you set all tone controls to or slightly higher than the center or 12 o'clock position. For
higher-gain Crunch sounds, your best bet is to turn the Treble knob down to prevent
the pickups and speakers from generating feedback (a setting in the 10-to -1 o'clock
range is recommended). Bear in mind that you also have the Bright (2) and the Clean
Bright (9) button at your disposal for shaping the high frequency range.
Reverb intensity knob. Twist it to adjust the amount of reverb for Channel 1 (
and
). Turn the Reverb control knob clockwise to increase the effect's intensity.
The signal remains completely dry when the knob is set to the 7 o'clock position or if
Reverb is deactivated via a footswitch. You can switch the reverb unit on and off using
a Z-9 Custom Footswitch connected to the S.A.C. Port (34) or a footswitch connected
to jack (35). The reverb unit is always on if you do not plug a footswitch into the port
(34) or jack (35).
7 Reverb
Clean
Crunch
8 Volume 1
9 CleanBright
Atipfromthedesigner:
10 Off/OnCH1
Determines the level of Channel 1
and
). Twist this knob to adjust
Channel 1's volume and dial in the desired balance of levels with Channel 2. Because
this volume control is located pre effects loop, it also determines the effects send level
for Channel 1. The green LED to the right of the knob lights up to indicate Channel 1 is
on.
This feature boosts the upper end of the high frequency range in Channel 1, affecting
the Lo Gain stage only (Clean mode). The Gain knob setting has no influence on Clean
Bright's intensity.
Activate
in
mode to up the twang factor inherent in certain types of
guitars, and put a set of sonic cow horns on those that lack it.
affects the
Lo Gain stage only, so you can use it to tweak the tone to taste, activating it to target
and boost top-end frequencies at the clean end of Channel 1's gain range.
(2)
also affects the Lo Gain range, so activating both
and
really boosts
those high-range frequencies, adding all the sparkle and top-end shimmer you could
want to the Lo Gain stage (or Clean mode). If you feel this is too much of a good thing,
simply deactivate
.
This button's status determines if the settings of the two power amp EQ knobs
and
affect Channel 1. Pressing the button sets it to
; in this
case, any adjustment of two
and
knob settings also shapes
Channel 1's tone. If you set it to
, the two knobs have no impact on Channel 1's
tone. Disengaging the button activates a filter configuration in the power amp's
feedback circuit. Optimized for Clean & Crunch modes, this filtering setup shapes
Channel 1's frequency
(Clean
Crunch
Clean Bright Clean
Clean Bright
Bright
Bright
Clean Bright
Clean Bright
Presence
Depth Punch
On
Presence
Depth Punch
Off
response.
Disengaging this button – that is, setting it to the
position - disables the
two Presence and Depth Punch knobs for Channel 1. Whatever you do to these control
knobs - twist, turn, dial, or tweak – will not affect the amp's response!
Heads up:
Off
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