Welcome! You can play the instrument while you are charging. The guitar comes with: Push the MCK back in and you are ready to play!

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2 Wlcom! Th ark Fir is th most innovativ nw guitar in svral dcads. Whil th guitar may look vry traditional, it has many faturs that go wll past what th world has sn bfor. W hav workd vry hard so you can bgin to njoy th instrumnt with vry littl instruction. To gt th most out of this instrumnt, you will b dlightd to xplor its faturs via th ark Fir wbsit ( whr w hav instructional vidos, manuals and a thriving community of fllow ownrs trading tips and scrts. s always, you can call with any qustions ( ISON in th US, or othr numbrs worldwid) 24 hours a day, 7 days a wk. 1. harg th battry Th guitar works on battry powr and th battry must b chargd for th lctronic faturs to work. chargr and a transformr ar includd with th guitar. Mak sur it is in th cas if th cas has bn opnd by your dalr. You must us a stro cabl lik th on includd with th guitar to charg th battry. It taks about on hour to fully charg th battry. Th chargr shows th battry is fully chargd whn th blu charging L is no longr on. You can play th instrumnt whil you ar charging. 2. Mak sur you rcivd all accssoris Th guitar coms with: Stunning whit cas printd with ark Fir Limitd dition First Run hargr with a wall wart powr supply which conncts to it Full manual High quality stro cord Rdmption crtificat to rdm your wlcom kit which includs: a. omputr intrfac box (Robot Intrfac Pack) which allows you to us computr softwar to furthr nhanc your playing xprinc b. Full vrsion of uitar Rig 3 softwar c. Spcial ibson Studio Vrsion of blton Liv d. Various instructional manuals Th rdmption rquirs you to call ISON with th srial numbr of th guitar, th stor and salsprson from which you purchasd th instrumnt, and th sals rcipt numbr. 3. NJOY YOUR Robot II powr tunrs Th powrhads can b turnd by hand or by Robot tuning tchnology. Unlik convntional kys, thy all turn in th sam dirction. To tun your guitar to 440Hz standard tuning, pull out th MK and strum all 6 strings. Th powrhads will turn and a flashing marqu on th MK will confirm whn you hav rachd pitch on all strings. It should only tak on or two strums. Push th MK back in and you ar rady to play! 1

3 Mastr ontrol Knob (MK): th Ky to Taming ark Fir Th Mastr ontrol Knob (MK) is a highly sophisticatd push-pull knob. Whn pulld out, its many functions can b accssd. You ar also abl to chang som of th sttings using th MK. hamlon Ton Tchnology: 8 rat Sounds to Start With To activat ark Fir s hamlon Ton Tchnology, pull out th MK, rotat it to th lttr L and prss down. Th display on th MK will now show your currnt pickup configuration. To slct a nw ton stup, rotat th MK to on of 8 possibl positions which corrspond to an L that lights whn slctd. Th display will chang, indicating your nw ton stup is activatd. Prss th cntr of th MK to st this pickup configuration as your dfault (it will b activatd automatically on nxt startup). Th MK should still b pulld out. L ton stting lassic ibson Txas lus Funky Twang L ton stting coustic L-5 Solid Rock #b Mtal Push th MK back in to rsum playing with your slctd stup. ll of ths tons can b modifid by turning th ton knobs and changing th position of th 3 position toggl switch. Th varitis of tons you can achiv ar astronomical. Pizo lnd ark Fir s toggl switch also acts as a volum knob to blnd in th pizolctric signal from th bridg. To activat th pizo signal output, pull th MK, turn it to Lttr I L (lu ank) and prss. Th guitar symbol on th MK will turn grn and th acoustic ton of your Pizo will mix with your rgular signal as you ramp up your toggl-volum knob. With a mono guitar cabl, your pizo signal will blnd with your rgular output at th tip of th cabl s plug. Whn a stro cabl is connctd, th pizo signal routs indpndntly to th slv of th plug. Thus th pizo sound is hard in on of th stro outputs and th lctromagntic pickups can b hard in th othr channl. You can thn us your charging adaptr to split both signals. ltrd Tuning, Factory Prsts & ank Switching ark Fir has on blu, on grn and on rd bank of six factory prsts ach. Th prsts ar slctd by th lttrd Ls on th MK s display (s pag 3). ctivat Prsts Pull out th MK and turn countr-clockwis to th #b symbol. Prss th display a fw tims and th color display matrix will altrnat btwn blu, grn and rd. Stop on th color of th bank you want to pick a prst from. Now rotat th MK to th lttr L that coincids with th dsird prst. Prss th display and strum th strings. Push th MK back in and you ar rady to play. 2

4 lu ank (Robot lassic) : ( Major) # : () : (roppd ) : (lta lus) : ( Flat) b b b b b b : (bl roppd ) rn ank : (lta lus ) : (lta lus b) : (lta lus ) : ( Major) : ( Flat Major) : (Opn ) b b b b b # # b b b b b F# Rd ank (Low Tunings)* : ( Flat) b b b b b b : () F : (#) # F# # # : () F b b b : () F# : (roppd b) b b b b b b * Whn using xtrmly low tunings (such as and ) us havir gaug strings (.g.,.013 to.062 ). If you do chang to xtra-havy gaug strings this way, do NOT us th rn and lu anks prsts as you may risk damag to ark Fir. 3

5 Thank you for honoring us with your businss. Wlcom to th Futur! scond Quick Start uid will b snt with th Robot Intrfac Pack (RIP). This will show you how to st up and us th powrful softwar that coms with th ark Fir. Find mor in-dpth & tchnical information at