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MOTTO
FURCH MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Company is one of the few producers of musical instruments that still maintains a traditional high quality manufacture. Ever since 1981 when the first instruments were made by the founder Mr.Furch this tradition of guitar manufacture is developing further. By using this term company wants to underline its specific and unique production. Be assured of our utmost commitment during the instrument manufacture. Our staff is well aware of the player's needs and with a sense of detail perceive the quality of each piece of wood being used.
Company uses environment friendly technology.
Wood that is used for the manufacture of your instrument is purchased from the suppliers that can guarantee its legal status or concessional permit.
Guarantee conditions
- extended guarantee 24 months is given to the holders of the warranty card, that confirm the purchase by the authorised Furch-seller
- it is therefore advisable to certify and fill in the warranty card immediately (!)after the purchase. Incomplete card is not valid
- a card is transferable from one owner to the other; in case of repair or complaint owner will attach this card to the instrument as a document
- guarantee applies to the material and processing but the data on the card
- must match the instrument
- guarantee does not apply to the instrument mechanically damaged or mishandled ill serviced or so
- guarantee does not apply to the instrument damaged by weather, temperature extremes and humidity fluctuation
- malfunction due to other reasons than faulty material or manufacture failure will not be included in the guarantee conditions
- instruments repaired or altered elswhere outside Furch workshop will not be in any case accepted for the guarantee repair
Since climatic condition in your area may differ greatly of those under which the adjustment were made we recomment your the following suggestions.
- the solid case of a good quality is a must for your instrument; the best will be the thermo-insulating case
- the most critical factor is the change of temperature and air humidity - those might cause deformation, even cracks in soundboards and/or sides; pay more attention in winter, please!
- abstain from radiating heat!
- do not leave your instrument neither bare nor in case exposed in the sun e.g. inside the car; never ever display it near car windows
- do not expose your instrument - bare or in case - to the frost; if you can't do otherwise let it become slowly acclimatized
- a place with minimum of air humidity of 45% is highly recommended; optimal humidity is between 45 - 65%; get yourself a humidifier
- clean your instrument with special cleaning formula only and /or with friendly agents based on natural materials
- the instruments are equiped with Elixir® strings made by W.L.Gore®. These strings are coated by the Gore Tex® fibre that extremely extends the expiration time by keeping of the originál sound and playbility . By using Elixír® string change them after about 120 playing hours. By using of some standart strings (non coated, non protected), we suggest you to change them after about 30 hours of playing; do not play with oxided and/or dirty strings since that significantly contributes to wear off of your instrument fingerboard and frets
- Use medium gauge strings (0.13‘), but no stronger
- your instrument has been hand adjusted to the closest tolerances and set up for the best possible playing action that is customary range of 0.3 - 0.5 mm; you can test it by following:
- put your instrument onto straight surface
- by finger of your left hand press the low E string at the 1st fret and do the same by your right hand finger down on the last fret - use the string as a straightedge
- look at the gap around the half of the fingerboard (7th or 8th fret) between the frets and the string - the action should be as aforementioned; that is around 0.3 - 0.5 mm
- if there is a need to adjust the action again after you've changed the strings, use enclosed adjustment key; you'll do the necessary adjustment by turning the embedded truss rod nut - accessed via soundhole - clockwise or counterclockwise; don't forget to have the strings in tuned position; by following the instructions just mentioned, a truss rod adjustment can be easily made so that the instrument returns to its optimum playing conditions
- we'd like to point out how much of a gap you want is personal preference and it depends on many factors - the most essential is the style and technique of the right hand playing, the force of attack, gauge of your strings etc.; that's why manufacturer is not responsible for meeting personal preferences of such a kind - - guarantee does not apply to string action but to functioning of the adjustment mechanism only
- never use the force when adjusting your instrument
- Do you wear a belt? Shift its buckle sidewise towards your hips or even to your back - have you seen West Side Story? That's it! Otherwise you spoil beauty of your instrument; the scars and dents are unrepairable
- Get a humidifier in good music store to keep the optimal air humidity (45 - 65%). A temporary solution is to insert half of apple or potato in plastic bag and put it into your instrument case. Water evaporated out of apple/potato meat has the same effect as the mentioned humidifier
Manufacturer reserves the right to change the technology and any related forthcoming changes in final design of instrument without notice.
Enjoy your Furch and Stanford instrument!
Practical advice
Want to change strings?
- string
- saddle
- bridge
- guitar top
- under-bridge plate
- string-ending ring
- bridge pin
- guitar-side
WARNING
- take look at the instruction pictures
- crook the ring-end of the string to the bow, or to the acute angle
- fix the end of the string thru the hole by using of the bridge pin. Keep the string-ending ring away from the bridge pin, the ring mustn’t be catched by the pin – the string tension can cause, that the catched ring can extract the bridge pin out from the hole and the string get free
- after changing strings you might find the bridge saddle slightly of its position due to the use of wound syringe-tension (see blue arrow-indicator) . It may not be fully set by its bottom surface onto its base so you can experience some unequal tones or signal can go dead when using piezzo pickups.
- put on the strings and tune just roughly. Put your instrument onto the straight surface and while doing fine tuning, press in the middle of the saddle against the move of tightening strings that is backwards to the guitar edge (see red arrow-indicator). You can use wooden block, a pencil or just hold the saddle carefully with thin pliers
- keep under controlle, that the bridge pins aren’t extracted from the holes
Want to install the strap-button?
HEEL-CAP POSITIONED STRAP PIN
- fingerboard
- truss-rod block
- bolts
- Alu heel-rod
- neck-heel
WARNING
- take look at the instruction pictures
- find centre of the heelcap to install the strap-button - see the indicator (arrow)
- no more then 10 milimeters to screw up the heel
- before screwing drill the heelcap by use of right bit
- the Alu heel-rod (of all models !) has total lenght 76 milimeters measured from the bottom edge of the fingerboard - use these information to choose the right drill bit and the screw
HEEL-SIDE POSITIONED STRAP PIN
- fingerboard
- truss-rod block
- bolts
- Alu heel-rod
- neck-heel
WARNING
- take look at the instruction pictures
- find the position apx. 23-25 milimeters down from the bottom edge of the fingerboard to install the strap-button - see the indicator (arrow)
- install the strap-button on the bottom of the heel (means in the playing position)
- no more then 10 milimeters to screw up the heel
- before screwing drill the heel by use of right bit
Want to install endpin-jack? How to do it by using EASYINSERT system?
- bridge
- guitar top
- ready-to-use open endpinjack hole
- nut of the bolt
- easy-insert removable bit
- strap-pin
- bolt
- guitar side (the rear part)
- strap-pin block
WARNING
- take look at the draw and instruction pictures
- loose the bolt that's fixing the strap-pin (don't take it out!)
- loose the easy-insert removable bit by light shaking and turning motion from its position inside the ready-to-use endpinjack hole
- take the easy-insert removable bit out from the hole
- be careful, protect the instrument against any demage or scratch (mostly on the edge of the hole)
- the next following installation make according to the guide of the system you want to install
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