User manual

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The GCS-3 is a Direct Injection (DI) box with user adjustable guitar cabinet simulation
and a headphone output. Designed for studio and stage use, the GCS-3 is an all-
analog circuit that runs from a standard 9-volt AC adapter or a pedal board supply.
Internally it runs at 18 volts for better headroom.
 Turn any full-range passive or powered monitor speaker or sound system
into a dynamic guitar cabinet, loaded with your choice of drivers.
 Record directly from your pedal board without speakers or microphones.
 Get guitar cabinet feedback from your stage monitor.
 Connect directly to the output of your power amp.
 Also functions as a full frequency range DI box in the “bypass” mode
The new ADA Guitar Cabinet Simulator (GCS-3) is an easy-to-use guitar cabinet
simulator designed for guitar players and sound engineers who are looking for high
quality analog solutions for amplifying and recording electric guitar without the need for
power amps, speaker cabinets or microphones. With the GCS-3 you can easily get the
most realistic tone and dynamics of a guitar speaker cabinet directly from your guitar
preamp or your pedal board or from the output of your power amp. It can be used to
deliver your guitar tone in live performance and recording studio environments. The
GCS-3 can send a cabinet simulated guitar signal to a mixing console to feed both the
house sound system and your stage monitors. The use of a floor monitor allows the
guitarist to produce feedback the same way a head and stack or combo amp would.
The outputs of the GSC-2 include a PASS THRU jack so you can send an unaffected