may find you need to reduce the bass control. As with all the EQ pots, adjust
to taste!
MIDDLE
Controls the midrange frequencies in your sound. Run the middle control
higher to help cut through a band mix, or generally fatten and ‘widen’ your
sound. Run it lower for a lighter, less ‘in-your-face’ kind of sound.
TREBLE
Controls the high frequency content of your sound and is also a powerful tone
shaper when it comes to overdrive character.
EFFECTS LOOP
The V10 has an effects loop, which is a simple, low impedance, series loop.
The SEND socket is for connection to the input of effects units. On the V10 it is
a lower impedance version of the signal that appears at the INPUT. Use the
send to connect to floor pedals or rack effects such as Delay, Chorus and
Reverb etc.
Effects such as Overdrive, Fuzz, Wah Wah and Tuners often give better results
plugged into the Instrument Input on the front panel. The Send socket can also
be used on its own to send a signal to another amplifier.
The RETURN socket is for connection to the output of effects units. When not
used it is internally connected to the SEND, therefore the EFFECTS LOOP can
be ignored if not in use. It can also be used as a small signal ‘Slave’ input from
another amplifier but DO NOT plug an amplifier’s speaker output into the
Return socket or very bad things will happen.
The RETURN socket is also very useful for fault diagnosis. If your V10 doesn’t
produce any sound when played, plug the guitar directly into the RETURN
socket and play. This bypasses the entire pre-amplifier section and sends the
guitar signal through just the output stage. If sound is now heard then the
problem is in the pre-amp section and is likely to be a faulty pre-amp valve.
NOVAL MASTER
This controls the amount of signal being sent through the 9-Pin or ‘NOVAL’
valve in the output stage of the V10. This is factory fitted as an EL84. Varying
this control in conjunction with the OCTAL Master will set the stage or overall
volume of the V10. If both MASTERs are turned to maximum, then the V10
becomes a non-master volume amplifier where the Gain control in
