MIMESIS KUDOS USER GUIDE
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1. t hit the polepieces when playing on the top frets BATTERY REPLACEMENT Remove the unit from your guitar You may need to remove the treble side clamp screw first Make sure nothing can mark the front of the guitar Turn the unit upside down Press down the tab on the battery holder and the old battery will eject Replace both batteries at the same time BATTERY 2 x CR2032 Lithium coin cell The faces outwards Battery life is approx 80 hours WIRING The Kudos Blend is wired to its Fishman Switchjack output socket as follows MAGNETIC white TO TIP MIC black TO RING BATTERY SWITCHING red TO SWITCH SHIELD TO SLEEVE M J Vanden Guitars Ltd The Old School Strontian Acharacle Argyll PH364JA Scotland Tel 01967 4021142. MIMESIS KUDOS USER GUIDE www vanden co uk kudos htm TEMPORARY INSTALLATION The Kudos Blend will fit soundhole diameters as small as 94mm 3 7 without removing the strings For install into smaller soundholes go to www vanden co uk kudos htm Loosen the clamp screws using a No 1 Pozidriv screwdriver It s a good idea to remove the treble side clamp screw from the unit This gives maximum clearance for fitting The clamp is held in its lowest position within the dovetail slides by a travel limit stop so it won t fall inside your guitar during installation Position the pickup in the soundhole as close to the fingerboard as possible with the two outside polepieces positioned underneath the bass E and treble E strings Refit the clamp screw and lightly tighten the clamps Do not over tighten as this could damage your guitar pickup Run the cable out of the soundhole PERMANENT INSTALLATION If you are using your guitar on stage or travelling with the Kudos in place this is the best option It involves drilling a 12 7mm hole in the guitar end block to install the endpin socket fitted to the pickup Make sure there is sufficient output cable length to permit the pickup to be removed for battery changing Installation must be undertaken by a qualified repair person Mimesis Pickups will not be held responsible for damage to the pickup or your guitar due to improper installation USING THE MAGNETIC PICKUP ONLY The Kudos switches on when you plug
3. in Use a good quality 1 4 mono guitar cable Make sure the MIC toggle switch is set to the OFF position Using the MAG toggle switch gives active or passive output Passive mode bypasses the preamp so functions without battery power WARNING The active setting has a 9dB gain so take care not to overload the input of your amp PA when switching from passive to active mode MAGNETIC MIC BLEND Use a 1 4 TRS jack to jack stereo cable into a splitter then two mono cables to feed inputs of a PA acoustic amp or DI The magnetic signal is on the tip mic is on the ring Set the MIC toggle switch to the ON position The MAG toggle switch can be set to passive or active Stereo outputs enable separate EQ blending and routing of each signal path To use mic only turn down the magnetic pickup input on your amp PA TIP Use your little finger pinky to operate the toggle switches the fleshy tip to move the toggle lever upwards the nail area for toggle lever down TIP Use the MIC toggle switch to quickly A B your blended sound stop feedback from the mic whilst setting levels or turn the mic OFF for magnetic pickup only POLEPIECE ADJUSTMENT WARNING DO NOT SCREW THE POLEPIECES MORE THAN 6 4mm 1 4 INTO THE PICKUP CASE AS THIS COULD DAMAGE THE PCB AND COMPONENTS The polepieces are set to work with bronze wound strings The polepiece height can be fine tuned to optimise string to string balance and pickup voicing Make sure the strings don
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