Warning!
Make sure you turn your amp off when you switch tubes and be careful, the tubes might be very
hot!! Do not touch tube sockets with fingers! Even after turning your amp off and unplugging it
from the power outlet, there could be enough voltage stored in the capacitors to give you a lethal
electrical shock.
4. Speakers and Cabinets
While you can use your Goldfinger with any cabinets we have special designed matching types. Please
make sure you match the amps impedance with your cabinet as explained in
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The 2x12 open back cabinet has a Celestion G12H30 and GB25 at 8 ohms total impedance, the 1x12
combo and cabinet uses a Celestion V30 at 16 ohms.
2x12 closed back speakers TBA at release!
Subject to change, depending on availability of Speakers!
For Ultimate Classic Rock tones, Reinhold prefers our 4x12 cabinet loaded with Celestion Greenbacks.
5. Troubleshooting
Make sure you read and understand the safety instructions!! Repairs should be done only by
knowledgeable Technicians!! Always make sure your Cables, Guitars, Effects and Extension Cabinets
are working and hooked up correctly. If you think something is wrong with your Amp, play straight into the
Amp with nothing else hooked up other than a Guitar. That way you can make sure it is the Amp. If you
own a combo unplug the internal speaker and hook up an external speaker cabinet to make sure it's only
the amp that is faulty. For noise, check the appropriate preamp tubes (refer to 3.). Tubes are delicate and
have a limited life span, depending on operating time, temperature and mechanical influences. 99% of all
sound and noise problems come from preamp tube failure.
We let our amps run for at least two days before we ship them to make sure that the tubes work properly
but since they have glass housing and delicate little plates inside them it can happen that they get
damaged during shipping. Please don't feel discouraged. We don't manufacture tubes and can only retest
them to make sure they're okay.
6.
Fuses
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To check the fuses, use an Ohmmeter to make sure they're blown, because sometimes you can't see if
they're blown. Only 5x20mm types are used. The Main fuse for 100 and 117 volt models should be 3A
(2A for 220-240 volt). The HT fuse should be ½ A. The HT fuse usually blows if your power tubes are bad
to protect the power amp circuit from getting damaged. If the Main fuse blows it could be just a voltage
peak from your power outlet. Put a new one in and see what happens. If it blows again give us a call.
Reinhold Bogner
BOGNER AMPLIFICATION
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