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Rivera VENUS 5, Owner'S Manual

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High gain shred

-(Master pulled for boost)

         

Channel 2

Clean Jazz

-(knobs are pushed in)

  

  

Spanky clean, Reggae

-(Treble Bright pulled)

 

  

Blackface tone

-(Middle Notch pulled)

 

   

Blues

-(Treble Bright pulled and switch on back to vintage)

  

   

Front Panel

High Gain input

 This is a high-sensitivity input. If your guitar has hot pickups, then 

plugging into it makes it easy to overdrive the preamp section, creating harmonic 
distortion. Guitars equipped with low-output pickups seem hotter than usual when plugged 
into this input.

Summary of Contents for VENUS 5

Page 1: ...can deliver the tone you want and of course the dependability you need It s as simple as that And it s exactly why you bought your RIVERA amp For that we thank you and we re confident that you ll enj...

Page 2: ...dress Date of Purchase Packing Information Unpacking Before you plug in inspect your Venus 5 amp for any damage Your amp was inspected and sound tested before shipment but transportation can sometimes...

Page 3: ...ke a quick look inside the back of your amp Make sure of the following 1 The tubes are securely seated in their sockets 2 Venus 5 amp A speaker cord is plugged into the Speaker 1 output this jack must...

Page 4: ...tch Now it s time to rock After you ve played with your Venus 5 for a while check out the rest of the manual for some good tips on getting the most out of your amp Quick Start Settings If you re looki...

Page 5: ...h pulled Blues Treble Bright pulled and switch on back to vintage Front Panel High Gain input This is a high sensitivity input If your guitar has hot pickups then plugging into it makes it easy to ove...

Page 6: ...ch also selects channels the Volume s pull switch can be activated with the FS 7R plugged in or not but to control the amp from the footswitch keep the switch pushed in See info on the FS 7R and its f...

Page 7: ...has a lot o bass and midrange If you are seeking clean comping or rhythm tones having the notch pulled out 250Hz will allow for more string definition and headroom Conversely a single coil equipped g...

Page 8: ...plug and have a SEMKO VDE style cord Australia uses a different type of plug as does England and South Africa as well Note Avoid using long power extension cords Long cords have sufficient resistance...

Page 9: ...mer or other components could be damaged You can use 8 or 16 ohm extension cabinets either alone or in pairs one into each speaker output A 2 ohm speaker cabinet alone or a pair of 4 ohm extension spe...

Page 10: ...en t sure if your speaker load is correct contact your RIVERA dealer or call RIVERA Customer Service If unequal speaker cabinets loads i e a 4 ohm cabinet and an 8 ohm cabinet are used together unequa...

Page 11: ...s Loop levels 1 After you connect the amp s Send and Return with the signal processor s input and output set the amp s Send Level and Return Level between 5 and 6 2 Plug in your guitar turn the signal...

Page 12: ...umber of speaker cabinets you use always make sure that the Venus 5 s Impedance Selector is set to match the speaker cabinet s impedance Driving internal and one external speaker cabinet In this confi...

Page 13: ...s are connected to both RIVERA amps Slaving a second amp Connect a shielded cord from your Venus s Line Out to the Power Amp In or Effects Loop Return of a second amp All volume and tone changes made...

Page 14: ...o the line input or channel input of a mixer or recorder The signal comes from the amp s output stage so all tone distortion and overdrive characteristics are included You can use the Effects Loop Sen...

Page 15: ...s push straight into their sockets Never try to twist them Also note that some of the tubes are inside of metal sleeves These are easy to remove for checking the tubes Grasp the sleeve with your finge...

Page 16: ...speaker cable or cables to see if they are disconnected or shorted 6 Check for blown speakers 7 If a fuse is blown replace it if it blows again refer your amp to qualified service personnel The amp sh...

Page 17: ...you replace tubes It s no accident that your amp has two common types of tubes They re great sounding and reliable and it s easy to find replacements Here s a tube chart to show you which tubes go wh...

Page 18: ...he High Gain or Low Gain inputs and the Master controls turned down to 5 or below turn the amp on Turn up the Volume on Channel 1 or Channel 2 Now use the tip of a pencil to gently tap the end of each...

Page 19: ...y Tubes We are very critical in our testing of our tubes and throw away many that do not make our grade All of our amps are built with matched tubes that are graded as well When you need to purchase r...

Page 20: ...feet Width 23 1 4 Depth 12 Weight 58 lbs estimate Cabinet material 3 4 and 5 8 thick Birch Plywood Cabinet thickness 3 4 Construction Dadoed joints Covering vinyl Cleaning of vinyl covering Moist clo...

Page 21: ...but not limited to any malfunction defects or failure caused by or resulting from unauthorized service or parts damage resulting from improper packaging when returning product damaged or broken tubes...

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