged by ordinary accidental motions - lightly dragging a pair of pliers across the PCB can do a whole lot of damage for example. Please take care not to leave any small conductive bits in the guitar - sections of guitar string, bits of wire, etc. Anything like that could short out components on the PCB. The PCB is intended to float within the cavity. It should be pressed down into the cavity so the soft foam pads around the sides of the cavity lightly secure it. It is normal for the PCB and portions of the cavity cover to become noticeably warm during play. The internal temperature is electronically limited to a safe value and the limit will probably never be reached under normal use. Saddles: More than the usual care is required to make intonation adjustments at the saddles. Each saddle is a delicate piezo-electric sensor that can be damaged by excessive stress and strain forces. Please remove all tension from the string and also release the center-saddle locking screw before adjusting saddle position and/or height. Do not adjust saddles under string tension. For good string tone, please make sure that both saddle height adjustment set screws are in solid contact with the bridge saddle platform. Each set screw should firmly support its corner of the saddle. These saddles should never be tilted.
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Once a height or position has been adjusted, tighten the string almost fully before tightening the center-saddle locking screw. This will allow the saddle to slip into its natural position. (You dont want it doing that later during a performance.) Lastly, re-tighten the center-saddle locking screw. Do not tighten this screw beyond the point where it is clearly pressing down firmly on the saddle or you may bend or break the saddle body. As a rule, to raise or lower the overall string action it is better and much easier to raise the entire bridge platform rather than each individual saddle. (Remember to first check the neck for the right bias as this greatly affects action height.) In general, a saddles height adjustment set screws should not be over-extended, i.e., the saddle body should sit fairly low to the bridge platform. This advice applies to all installations of GraphTech Ghost saddles, not just the ones on the Moog Guitar. Pickups: If the pickup height has been tampered with it may be necessary to readjust the pickups. Use care when adjusting the pickup height. The pickup screws are nylon; if you forcefully turn the screws too far the screw threads will fail - dont go there! The screws are easy to turn with light force as long as they are within the intended pickup adjustment range. End to end pickup angle and height: The strength of control exercised by the pickups upon the strings varies significantly with pickup height. The pickups should be adjusted so that the high-E ends are as close as possible (without buzzing) to the high-E string when it is fretted at the top fret. The low-E string should be about 0.15 above the pickup on the low-E side at the neck pickup. The bridge pickup can be a tiny bit closer to the string at the low E. In general, lowering the pickups will reduce control quality and strength. Side to side adjustment: Looking down between the strings and pickup from the normal playing position, the horizontal of the pickup should be parallel to the strings, i.e., there should be a constant distance between any one string and the pickup surface as the string passes across the pickup.