DiMarzio The Angel PZ - Manual (Page 2)


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THE ANGEL™ PZ DP233
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS − page 2
neck. [FIG. 4]
Use the black cable retainer clip to guide the wire from the pickup to the underside of the
top and secure the cable into it. [FIG. 2] Failing to secure the cable will cause excess noise.
The clip should secure the cable where the cable is insulated with the black protective
sleeve. Do not attach the clip on the exposed braided metal section of the cable.
PREPARING THE ANGEL™ PZ PREAMP
The Angel™ PZ preamp has an output jack for a standard guitar cable and three inputs to
connect the cables from the volume control, the battery, and the pickup. All three cables
must be plugged into the preamp before the preamp is installed in the guitar.
VOLUME CONTROL: Look carefully at the volume control connector before plugging it into
the preamp so that you insert it in the correct direction. Attempting to force the connector
upside down will damage the preamp. The volume control cable connector must be
inserted firmly into the 3-pin port on the side of the preamp. [FIG. 5]
BATTERY: Look carefully at the battery connector before plugging it in so that you insert it in
the correct direction. Attempting to force the connector upside down will damage the
preamp. The battery cable connector must be inserted firmly into the 2-pin port on the side
of the preamp opposite the volume control cable.
PICKUP CABLE: The pickup cable must be inserted firmly into the mini jack on the end of the
preamp. [FIG. 6] Note the mini jack is labeled “NANOFLEX”.
When the pickup cable, volume control and battery cable have been connected to the
preamp, install the preamp in the guitar.
PREAMP INSTALLATION
With the strings removed, place your guitar on a flat surface.
The preamp [FIG. 7] requires a clean 15 ⁄32 - inch (11.9 mm) hole in the tail block of the
instrument.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If your guitar already has a hole of the correct diameter for
an endpin jack in the tail block, proceed to the paragraph below to complete
the installation of the preamp. If your guitar does not already have a hole of the
correct diameter, we strongly recommend that a qualified guitar technician
install the preamp as follows:

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Remove the strap nut, hex nut, and one flat washer from the end of the preamp assembly.
There should still be one locking washer, one flat washer, and two hex nuts remaining on the
jack.
Using care to keep the washers on the jack, bring the preamp down through the soundhole
into the body and insert it into the hole in the tail block.
Adjust the internal nut so that the larger threaded section of the jack remains recessed 1 ⁄32
inch (0.8 mm) below the outside surface of the instrument and most of the smaller
threaded section protrudes from the guitar. The nut on the jack closest to the preamp is
factory installed and must not be adjusted. Adjusting this nut can damage the preamp.
With the preamp in place, lay the remaining flat washer over the threads outside the
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