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OWNER’S MANUAL

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

 – The SHUTTLE 9.0® bass amplifier has been designed with our unique ULTRA LIGHT 

unified design process, yielding a 900 watt professional, high powered, tour-class, bass guitar amplifier weighing 

only 4 lbs!  State-of-the-art innovations in thermal management modeling allows us to achieve high power and robust 

performance in a compact package. Our PATENT PENDING designs within the Shuttle 9.0® deliver the most power-

ful, lightest, most compact bass amplifier available; blending the best of analog and digital platforms to produce the 

ultimate in warmth, punch and power.

The SHUTTLE 9.0® is equipped with a ¼” unbalanced instrument input, clip detector, mute switch with LED indicator, 

12AX7 tube preamp with extended range variable input gain, 3 switched signal shape filters with LED indicators, 3 

band active equalization with sweepable midrange frequency, master volume control, proprietary output limiter, ¼” 

tuner output, aux. input, effects loop, balanced direct out with ground lift/pre-post/mic-line switches, head phone out-

put, and  2 Neutrik NL-4 “Speak-On”™ speaker jacks.

The power amp is a powerful, lightweight Class D design and is supported by a state-of-the-art high frequency Switch 

Mode Power Supply (SMPS), which does away with the weight of a traditional power transformer. The SHUTTLE 

9.0®’s power supply is usable from 100-240 volts, lending itself well to international touring players. 

Summary of Contents for Shuttle 9.0

Page 1: ...TTLE 9 0 is equipped with a unbalanced instrument input clip detector mute switch with LED indicator 12AX7 tube preamp with extended range variable input gain 3 switched signal shape filters with LED...

Page 2: ...is occurring Adjusting the Preamp Gain and Preamp Volume controls will af fect the over load condition Again overdriving the tube pre amp may be a desirable tone for your playing style PREAMP VOLUME C...

Page 3: ...be in the out position for the footswitch to work properly MASTER VOLUME The master volume control adjusts the overall volume of the amplifier and the effects return Typi cally best results are obtai...

Page 4: ...adphones for silent practice use A speaker load is not required Do not connect this output to anything but headphones FOOT SWITCH This connector is for connecting the optional 4 button foot switch to...

Page 5: ...30V switch position on the Voltage Selector switch There is no externally accessible AC mains line fuse the internal fuse is integral to the SMPS power supply and is not user serviceable This fuse wil...

Page 6: ...should attempt to operate this device In addition by use of this device the user agrees to hold Genz Benz and its designers sales agents and all other affiliates and related parties harmless in the ev...

Page 7: ...on 100 115 230 240 V 50 60 Hz Effective Date 09 01 2009 Conforms to the Following Standards X EN 55013 2001 A1 2003 X EN 55020 2002 A1 2003 X EN 60065 2001 A1 X IEC 61000 3 3 1994 A1 2001 X IEC 61000...

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