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Guitar amp
Circuit philosophy
The VANDAL guitar amp offers three different pre-amp modes and two
switchable end stage models. This basic configuration may be
changed via the wrench symbol on the right side of the amp.
The pre-amp has three modes of operation:
Classic (think Fender, early Marshalls, or the first Mesa/Boogie amps)
British (oriented on Marshall Super Lead / "Plexi")
Modern High Gain (design similar to "souped-up" amps like Rectifier, Soldano
or Peavey 6505)
More about pre-amp modes and their properties resulting from channel
selection can be found in the chapter "Pre-amp Channels" (view page 127).
The
last stage has two modes:
Class A, low power: A simple, low-performance, but musically pleasant
distortion. In "A" mode, only a half-wave of the signal is amplified. To do this,
the signal is brought to approximately half of the amplification range of the end