Fender Powerchip Support and Manuals
Get Help and Manuals for this Fender item
View All Support Options Below
Free Fender Powerchip manuals!
Problems with Fender Powerchip?
Ask a Question
Free Fender Powerchip manuals!
Problems with Fender Powerchip?
Ask a Question
Fender Powerchip Videos
White Blonde MIM Fender Telecaster with Fishman Transducer and Powerchip
Duration: 2:49
Total Views: 23,142
Duration: 2:49
Total Views: 23,142
Popular Fender Powerchip Manual Pages
Owner Manual - Page 2
Technical support, troubleshooting tips and installation information can result in permanent damage to the Fishman Powerbridge system. Failure to do so can be found at http://www.fishman.com/support/
Description and Features
The Powerchip is strongly recommended. Installation by a qualified professional is a miniature onboard piezo / magnetic pickup mixing preamp, dedicated to ...
Owner Manual - Page 3
Mono Operation
Plug a standard mono instrument cable into the output of the Powerchip equipped guitar and combine the magnetic and piezo signals into a single buffered composite, suitable for any available instrument level audio input. Electric Guitar Equipped with Fishman Powerbridge and Powerchip
Mono Instrument Cable
3
Electric Guitar Amp
Owner Manual - Page 4
... equipped guitar and split the magnetic and piezo pickup signals to a traditional electric guitar amplifier, with Fishman Powerbridge and Powerchip
Stereo Y-Cable
Powerbridge Signal (Ring)
Magnetic Signal (Tip)
4
Acoustic Guitar Amp Electric Guitar Amp Send the unbuffered, "immaculate" magnetic pickup signal (Tip) to separate destinations.
...
Owner Manual - Page 5
Piezo Trim and Phase
Adjust the small rotary trim pot on the backside of the Powerchip to eliminate phase cancellation between the piezo and magnetic pickups.
5
Piezo Trim Piezo Phase Move the Phase jumper on the backside of the Powerchip to match piezo and magnetic pickup levels.
Owner Manual - Page 6
.... Stratocaster style guitars
You will enter the back of the jack cavity.
6
Jack Plate 9 Pin Jack Remove the output jack from the jack plate, then replace the jack plate on the guitar. Use a pencil through the jackplate to drill out the back of the jack cavity. Use a ¾" (19mm) spade bit...
Owner Manual - Page 7
... the right edge of the board, directly under and to the right of the
little white trimmer pot. Installation and Connections
Warning: The solder pad terminals and the adjacent components on the Powerchip circuit board are located on the side of the board
opposite the volume pot. The piezo hot wire
goes...
Owner Manual - Page 8
...is on the left edge of the board, ¾" (19mm) from the
magnetics to terminal #1 on the Powerchip. Note: If you tie all grounds to the body of the board, on a second pad marked "G," adjacent ... room for the hot wire is located on this pad, we suggest that you install the Powerchip
with active magnetic pickups (such
as the volume pot. Connect
the negative battery wire from the ...
Owner Manual - Page 9
... jack, and terminal #2, directly below.
Solder the jack as follows:
a.
A prewired output cable from the output cable to terminal #4. 4. b.Solder the red wire from the Powerchip is to be soldered to terminal #2. Solder the white wire from the output cable to the provided 9-pin jack. Solder the 9-pin jack to terminal...
Fender Powerchip Reviews
We have not received any reviews for Fender yet.