Mesa/Boogie Three Channel Dual & Triple Rectifier Solo Heads Owner'S Manual Download Page 1

Owner’s Manual

SUBWAY

®

 

BASS DI-PREAMP

Summary of Contents for Three Channel Dual & Triple Rectifier Solo Heads

Page 1: ...Owner s Manual SUBWAY BASS DI PREAMP ...

Page 2: ...ou are the new owner of an amp bred of fine heritage benefitting from the many pioneering and patented MESA circuits as well as fresh cutting edge research and development efforts leading to this new and exciting model We feel confident that this amp will inspire many hours of musical satisfaction and lasting enjoyment It was built with you in mind by players who know the value of a fine musical i...

Page 3: ...______________________________________________________________________ 3 POWER LED_____________________________________________________________________________________ 3 REAR PANEL CONTROLS FEATURES POWER JACK___________________________________________________________________________________ 4 OPERATING POWER REQUIREMENTS_______________________________________________________________ 4 PREAMP OUT ...

Page 4: ...d No naked flame sources such as lighted candles should be placed on the apparatus The apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and no objects filled with liquids such as drinks or vases shall be placed on the apparatus WARNING To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture To avoid damaging your speakers and other playback equipment tu...

Page 5: ...troduction of the BASS 400 and later in 1988 the BASS 400 with its stunning Pitch Punch and Power delivered by an additional 6 x 6L6s to bring the total to twelve 6L6s in the mighty power section The 400 went on to become a classic used by the world s most talented bassists for two decades Paul McCartney Mark King Stanley Clark Jack Blades Michael Anthony Blasko and Bootsy Collins are but a few of...

Page 6: ... preamp with small compact style cabinets and especially with large amounts of bass eq boost be aware of the possibility of damage due to overpowering at higher volumes ACTIVE PASSIVE SWITCH This switch sets the sensitivity of the J FET input buffer Often though not always an active bass may have a signal level up to 10dB greater than a typical passive bass If you find that you are operating the g...

Page 7: ... not have enough rig for the gig and more speaker is needed This is a shelving style filter LOW MID CONTROL This active EQ control is responsible for the amount of low midrange frequencies present in the signal relative to the rest of the spectrum Low mid frequencies centered at 200Hz are responsible for the earthy woody character of the tone This is an active control with boost and cut the amount...

Page 8: ...s use in their rigs Combined with the THRU 1 4 PREAMP OUT and DIRECT OUT the SUBWAY DI PREAMP becomes the ultimate swiss army knife fly rig or backup tool that guarantees getting your familiar tone even when using existing stage monitoring power amps cabs or PA systems commonly found at venues The wide range of connectivity options also makes it invaluable in more advanced rig building application...

Page 9: ...ommon connection from pin 1 on the XLR DIRECT OUT connector only Balanced outputs do not rely on the pin 1 or shield connection to transmit signal to the audio console While pin 1 is always connected to console s ground bus often due to differences in potential of a building s ground earth system currents will flow between grounds if there is a common connection resulting in hum By lifting the gro...

Page 10: ...the ring floats or is not solidly connected to sleeve at the other end 5 If these do not solve your problem it s possible that your DI PREAMP has failed Call our Customer Service department and we will help you get this resolved YES Possible causes to check in this order are 1 GAIN and MASTER VOLUME controls must be turned up for the PREAMP OUTPUTS to work 2 When using the PREAMP OUTPUTS with an e...

Page 11: ...strument cable into the instrument input to turn the DI PREAMP on if hum is greatly reduced or eliminated this means that the noise is entering from outside the DI PREAMP Try a known good instrument cable and or bass 2 Defective battery in active bass or DI PREAMP causing excessive noise replace battery 3 If there is neon or fluorescent lighting close by it s possible that EMI electromagnetic inte...

Page 12: ...NG ACTIVE PASSIVE POWER ON DEEP INPUT BASS TREBLE MASTER LOW MID HIGH MID INSTRUMENT INPUT THRU OUTPUT SUBWAY BASS DI PREAMP VOICING ACTIVE PASSIVE POWER ON DEEP INPUT BASS TREBLE MASTER LOW MID HIGH MID INSTRUMENT INPUT THRU OUTPUT SUBWAY BASS DI PREAMP PAGE 8 ...

Page 13: ...USER SETTINGS VOICING ACTIVE PASSIVE POWER ON DEEP INPUT BASS TREBLE MASTER LOW MID HIGH MID INSTRUMENT INPUT THRU OUTPUT SUBWAY BASS DI PREAMP PAGE 9 PLAYERS NOTES AND REMINDERS ...

Page 14: ... kg note 3 note 1 measured approx 1 octave from knee note 2 including feet and controls note 3 not including battery MESA Boogie continually develops new products and improves existing ones For this reason specifications and information in this manual are subject to change without notice SERVICE INFORMATION USA CANADA Customer Support For technical support troubleshooting tone questions settings h...

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Page 17: ...a Class B device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation ...

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