Amplifier 1

RED NOTE . MELO . CUSTOM INSTRUMENTS

CHARACTERISTICS

 

FRONT PANEL

High and low inputs - To accomodate instruments of different output level

Channel 1 - Volume/Bright Switch, Treble, Middle and Bass

Channel 2 - Gain, Treble, Middle, Bass and Volume/Fat switch (Channel selection are switchable through front panel or remote Footswitch)

Master Volume - Controls the power amp input

Reverb Volume - Controls the amount of Reverb (Reverb is 100% tube based with Accutronics tank)

Standby switch - Removes high Voltage during standby periods

Power switch - Power ON/OFF

 

BACK PANEL

Fuse - Main fuse 3A

Fuse HT - Protects output transformer and other sensitive components in the event of a tube short

Pentode/Triode Switch - Switch between Triode and Pentode (mode Triode has a mellower sound but with half the power than Pentode)

External speaker jack - External speaker cabinet could be connected (Jack is in paral-lel with internal speaker)

Impedance selector switch - Switch between 4 and 8 ohms (Internal speaker is 8 ohms)

Headphone jack - This jack is for dynamic headphones. Impedance is 150 ohms. With a special cable can also be used as post-reverb recording out

Headphone/Speaker switch - This switch mutes the amplifier. Useful for headphones as well as during recording through send outputs

Send - Send level is a low impedance cathode follower output, will drive any effect of the market. Can be used as a preamp/recording out or to drive another amp. Send is pre-reverb
Send level - Controls the amount of signal to the effects as well as other destinations (Power amp, computer, mixer etc...)

Return - Return effects input. This is a power amp input

Pedal - For external Channel footswitch - channel 1 and 2 as well as reverb can be controlled through the FSW

 

TECHNICAL

Topology - Push-Pull fixed bias with a pair of matched Svetlana 6L6GC. Bias can be set externally by a military style blocking potentiometer, Quiescent current of the tube is monitored through a Jack

Triode mode - 25 Watt

Pentode mode - 50 Watt

Headphones - 1 x 6922

Clean channel 1 x ECC83

Overdrive channel 3 x ECC83

Loop - 1 x ECC81

Phase Inverter - 1 x ECC83

Resistors - 1% low noise mixed Kiwame carbon and metal film

Capacitors - Electrolytics (Tesla, Sprague) Polyprop. (SBE, SCR) , Silver mica

Input and output Jacks - Switchcraft

Switches - Carling

Transformers - wide bandwidth interleaved windings

Speaker - 400 watt cast frame Eminence (same response as the discontinued Electro - voice EVM12L)

Cabinet wood - Selected American flamed hard maple

 

SIZE AND WEIGHT

Height - 51 cm (19.89")
Width - 47 cm (18.33")
Depth - 30 cm (11.7")

Weight - 30 Kg (66 lbs)

 

PACKAGE CONTENT

AMPLIFIER 1
COVER
OWNERS MANUAL
BIAS ADJUSTEMENT CABLE
SPARE FUSES SET
MAINS CABLE
FOOTSWITCH PEDAL
STEREO FOOTSWITCH CABLE

optional: FLIGHT CASE

 

 

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