Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of the D
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O Amplifier from Dusky Electronics.
Your amplifier is designed to provide you a lifetime of dependable service and
superior sound, while allowing you to achieve your artistic goals with a minimum
of fuss.
We encourage you to register your amplifier at the Dusky Electronics website. You
can do so at
https://duskyamp.com/pieces/register
You do not have to be the original owner to register. Registration is required for
any warranty work for the original owner and may also help to establish a record
of ownership in the event it may be required for insurance purposes or tracking
down the provenance of a stolen amp.
Overview
The Dusky Electronics D
₂
O Amplifier is a 32watt vacuum tube instrument
amplifier head designed for use with any electronic instrument, especially electric
guitar or bass. The D
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O Amplifier supports speaker loads of 4Ω, 8Ω, or 16Ω. The
32watt output may be reduced to 8 watts by means of a rearmounted toggle
switch, allowing a greater amount of breakup distortion to be achieved at lower
sound pressure levels. The D
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O Amplifier's complement of tone controls is unique
in the market and allows a wide range of control while remaining easy to use,
making the D
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O uniquely adaptable to just about any instrument, speaker
cabinet, or musical situation.
The D
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O Amplifier is a new, original design amplifier that employs a classic
architecture—a minimal, clean twostage preamplifier driving a cathode biased
power amplifier section. As signal level increases the power amplifier section is
driven into distortion just a little before the preamplifier section, much like many
classic guitars amplifiers from the 1950s and 1960s.
The Front and Rear Panels
Pictured here is the front control panel of the D
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O Amplifier:
From left to right we have: