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• 100 watt /All Tube Design (MIDI Switchable)

• Three Channels w/Independent EQ and Gain Boost

• Front Panel Custom Noise Gate

• Innovative Active/Passive inputs

• 4 position 'Focus' Control

NORMAL AND ACTIVE INPUT CONFIGURATION:  Active inputs designed to optimize active pickups.  TONE CONTROLS: Bass, Mid, Treble & Presence.  GAIN CONTROL: 1- Per channel. MASTER CONTROLS:  Global Master volume, Boost and Presence control. GATE CONTROL:  Noise Gate is functional on Lead I and Lead II channels.  VOLUME CONTROL:  Per Channel.  Variable Boost:  Yes-Footswitchable. FOCUS CONTROL: Controls 4 settings, VIII, VII, Normal and Tight.

 

SPEAKER EMULATION OUT:  The output is speaker emulated to generate the tone of a Celestion Vintage 30-loaded Straight-front or Slant-front 4x12 speaker cabinet.  Either tonality may be activated using the DI Cabinet Select switch.  BOOST CONTROL:  It provides up to 10dB of "Master Volume" boost regardless of which channel is active.  The Boost occurs after the effects loop so no adjustment of your effects will be necessary.  MASTER CONTROL:  This is a global master volume control which sets the overall loudness of the entire amplifier.  The Master is also after the effects loop. NOISE GATE:  Fully adjustable noise gate that you can suppress all the noise generated by excessive gain use.  The gate is functional on the Lead I and Lead II channels only.  VINTAGE MODERN CONTROL:  Clean channel has option to alter how the presence and gain react on the clean channel.  The Modern tone selection is "chimey" and considered the American tone whereas the Vintage is more saturated, compressed and filled with more bottom-end with focus on the mids.  MIDI CAPABLE:  The footswitch functions can be activated by sending MIDI patch changes to its MIDI IN.

 

The Focus control is a global "tweak" that adjusts the amp's input frequency response to custom tailor the low frequency response for different styles of guitars.  The 4 settings are VIII (8 string), VII (7 string), Normal and Tight with the deepest low frequency extension on the VIII (8 string) setting and the tightes, most aggressive low end responce on the Tight setting.  By adjusting gain and low-end in various places in the tube preamp, the amp retains a similar tone while changing the feel to suit the particular instrument and player.  This system provides a quick method for changing your amp's tone appropriately when changing guitars, in ways that most amps don't allow adjustment.

 

Unlike many amps that simply reduce the input signal to compensate for an active pickup, this input activates circuit changes in the amp that compensate for active pickups' typical lack of low-end extension and high frequency sparkle rolloff.  The result is a tone that is more similar to passive pickups with the livliness you expect but with the beneficial lower output impedance and hum reduction typically found with active pickups.  This is particularly useful as a "quick fix" when changing guitars from passive to active (if both inputs are used together, the amp is set to Active settings).

 

WATTAGE: 100 watts | TUBES: 4-EL34 Power Tubes | TUBE PREAMP/PHASE INVERTER: 1-JJECC83S, 2-EI12AX7EH and 1-Ruby 12AX7

 

FOOTSWITCH: 3 Channels, Boost & Effects as well as Voicing select on clean channel. Effects Loop- Yes- Footswitchable.  MIDI footswitchable.

 

CHANNELS: Lead I, Lead II and Rhythm:  Clean Channel Controls- Bass, Mid, Treble, Volume, Gain and Vintage Modern option. Lead Channel I - Bass, Mid, Treble, Volume, Gain and Variable Noise gate shared with Lead Channel II. Lead Channel II - Bass, Mid, Treble, Volume, Gain and Variable Noise Gate shared with Lead Channel I.

 

DIRECT OUT: w/ 412 SL/ST Cabinet Emulation

 

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