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National

Style

Resophonic Guitar Pickup

• For single cone instruments with National

biscuit-style

bridge assemblies

• Installation instructions for Passive and Active Models

Installation Guide

Thank you for choosing the Fishman National

Style Resophonic Guitar

Pickup. It is our wish that you are completely satisﬁed with this product. If

you have any questions or comments, we would like to hear from you. Please

contact our customer service department at www.ﬁshman.com

This pickup ﬁts single cone instruments with National

biscuit-style bridge

assemblies. Not for Dobro

style biscuit bridges.

Wiring Options: visit www.ﬁshman.com for updates to this manual.

Warning!

Installing the National Style pickup in a guitar is a simple procedure,

but we recommend this job only if you are an experienced guitar repair

technician. Please read and understand all these instructions before you

install the pickup.

Fishman Transducers, Inc. will not be responsible for damage to the guitar

or personal injury due to installation, improper installation, use or misuse

of the product.

Plugging In

Passive Pickup

For clean, noiseless sound, use a high quality low capacitance instrument

cable with metal plugs. For consistent sound into a variety of audio inputs,

we recommend an outboard acoustic instrument preamp between the pickup

and your ampliﬁer or mixing console.

Active Pickup

With the active pickup, you won’t need an outboard buffering preamp, so you

can get great sound when you, plug directly into any available audio input

(instrument ampliﬁer, DI, mixing console, soundcard, etc.).

Active Preamp Speciﬁcations

Power: 9V alkaline battery

Battery Life: 11,000 hours

Maximum Output Voltage: 4 Volts peak to peak

Input Impedance: 2.5 Meg Ohm

Output Impedance: Less than 5k Ohm

System Gain: 3dB

Signal-to-noise Ratio: 94 dB

Discrete Component Design: FET low noise class A input stage,

bipolar class AB output stage

Because we continually improve our products, the speciﬁcations and information in this

manual are subject to change without notice.

Pickup Installation

1. Remove the strings and the cover plate. Unscrew the biscuit from the

cone.

2. Drill a .094” (2.4mm) hole in the cupped side of the cone, about 3/8”

(9.5mm) below the rim. Remove any burrs from the hole.

3. Examine the bottom surface of the biscuit with a straightedge. If the biscuit

is warped sand it ﬂat.

4. Clean off any dust or debris from the bottom of the biscuit and apply a thin

bead of woodworking glue around the edge.

5. Line up the ends of the saddle with the notches in the brass disc, on the

side of the disc opposite the pickup element

6. Afﬁx the biscuit to the disc and wipe off any excess glue. Double-check the

alignment between the notches in the disc and the ends of the saddle. Clamp

for several minutes. (over —> )

Summary of content (2 pages)

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Installation Guide National® Style Resophonic Guitar Pickup • For single cone instruments with National® biscuit-style bridge assemblies • Installation instructions for Passive and Active Models Thank you for choosing the Fishman National® Style Resophonic Guitar Pickup. It is our wish that you are completely satisﬁed with this product. If you have any questions or comments, we would like to hear from you. Please contact our customer service department at www.ﬁshman.
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Pickup Installation, Cont’d. 7. Thread the pickup wire through the hole you drilled earlier. Jack Installation Where to Locate Jack? Metal Body Instrument For a metal instrument with a stick that runs the length of the body into the tailblock, we recommend that you place the jack on the treble side lower bout. Use a center punch at the chosen location and use a sharp 3/8” (9.5 mm) brad-point drill.