User manual

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When fitted properly, the Velcro strap strain reliever on the strap button
should prevent most accidental jerks on the cable from being transmitted
to the H-clamp.
The strain reliever can be used with or without a guitar strap and although
one strain reliever should be more than adequate for most circumstances,
a second can be fitted (in the same way) to the other strap button. A jerk
on the cable strong enough to break the first strain reliever is unlikely to
be sufficiently sustained to also break the second, particularly if the cable
has been bound to a strap. Using two strain relievers may be necessary for
particularly smooth or rigid cables.
If a guitar strap is being used, it can usually
be fitted over the top of the Velcro strap strain
reliever. The guitar strap then holds the strain
reliever in place, preventing it from being lifted
off the strap button inadvertently.
A third Velcro strap is provided to allow the cable
to also be bound to a guitar strap. Not only does
this provide a degree of extra strain relief but it
allows the microphone cable to be held neatly to
the middle of the strap as well as both ends. The
cable then goes over the shoulder with the strap,
keeping it conveniently out of the way.
The cable can be tidied away equally neatly by
slinging it directly from the H-clamp to the strain
reliever on the strap button at the base of the
guitar body. However, in this configuration there
is greater opportunity for the loop of cable from
the H-clamp to the strain reliever to flap against
the guitar or become trapped between guitar and
player. Neither is necessarily a great problem but
may be considered undesirable in certain circum
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stances.