And in case you were wondering: yes, both the HAPPY and ANGRY channels are
not
entirely
stable. With many settings of the controls, you will hear loud screeches, background noise,
oscillations, and even “motorboating”. It's what you wanted—unstable and evil. Okay?
The reverb circuits are also not clean. We worked very hard to cram separate reverb into each
channel. They use gen-you-wine Accutronics reverb springs. If you want clean reverb, buy
something else. If you really must have a “conventional” sound, keep the INPUT LEVEL
controls down below the 9 o'clock level. And excuse us as we snigger at you.
When you have speakers attached, plug your instrument in, and set the amp controls thus:
HAPPY: INPUT LEVEL at 12 o'clock, PHASE and REVERB fully counterclockwise, BASS-MID-
TREBLE at 12 o'clock, and MASTER VOLUME at 9 o'clock.
ANGRY: INPUT LEVEL at 12 o'clock, REAM and REVERB fully counterclockwise, BASS-MID-
TREBLE at 12 o'clock, and MASTER VOLUME at 9 o'clock.
Hit the power switch (on the back panel). There is no standby switch, because standby
switches are stupid (they do NOT improve the lifetime of the tubes), and few people use them
properly anyway. Yes, most guitar players are imbeciles.
Hit the ENABLE switch on the HAPPY channel. Play. Sounds awful? Ha ha ha. Twiddle the
tone controls. Big deal. (Yes, just like the tone controls on most guitar amps, if you turn the
bass, mid and treble all the way down, they kill the entire signal.)
Try turning up the REVERB. Note that it's probably noisy. Some people like that.
You can fiddle with the PHASE knob now. It uses a phase inverter circuit to mix together the
straight and inverted instrument signal. At midpoint, the primary signal is canceled out—
leaving only the distortion of the preamp circuit. Fascinating. I've never seen it on a tube
guitar amp, though it appears on solid-state amps occasionally.
Now, if you dare, hit the DRIVE switch. It adds a “reasonable” amount of overdrive distortion.
Please note that the MASTER VOLUME controls are not linked. Each channel is separate from
the other. Don't like it? Eat me. If you can find one, use a stereo volume pedal inserted into the
send-return jacks.
Disable the HAPPY channel and enable ANGRY. Beware—it has a LOT more distortion than
the HAPPY channel. Try the various controls. The REAM YOUR ASS knob adds a feedback
loop in the ANGRY preamp, making it oscillate in an unpredictable fashion. As if it wasn't
prone to oscillation already. You wanted MORE GAIN, here it is.
Recording and miking the G-1000 is up to you. If you're itching for more volume, you can
always take the SEND outputs and run them to a larger outboard power amp. Note that the
MASTER VOLUMEs occur AFTER the send-return, and will not control the level of the send
outputs.
