Tube Amp Screamer 50 Guitar-Amplifier Operator´s Manual Please, first read this manual carefully!
Screamer 50 - delivers the sonic goods—tons of tone and palette of hip sounds from squeaky clean to hi-gain shred and everything in between. This all-tube beast is your first choice for many different sound styles! With a host of practical features and a clearly-arranged control panel, handling this amp is a piece of cake. The Screamer's opulent visuals are certainly arresting, but its unique, creamy tube tone and silky spring reverb truly set this amplifier apart.
10 Lead Volume: Volume control for the Lead channel (pre-FX loop, influences the Send level). Use this knob to dial in the desired balance of levels between the Lead and Clean channels. 11 Gain Lo/Hi: When you press this button, the input sensitivity of both channels is increased. 12 13 14 15 The Hi-Gain function actually turns Clean into a "Crunch" channel, and Lead into a "Heavy Lead" channel.
A TIP from the Designer: If you want to control the amplifier via a MIDI system, use jacks 20 and 21 and a Looper or MIDI Switcher (e.g. ENGL Z-11). Use two stereo ¼" cords to connect the ENGL MIDI Switcher Z-11 (optional). You can then preset the four switching functions Clean/Lead, Gain Lo/Hi, V.L.S. and Reverb via the Switcher, store your custom switching setups as different MIDI programs and activate the presets via a MIDI board (e.g. ENGL Z-12). 22 F.X. Loop Send: Signal output for the Effects loop.
The different options for controlling the Screamer 50 amp remotely: CUSTOM FOOTSWITCH PORT CAUTION ! FOOTSWITCH ! BALANCED LINE OUTPUT DO NOT OPEN ! RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK ! DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE ! F.X. LOOP Connect To Custom Footswitch Only ! Amp-Design by Horst Langer SEND 1. RETURN BALANCE DRY EFFECT Crunch Hi Gain Connect To 8 MADE IN GERMANY OR 16 AND 16 OR-> 16 8 OHMS PARALLEL 1 x 8 OHMS 2 x 16 OHMS COMBO: INTERNAL SPEAKER 2.
Handling and Care Protect the amp from mechanical knocks (tubes!). Let the amp cool down before you transport it (approx. 10 minutes). Tubes need about 20 seconds to warm up after you switch the power on, and furtheron a few minutes before they reach their full power capability. Avoid storing the amp in damp or dusty rooms, they are hard on jacks, switches and potentiometers. Make sure air can circulate at the rear and top of the amp to allow for adequate cooling (increases component life).
