Yamaha owner manual CV820WB Owner’s Manual, Changing the Locking Blocks, FC Nut Part Names

CV820WB Owner’s Manual

Changing the Locking Blocks

■CV820WB Control System

Bridge Pickup

Neck Pickup

	Pickup Selector
Neck Pickup Volume	Neck Pickup
Bridge Pickup Volume	Mix
	Bridge Pickup

■About Wes Borland’s String Gauges

The CV820WB is the Wes Borland signature guitar model.The unique string gauges and tunings used by Wes Borland are given below.

Sting		Tuning	Gauge
	1st	C#	.011
	2nd	G#	.014
	3rd	E	.022 (Wound)
	4th	B	.032 (Wound)
	5th	F#	.042 (Wound)
	6th	C#	.052 (Wound)

The guitar is strung with .010–.046 gauge strings when shipped from the factory. In order to use the same gauge strings as Wes Borland you will need to change the locking blocks in the FC nut. The procedure given in the following section describes how to change the locking blocks.

1 Remove the old strings. (Refer to the “Removing the old strings”5 Set the locking bolt. section in the FC Tremolo System Manual.)

2 Loosen the FC nut locking lever, and remove the locking lever.

Loosen 6 Re-attach the locking lever and tighten lightly.

FC Nut Part Names

FC Nut

*1 : About locking blocks 1 and 2

FC Nut Components

Locking Block 1: for strings 1–3 (wider width) (x2) replacement blocks are included *1

Locking Block 3 (x1)

Locking Bolt (x1)

Locking Block 2: for strings 4–6 (narrower width) (x2) replacement blocks are included *1

Locking Lever x1

3 Remove the locking bolt.

Tighten

7 This completes locking block replacement. Install the new strings

and tune the guitar. (Refer to the “Installing the new strings” section

Included with the guitar is a set of locking blocks that fit the string gauges used by Wes

Borland. Please note that the width of each locking block is different.

	For Normal Gauge Strings	Supplied Replacement: For Wes Borland Gauge
	(.009–.042/.010–.046, etc.)	(.011–.052)
	Fingerboard side	Fingerboard side
	Head side	Head side
Locking Block 1
1st–3rd strings (wide)	6.8 mm wide	6.6 mm wide
	(0.268 inch)	(0.260 inch)
	Marked “1”	Unmarked
	Fingerboard side	Fingerboard side
	Head side	Head side
Locking Block 2
4th–6th strings (narrow)	6.2 mm wide	6.0 mm wide
	(0.244 inch)	(0.236 inch)
	Marked “2”	Unmarked

in the FC Tremolo System Manual.)

4 Replace the locking blocks 1 and 2.

*Set the wider blocks for the 1st–3rd strings.

*Set the narrower blocks to the 4th–6th strings.

*Store the set of locking blocks you removed from the guitar in a safe place for future use.