Schecter SGB Synyster Gates Custom S Instruction Manual
- June 17, 2024
- Schecter
Table of Contents
SYNYSTER CUSTOM-S
OWNERS MANUAL
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
- KEEP UNPLUGGED WHEN NOT PLAYING. When guitar jack is inserted, sustainer is in STANDBY. The Sustainiac magnetic string driver functions a6 an active neck pickup when the sustainer is OFF. The neck pickup preamp is operating. Therefore, standby mode uses about 2 milliamperes of battery current. This standby current will run down the battery in about 250 hours. Don’t leave it plugged in!
- NECK PICKUP VOLUME TRIMPOT on circuit board: Sets neck pickup volume relative to other pickups. Factory set for good balance.
- SUSTAINER GAIN TRIMPOT on circuit board: Sets how quickly sustain builds up. Factory set for optimum sustainer gain.
- 9-VOLT BATTERY: Use only one 9-volt afkaline battery. Battery life is about 15-40 hours, depending on how much you use the sustainer.
When battery voltage decays to about 7 volts, the neck pickup will quit working. This is the time to replace the battery
DRIVER AND BRIDGE PICKUP HEIGHTS: Both the bridge pickup and the Sustainiac
driver contribute equally to the response of the sustainer, particularly in
Harmonic Mode. To increase sustainer response, raise both the driver and
bridge pickups closer to the iktle e-string, and not so Close to the big
E-string. If the sustain is too strong for your playing style, or if it fights
you, lower both the driver and bridge pickup a little under both strings. As
they get closer to the strings, a small difference in height of either the
driver or bridge pickup makes a big difference in sustainer response. Many
people who are new to the Sustainiac start out with the driver lower under the
Strings. But, as they get used to playing with a sustainer, they raise the
driver up closer to the strings for more extreme sustain.
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USING THE SUSTAINER TO GET INFINITE SUSTAIN, AT ANY VOLUME
- Sustainer placed in STANDBY when guitar plug is inserted in jack. KEEP UNPLUGGED IF NOT PLAYING INSTRUMENT.
- POWER SWITCH: ON = DOWN position (Only bridge pickup functions when sustainer on, regardiess of pickup selector switch setting.)
- HARMONIC BODE SWITCH:
DOWN: NORMAL MODE (mode switch in DOWN position): Produces mostly fundamental (normal) infinite string vibration.
MIDDLE: MIX MODE (middie position): Produces a combination of fundamentais on high notes, harmonics on lower notes.
Simitar to natural amp feedback, only much more predictable. Harmonics fade in more slowly.
UP: HARMONIC MODE (mode switch up): Notes fade into intense upper harmonic vibration mode. Metal Madness!
October 2011
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