FIREBIRD® Version 1.
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS CAUTION: To reduce the risk of electrical shock, do not remove the cover (or back). No user serviceable parts inside; refer servicing to qualified personnel. WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or electrical shock, do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture. This symbol, wherever it appears, alerts you to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage inside the enclosure – voltage that may be sufficient to constitute a risk of shock.
1. INTRODUCTION With the FIREBIRD you purchased a retro-style guitar amp that offers you lots of practical uses in a really cool design. When developing the GX108, our top-priority goal was to perfect the sound of vintage analog guitar amps and combine it with a set of useful connection and expansion options. With the FIREBIRD GX108 we purposefully went back to the roots of guitar amplification.
1.2 Control elements 1.2.1 Front panel Fig. 1.1: Front panel control elements 1 INPUT is the GX108’s 1/4" jack input for your guitar. Use a commercial 1/4" jack mono cable with good mechanical and electrical shielding. 2 The GAIN control governs the degree of distortion produced by your GX108. + As high gain settings result in an output signal with plenty of treble frequencies, it might be necessary to adapt the high-frequency range with the TREBLE control.
8 FUSE HOLDER / VOLTAGE SELECTOR. Please make sure that your local voltage matches the voltage indicated on the unit, before you attempt to connect and operate the GX108. Blown fuses may only be replaced by fuses of the same type and rating. Some models allow for inserting the fuse holder in two different positions, in order to switch over from 230-V to 115-V operation, and vice versa. Please note that for 115-V operation outside Europe, you need to use a fuse of a higher rating (see chapter 1.1).
Fig. 2.1: Wiring of mono and PHONES jacks 3. SPECIFICATIONS AUDIO INPUTS Guitar input Tape input 1/4" mono jack, approx. 1 MΩ unbalanced Cinch connector, approx. 25 kΩ unbalanced AUDIO OUTPUTS Phones output Tape output 1/4" stereo jack Cinch connector, approx. 1kΩ unbalanced SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS Power amp output 15 Watts / 8 Ω LOUDSPEAKER Type Impedance Power handling 8" special custom-made speaker 8Ω 25 Watts POWER SUPPLY Mains voltages Mains connection U.S./Canada 120 V ~, 60 Hz U.K.
4. WARRANTY § 1 WARRANTY CARD/ONLINE REGISTRATION To be protected by the extended warranty, the buyer must complete and return the enclosed warranty card within 14 days of the date of purchase to BEHRINGER Spezielle Studiotechnik GmbH, in accordance with the conditions stipulated in § 3. Failure to return the card in due time (date as per postmark) will void any extended warranty claims. Based on the conditions herein, the buyer may also choose to use the online registration option via the Internet (www.
