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Earthworm
07-11-2011, 06:03 PM
There really is no documentation and I just got the guitar.

tom
07-11-2011, 06:46 PM
We have a sheet that should come with the guitar. If you call the shop they can send it to you. I will be out for a week on vacation.
First knob is master vol in mono, exec vol in stereo. Second knob is blend of electric and acoustic in mono, and acoustic vol in stereo. Button is mono/stereo, down for mono.small knobs are treble middle and bass. Switch closest to bridge is pu select for elec. Other switch is acoustic up, elec down and both in the middle. For stereo, elec is on the tip and acoustic on the ring of trs jack.

CoKid
07-11-2011, 06:50 PM
In 'stereo' mode L-R looking down at the controls in normal playing position: 1st knob is volume for the electric pickups.
2nd knob is volume for the acoustic pickup. First small knob is for treble, 2nd or middle knob is for mids, third is bass.
The switch closest to your hand is the 3-way toggle for the two electric pickups. Down is bridge, middle is both, up is neck.
The other switch is to blend the acoustic and electric sides. Down is electric, middle is both, up is acoustic. You have the flush mounted switch in the up or out position and use a stereo 'Y' cable for the Crowdster to work as described above.

In mono mode (the small flush mounted switch is down or pushed in) things work differently. Use a regular mono guitar cable for this. The first big knob on the left is now a master volume control for the electric and acoustic side.

I'm sure others can chime on here to describe this more eloquently than I can.

Awesome guitar! Congrats!

CoKid
07-11-2011, 06:51 PM
Tom types faster than me!

Earthworm
07-11-2011, 07:09 PM
Thanks, fellers!

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Earthworm
07-11-2011, 07:15 PM
Thanks!
It turns out I was plugging the electric into an expression pedal input. Not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree.

tom
07-11-2011, 07:36 PM
And on my phone no less!
Love that rosewood top. You've had others, what do you think about that top?

dplight
07-11-2011, 08:54 PM
Wow, that top is nice looking. How is the rosewood for tone and weight? Is that a maple neck? Could just look that light due to the rosewood top.

Earthworm
07-11-2011, 09:11 PM
I love it so far. Beautiful instrument. I just have to spend some time with it now. I'm really looking forward to no feedback on stage. I've been fighting that a lot lately.

This guitar is almost as pretty as (slaps forehead hard) the Koa one from NAMM that I sold. Still don't remember why; it might be because I was paying for a new Olson.

tom
07-11-2011, 09:31 PM
I played at a fiends wedding recently and fully planned on taking the Olson. But in the end I took a crowdster. It's just too easy.

Briggs
07-11-2011, 10:42 PM
That's one sweet looking Crowdy Earthworm! I'm curious as to how the rosewood sounds too. I think I almost bought the KOA from you but just couldn't swing it at the time. It was a beaut too!

Pietro
07-12-2011, 06:12 PM
BEAUTIFUL!

Hope you love it as much as I love mine...

Chris Lieder
07-12-2011, 11:47 PM
This is a good reminder of the controls. I'm picking up my new C+2 from the my local Fed Ex customer center on Friday after work and then going straight to church to play it that night for our evening worship service. So I will need to be able to plug and play. Fortunately I'm only on acoustic that night, so I can just put it on the right setting and just leave it...I think... I guess we will see. I hope my FOH crew will be happy. They were annoyed at my Takamine acoustic last Sunday. To much volume, to little volume, feedback, add a pad here, take one off there... they couldn't figure out what they were doing. Hopefully my Crowdster will be nicer to them.

Pietro
07-13-2011, 05:47 AM
Let us know how it all went.