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INSIDE THIS OWNER’S MANUAL

Greetings from Bruce Egnater ......................................... 2

Armageddon is here!  ........................................................ 3

Important Information ..................................................... 4

Safety Precautions ............................................................. 5

Front Panel Explained ...................................................... 6-7

Finding the Sound You Want ........................................... 8-9

The Rear Panel Explained / MIDI ................................... 10-11

Power Tube Bias Explained .............................................. 12-13 

Tech Talk: Sound Dispersion ........................................... 14

Tech Talk: Identifying Problems...................................... 15

Connecting your speakers ................................................ 16

Armageddon footswitch .................................................... 17

Armageddon Specifications / Tube Chart ....................... 18

Your Settings ...................................................................... 19

Warranty & Contact ......................................................... 20

Greetings………..

I would like to personally thank you for choosing Egnater as your “Tone Partner”. Our 

goal is to provide you with the best tools we can to help you express yourself to the 

fullest. Your amplifier is an integral piece in your never ending “Tone Quest”. Our  

commitment to helping you achieve that goal is our passion. Our hope is that you will 

take advantage of the years of innovative tube amp designs we offer and use it to find 

the sound that is “in your head”. 

Thank you for putting your trust in Egnater.

Best Regards,

Bruce Egnater

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Summary of Contents for Armageddon

Page 1: ...Owner s Manual 120 watt Tube Amplifier...

Page 2: ...ons Tube Chart 18 Your Settings 19 Warranty Contact 20 Greetings I would like to personally thank you for choosing Egnater as your Tone Partner Our goal is to provide you with the best tools we can to...

Page 3: ...Switch Channel 2 3 o Shared 3 Band EQ o Independent Volume Gain Controls o Tight Bright Voicing Switches o High Low Gain Switch Built in ISP DecimatorTM G String Noise Reduction with Threshold Contro...

Page 4: ...use caution when moving the cart apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip over 13 Unplug the apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time 14 Refer all servicing to q...

Page 5: ...lacement or biasing 17 SERVICING The user should not attempt any service to the amplifier beyond that described in the operating instructions All other servicing should be referred to qualified servic...

Page 6: ...normal EQ controls TIGHT This switch is really GREAT for tightening up the low end especially when pushing the gain It works by cutting the deep bass at the beginning of the pre amp Setting the TIGHT...

Page 7: ...wer amp section and affects all channels Higher set tings create a really big full low end Use this control sparingly at high volumes Excessive bass boost at high volumes can cause some speakers to br...

Page 8: ...TONE SETTINGS CHANNEL 1 ALMOST ACOUSTIC CLEAN TRY CUTTING THE MIDRANGE IN THE MASTER SECTION FOR THIS TONE CALIFORNIA CLEAN BRITISH CLEAN AMERICAN BLUES BRIT ROCK RHYTHM TONE SETTINGS CHANNEL 1 8...

Page 9: ...L 2 3 9 CLASSIC BRITISH ROCK AMERICAN HEAVY ROCK METAL RHYTHM DEATH METAL SCREAMIN SOLO TONE SETTINGS CHANNEL 2 3 TRY USING THE MASTER MIDRANGE WITH DEPTH SET AT 1 00 TRY USING THE MASTER MIDRANGE WIT...

Page 10: ...y response of this output closely mimics the sound of a mic d speaker cabinet Using this output is great for getting a consistent recording or live output from your rig re gardless of what mics are av...

Page 11: ...move the eight small switches ON or OFF according to your spe cific needs See below for switch functions S1 through S4 are used to set the MIDI channel 1 16 the Armageddon receives data on See the cha...

Page 12: ...read the following instructions on how to use this cool feature You will need a decent quality digital voltmeter capable of measuring in the 100 to 200 millivolts DC range This is a very basic type of...

Page 13: ...ter with you If a tube fails at a gig you could be back up and running in a matter of minutes You wouldn t drive your car without a spare tire right In a pinch you may continue to use your Armageddon...

Page 14: ...wd thinks our tone is as awesome as we think or is it Great so what can you do about it The key is to place your speakers so you are hearing the same thing as everyone else If you can get the cabinets...

Page 15: ...this will quite possibly blow up your tube amp that was probably not broken until you did this Plus if you have every thing cranked and by some chance things suddenly start working you will probably d...

Page 16: ...ame impedance simply take the impedance of one cab divided by the number of cabinets For example if you have two 16 ohm cabs simply divide 16 by 2 for a total load of 8 ohms The MAIN USE FIRST and the...

Page 17: ...annels simply set the appropriate mini toggles to the up position as shown above and the loop will automatically come on with that channel Of course even in the pre set mode you can manually turn the...

Page 18: ...hannel 2 Channel 3 Effects Loop Master Midrange Reverb and ISP DecimatorTM G String Preset the Master Midrange to Any of The Three Channels Assign the Effects Loop to and of the three channels Connect...

Page 19: ...CE BOOST YOU WILL PROBABLY WANT 3 TRY TO KEEP A REASONABLE BALANCE BETWEEN THE CHANNEL VOLUMES AND THE MAIN MASTER DON T CRANK THE CHANNEL VOLUMES AND THEN HAVE THE MAIN MASTER BARELY ON OR VICE VERSA...

Page 20: ...obtained from our Customer Service Department prior to shipping the product Please contact our Customer Service Department for the Authorized Egnater Service Center nearest you Products must be shippe...

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