Owner`s manual

MASTER
FX
PRESENCEREVERB
GAIN
TREBLEMIDBASS
INPUTFT.SW
CLEAN
VINTAGE
HIGH GAIN
MODERN
HIGH GAIN
BLUES
POWER
ONON
STANDBY
TREMOLO
DEPTH SPEED
OFF
RED
OFF
ORANGE
LOOP
ACTIVE
MASTER
HEAD VERSION
FRONT PANEL:
First familiarize yourself with the layout of the front panel and locate the Footswitch Input jack. This jack, when connected to your
footswitch will allow you to select either the Lead or Rhythm channel remotely. The rear panel Channel Select toggle must be in the
UP position (ORANGE.) If you don’t have a footswitch available, the Channel Switch located on the rear panel ( far left end of panel
if facing front of amp ) will activate this switching procedure. Before we get intimate with each control, let’s audition the two channels
with a basic clean setting in the VINTAGE ORANGE ( Rhythm Channel ) and a fairly high gain overdriven sound in the MODERN RED
(Lead Channel.)
POWER-UP: First remove the protective covers from the tubes (plastic webbing) before connecting the A.C. cord to a power recep-
tacle. Connect your favorite guitar to the Instrument Input jack. Turn the power switch “ON” while leaving the STANDBY Switch set to
“STANDBY.” (It is always a good idea to practice this start up procedure as at least 30 seconds of warm-up time lessens the shock on
cold power tubes, thus prolonging their life substantially.) Next, using the example below as a guide, set the controls as illustrated and
turn the STANDBY Switch to the “ON” position to listen to the two distinctly different channels using either the footswitch or the
Channel Select toggle switch as mentioned in the paragraph above.
The above settings are merely examples of the channels, VINTAGE ORANGE and MODERN RED. These two channels are voiced
very differently when the Channel Cloning (TM) switch, located on the right side of the rear panel, ( when viewing from the rear ) is set
to NORMAL. The Modes are selected using the mini toggle switch just to the right of the Input and Footswitch jacks. ORANGE is the
softer, sweeter of the two channels and houses two modes of operation “CLEAN” and VINTAGE HIGH GAIN.” The MODERN RED
channel boasts two modes also and these are labled “BLUES” and “MODERN HIGH GAIN.”
NOTE: It is normal to hear a volume level difference when switching from CLEAN to VARIABLE HIGH GAIN. This difference will get
larger as the MASTER volume is increased and the amp is played loud. The MODERN RED channel will display a similar volume
difference when switching modes from “BLUES” to “MODERN HIGH GAIN.”
Since all the modes are extremely useful and versatile, they may all be considered as Variable High Gain modes with CLEAN being
the obvious lower gain of the four. We encourage experimentation as the names we have given each of the modes refers more to a
region of gain than to a stylistic boundary.
Like the Dual Rectifier Solo Head which inspired this incarnation, the amazing sounds of even one of the modes many times left us
with the desire to have two of the same channels. This would allow a player to have two of the same modes with just different settings.
That way a player could use, say, the ORANGE ( VINTAGE HIGH GAIN ) for a crunch rhythm sound and switch to virtually that same
sound with maybe a touch less Treble or a pinch more Gain and a higher Master setting for soloing. Or, maybe one might want to use
the CLEAN mode in the ORANGE channel, yet want the Variable High Gain mode in the ORANGE channel as well for a different type
of blues solo sound. This type of wish listing the channel configuration eventually led to the concept of Channel Cloning (TM.) Since
the switch for this feature is located on the rear panel, we will review it later in the manual under rear panel.
Now that you’ve heard the TREM-O-VERB’S two channels, let’s move on to understanding the controls and their interactive roles
in achieving the sounds that you want to hear.
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