TOUCH GUITARS AU8 Manual de usuario

Owner’s Manual

AU8

The instrument which you now own has been designed for versatility, extreme playability, body-

friendly lightweight construction, rst-class manufacturing and a classic look and nish. We hope that

you will be very happy with it.

You are now also a part of the Touch Guitar family. As a company, our aim is not solely to provide

instruments. We also aim to encourage musicians (whether they are beginners or skilled players) to

become better musicians and more contented people, improving their playing

Our aim is to provide instruments which will not only help individuals develop their playing

techniques, but will also encourage new players into the fold.

Thank you for starting the journey.

When designing these instruments we put a focus on playability, versatility, lightweight, rst

You are now part of the Touch Guitar family. Enjoy the hospitality.

Thank you

Markus Reuter - Founder & Designer

Congratulations on buying your new TOUCH GUITAR

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Parts of the Guitar

1. Headstock

2. Locking Tuners

3. Saddle

4. Damper

5. Neck

6. Frets

7. Fret Markers

8. Body

9. 5-piece Neck Joint

10. Neck Pickup

11. Piezo Pickup

12. Straplocks

13. Bridge

14. Electronics Compartment

15. String Retainer

16. Battery Compartment

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Knobs and Electronics

The AU8 Deluxe uses active electronics to produce a

more brilliant, dynamically controllable tone. These are

accessed by a hatch on the back of the instrument. It

also includes a small mixer to set each the volume of

each piezo element individually. The electronics are

the instrument (accessed by a second hatch) and are

activated automatically when you plug your cable into

the jackplug on the side of the instrument.

There are six volume and tone control knobs on the

front of the instrument, attached to internal

potentiometers.

Volume (push/pull)

As a turnable knob, it sets the overall volume of the

instrument. Note also that in order to ensure that your

instrument’s tone remains consistent at all volume

levels, a resistor has been built into the potentiometer

to prevent uncontrolled tone changes at low volumes.

Bass/Mids

These control the basic EQ settings for each pickup.

There is a set of two control knobs. Use them to

choose and set the basic tone of your

instrument on any particular playing

session.

Blend

This control changes the balance

between the two pickups on the

guitar – the magnetic neck pickup

(for a deeper, warmer sound) and

the bridge piezo pickup (for a

sharper, more immediately

distinct acoustic sound). To

select more neck pickup sound,

turn the knob clockwise; to select

more bridge pickup sound, turn

counter-clockwise.

Treble magnetic

Treble piezo

Bass piezo

Volume

Blend

Bass magnetic

Internal mixer

Inside the electronics compartment

there is a small 8-channel mixer to set

the volume of each string separately and

make it sound even throughout the

whole range. The instrument is being

perfectly setup when it leaves the

workshop. You may only need to change

these settings when changing string

gauges. Please use the small wooden

tool that comes with the instrument to

turn the trimpots. Other tools will

damage the electronics. The strings are

numbered from 1-8 starting from the

low Bb.

There is another trimpot on this mixer

panel which sets the master volume of

the piezo signal. This can be used to

adjust the piezo level in relation to the

magnetic pickup. To do this turn the

blend knob to the magnetic pickup and

play a note. Then turn the blend knob to

the piezo pickup. If the note is to loud

you need to lower the volume and the

other way round.

Please note that the default electronic

setting of your U8 Deluxe Touch Guitar

is “active”, and that this can drain the

onboard battery. To avoid problems

with this, follow these simple steps.

• Always unplug your cable from the

instrument when you are not

playing. This deactivates the active

electronics.

• Pay attention to signs that your

battery is low indicated by certain

noises that come out of your

amplier (slight random distortions

or a background “swoosh”). We

recommend to change the battery

after three months of playing in any

case.

• Do not use rechargeable batteries,

since this can damage the

electronics. We recommend

standard alkaline batteries.

String Volume

Overall Piezo

Volume

Your Touch Guitar has been built using top-

quality craftsmanship and has been

constructed from premium materials. It was

set up for perfect playing action when it left

our workshop and has been designed to be

sturdy. However, it is necessary to

consistently care for and maintain the

instrument for best playing results,

functionality, appearance and long life. It is

also sometimes necessary to adjust for

temporary changes in the Touch Guitar due

to travel or environmental conditions (or to

make adjustments for personal preference).

Basic Care:

• As with all instruments, do not store

your Touch Guitar in extremely hot or

cold environments; and avoid

subjecting it to abrupt temperature

changes (such as moving it

rapidly between a cold outdoor

environment and a warm room while

unprotected).

• Provide yourself with the following

tools and care aids: one 15mm and one

5mm hex key/Allen wrench/Allen key,

plus one set of universal pliers (all

available from any hardware store):

one soft cloth suitable for ne wood

polishing; linseed oil (or special

fretboard oil available from musical

instrument stores); any electronic

chromatic tuner.

• We recommend buying an adjustable

strap. Strap locks are included as

standard with every Touch Guitar and

can be attached or detached by the

player using universal pliers. Although

the strap locks are sturdy and stable,

they can be loose when incorrectly

attached, resulting in a small risk of the

instrument falling loose from the strap.

