TC Electronic G-Major, User Manual

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10
BASIC SETUPS
Connecting and Setting up the G•Major
There are numerous ways of hooking up guitar rigs. On these pages we have listed some of the
most commonly used setups. We recommend using serial setups where the entire signal passes
through the G•Major. This will give you the maximum benefit from all effect algorithms. As stated
several times in this manual, you should NOT worry about coloring of your sound as TC Electronic
uses top quality converters that does NOT color your tone.
Serial Setup with Preamp and Power Amp
• Connect the Output of your preamp to
the Input of the G•Major.
• Connect the Output of the G•Major to
the Input of your power amp.
• To be able to switch preamp channels
with the G•Major connect the Relay
Jack connection on the G•Major to the
channel switching jacks on the preamp.
(This does not apply for MIDI preamps).
Serial Setup with Preamp and one or two
Combo Amps
• Connect the Output of your preamp to the
Input of the G•Major.
• Connect the Output of the G•Major to either
the Input or the Loop Return of the Combo or
Combos.
• To be able to switch preamp channels with
the G•Major, connect the Relay Jack
connection on the G•Major to the channel
switching jacks on the preamp. (this does not
apply for MIDI preamps).
Using the return on the Combo’s effect loop will
in most cases give you a setup similar to the
power-amp setup described above.
Using the regular Input on the Combo gives you
a “double-preamp” setup where you can use the
tone controls on the Combo to color your
sound. This introduces more noise than when
using the Effect Return connection, but has
become a popular setup with amplifiers like Vox
AC 30, Fender Bassman etc.