Fulltone tube tape echo, Owner'S Manual

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Let’s Play in Mono!
Refer to Diagrams on Pages 2 and 3
So you’ve gone through all of the steps in the “Initial Set-Up” Chapter?
Now you’re ready to check a few more things and play.
Terms: CW= Clockwise CCW= Counter-Clockwise
1) You’re now running in Mono (only one amplifier) so make sure the Stereo Mode
Switch (see #2) is set to Position 1 or Position 2, it makes no difference which of the
two you choose. But if you set this switch to Position 3 you will only hear the “Echo”
and not the original note, which can be a bit confusing. See “STEREO” chapter for
more in-depth discussion regarding this switch.
2) Now locate the True Bypass Switch (see #3) and toggle back and forth between
“Bypassed” and “On” while strumming some open strings. Is the sound louder when
set to “Bypass” or when set to “On”? Setting this to “On” will send your Guitar signal
through the all-Tube circuitry as well as allow you to add any amount of “Echo” to your
sound. You can adjust the volume with the Guitar Volume knob. (#4) Turning this
knob clockwise will increase the level of the guitar sound.
Tip: Set the “On” sound to be slightly louder than your “bypassed” sound and you will
notice a bigger sound that will drive long lengths of guitar-cable while restoring that
“punch” that is lost when there are too many effects in the signal chain between your
Guitar and Amp.
3) Locate the Record Level trimmer (see #6) and set it to about 3 O’clock. This trimmer
controls the strength of the signal being “printed” to tape. Turning the trimmer CW
increases the recording level. Tip: This trimmer should always be set to 3 O’clock or
higher because, the hotter the recorded signal, the lower the noise and the fatter the
tone of the repeats. But don’t let this talk of Noise concern you…the TTE is quieter
than all analog delay pedals, most digital delay pedals, and many of the most
expensive rackmount units!
4) Locate the Echo Volume knob (see #5) and turn it CW until you hear the desired level
of the Echo Repeats. Turning this CCW makes the Echo repeats more faint sounding.
Notice that there is a white silkscreen to the left of this knob, which highlights the
suggested useable range for the Echo Repeats. When properly set-up, your TTE
should offer an equal volume relationship between the Guitar and the Echo Repeats
with this knob set to about 9 O’clock. Tip: Operating your TTE in this range (or lower)
results in optimal sound quality and lower noise/hiss.
5) Now it’s time to decide what Delay Time you’d like: This can be accomplished by
setting/sliding the position of the moveable Playback Head. (see #20) By sliding the
Playback Head to the right, you are making the repeats slower, also called longer
delay time. By sliding this to the left you are make the repeats faster, also called
shorter delay time.