GFI Student Model Setup Instructions

Each front leg has a hole at the bottom end for pedal board bolts.

1. Insert the front leg with the red dot near the threads into the hole with the red dot.

2. Insert the other leg with a bolt hole into the other front hole.

3. Insert the other two legs into the rear holes.

4. Attach the pedal board, inserting the bolts through the front legs and lock it into place with the wing nuts.

 

Tuning Instructions:

1. Tune all the strings with the keys except the "E" strings (strings 4 and 8).

2. Press the lowering knee lever (left knee moving right) and tune the "E" strings to E flat with the keys.

3. Release the knee lever and now tune the "E" strings to E using the nylon tuning nuts painted red.

4. Press the raise lever (left knee moving left) and tune the "E" strings to F using the nylon tuning nuts.

5. Follow the same procedures with the appropriate strings and pitch changes if your steel has right leg knee levers (see chart below).

6. The floor pedals are tuned by pressing the pedal and tuning to the desired pitch with the nylon tuning nut.

 

GFI Student Model E9 Tuning Table

( Note: Your guitar may be capable of only some of these changes.)

String
Gauge
Pitch
P1
P2
P3
LKL
LKR
RKL
RKR
1
.012p
F#
-
-
-
-
-
G
-
2
.015p
D#
-
-
-
-
-
-
D/C#
3
.011p
G#
-
A
-
-
-
-
-
4
.014p
E
-
-
F#
F
D#
-
-
5
.018p
B
C#
-
C#
-
-
-
-
6
.022p
G#
-
A
-
-
-
-
-
7
.026w
F#
-
-
-
-
-
G
-
8
.030w
E
-
-
-
F
D#
-
-
9
.034w
D
-
-
-
-
-
-
C#
10
.038w
B
C#
-
-
-
-
-
-