Specifications

As with most guitar amplifiers, the TREBLE control is the strongest of the three rotary tone controls. Its setting on the MAVERICK
determines the blend and strength of the MIDDLE and BASS controls. Set high, it is the dominant control, mini-control, minimiz-
ing the amount of MID and BASS that would be possible in the mix. Set low, the TREBLE
becomes the recessive control and a warmer, darker blend is produced. Dial with care. Subtle
tweaking of this control tends to produce the best results.
Through endless daily tone dreaming, the “if-only” design dictum led to the dial-in-gain boost. In the MAVERICK a third dirty rhythm
sound was made possible by the inclusion of the RHYTHM CHANNEL’S dual purpose MID Control. From
to about the taper
is adjusted to act as a very effective MID control. As you increase the MID to
and
above, you will hear the lower Mids getting more pronounced and fatter.
At about
the MID leaves behind the old notion of being a tone control and be-
comes a truly usuable gain control. This upper range
is a smokin’ addition to the
RHYTHM channel’s VOLUME (Gain) control for all kinds of higher gain rhythm sounds.
Try the MIDRANGE control set high and the VOLUME (Gain) control at about
for a cool blues solo sound. If this still isn’t crazy enough for you...Max the VOLUME
(Gain) and TREBLE controls and plug into a 4x12 with some Celestion Vintage 30’s or
25’s. This should be sufficently grinding for all you crunch fiends. As you can see, the
versatility that this dual purpose MID control lends to the RHYTHM channel greatly expands its usefulness as both a clean and
overdrive channel. The LEAD channel uses a normal (non-boost) MIDRANGE control as there’s no need for added gain. In other
words, what you find in the top channel’s MIDRANGE control from
through is spread out across the entire range of the control
in the bottom channel.
NOTE: The lower region of the MID control determines midrange punch and boldness in lower gain sounds and a smooth vocal blend
in high gain sounds. It can be very effective acting as a “cut through the band control” in certain situations. Dial to taste, remembering
that the setting of the TREBLE control greatly effects this control’s strength.
This control blends in the lower frequencies, and its effectiveness, again, depends on the setting of the TREBLE control. It should be
set with moderation, as extreme settings in either low or high directions can produce an unbalanced tone. Be “especially”especially
careful in higher VOLUME settings of either channel. Too much Bass will cause a flabby unfocused sound that can’t be dialed out
because excessive Bass has been introduced to the pre-amp in the early stages.
Try setting the BASS control to
for clean sounds in the RHYTHM channel
and
or below when dialing up high gain overdriven sounds in this channel.
In the LEAD channel, try setting the BASS control somewhere between
and
.
These settings will vary with the amount of VOLUME and TREBLE you have
dialed up.
FRONT PANEL (Continued)
TREBLE:
VOLUME TREBLE
INPUT
FOOT
SWITCH
MIDRANGE:
VOLUME TREBLE MID
INPUT
FOOT
SWITCH
BASS
:
VOLUME TREBLE MID BASS
INPUT
FOOT
SWITCH
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