Check them regularly (with a gentle tug

on each strap lock) and ensure

that they are fully tight.

Care, Maintenance and Adjustment

• A prime indicator of instrument

condition is string action (the distance

between string and fret, which in turn

aects playability). Improperly adjusted

strings will vibrate unevenly and provide

imperfect, uneven tones across the

guitar, and will also buzz against the

frets rather than sound notes cleanly.

See the longer sections on Neck and

Bridge Adjustments for information on

how to adjust string action and about

situations which relate to it.

• Intonation is another indicator of

instrument condition, although this

relates more to ne-tuning. On a Touch

Guitar (as with all fretted instruments),

correct intonation is achieved by

consistently ensuring that there is

enough “give” from the bridge to stop a

string going out of tune when fretted.

Intonation adjustment is covered in the

longer Bridge Adjustment section.

Regarding nish care:

• clean any lacquered nish with the dry

cloth.

• If your ngerboard is unlacquered,

regularly oil it with linseed oil or other

fretboard oil).

• Over time there may be small changes in

the look of the nish. This is not a sign of

decay: it is due to the natural ageing

process of the lacquer itself. These small

changes are an inevitable part of owning

a lacquered object. They will not aect

either your instrument’s tone or the

integrity of the nish. (As such, they are

not covered as defects under the Touch

Guitar warranty - although, if desired,

replacement nishes can be ordered

from us at an agreed cost between

customer and company.)

All wood we use

is FSC certied

As with other instruments in the guitar and lute families, adjusting the

neck of your Touch Guitar is necessary when temperature/environment

changes/string stress cause temporary expansions or contractions in

the wood and cause it to bend. To check whether neck adjustment is

necessary, rst check the string action. Press down a string at the rst

or twelfth frets, then examine the string at the seventh fret. If there is

only a small space there between string and fret,…

Should be uniform …

then the guitar neck is well adjusted. If there is a larger or smaller

distance between string and fret at the seventh fret position, then the

neck is not properly straight. The optimum string action is … (Players

who previously played a standard guitar or bass guitar should note that

standard Touch Guitar string action is very low in comparison).

In order to adjust the neck, you will need to access the truss rod and

either tighten or loosen it. Please note that if you over-tighten the truss

rod it will break and need to be replaced. For the rst time that you

make this adjustment, we recommend that you ask for help from a

luthier or experienced guitar technician.

Remove the two screws of the truss rod cover at the bottom of the

fretboard and then remove the cover. This will reveal the end of the

metal truss rod which runs through the neck to reinforce it and to

control its degree of bending. Use your 5mm hex key to gently adjust

the rod. Turning the rod clockwise will tighten the rod (straightening the

neck), while turning it counter-clockwise will loosen the rod (allowing

the neck to bend). Use either direction to bring the string action to the

optimum setting which is as plain as possible.

Neck Adjustment

Turn counter-clockwise for a forward bow

Turn clockwise for a back bow

Bridge Adjustment:

Often when string action is too high or too low, you need to readjust the

string saddles on the bridge. Before doing this, use the Neck

Adjustment process to ensure that the neck is properly aligned. If the

neck is at optimum adjustment but the strings are still buzzing or

exhibiting uneven action, then you will need to adjust the string height

manually.

Each string sits on a saddle mounted on a pair of vertical rider screws

going downwards into the bridge. Each of these rider screws can be

adjusted using the 1.5mm hex key. Ensure that both screws are set to

the same height and that they are also engaged with the ground plate

of the bridge (not oating free, which will make the saddle and string

unstable and put extra strain on any engaged screws).

Two screws are set into the far ends of the bridge. These are used

loosen the bridge and ne-tune string intonation by turning the whole

bridge. Test the intonation by playing the open string and then playing

the note on the 12th fret above (which should be exactly one octave

higher), adjust the bridge position if the two notes are not in relation.

(We recommend using a digital chromatic tuner to ensure accuracy).

Height adjustment

Intonation adjustment

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41.5

111

124

139

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8.2 4.9

170

The standard eight string Touch Guitar

tuning is :

(lowest string to highest, with all specied

notes using standard octave notation):

Bb F C G D A C D

This is designed around the greatest pitch

range available on a 34″ scale length

instrument without sacricing tonal

quality. We have found that the ideal

range is one which starts at the low Bb on

a bass guitar (Bb0) and ends at the D found

on the 22nd fret of a regular guitar (D5).

The tuning is also optimal for playing with

all eight ngers on the fretboard since it

allows you to easily cover a whole octave

with both hands in a single position

without stretching.

If you initially nd this tuning too dicult

or not to your taste, we would urge you to

persevere with it. It is by far the best

tuning option for the instrument to play

with both hands in an integrated fashion.

It allows you to play your Touch Guitar to

its full potential, and (once mastered)

opens up new options for ease of playing

and eective music making in any genre.

Teaching within this tuning is also

supported by the Touch Guitar Circle.

However, if you wish to start, continue or

experiment with more familiar guitar

tunings, this is also easy to do. The Touch

Guitar is more than capable of coping

dierent tunings without sacricing any

playability.

Tuning

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