METASONIX LIMITED WARRANTY and standard legal disclaimer
Thank you (yeah, right) for purchasing this Metasonix product. The following terms and conditions apply:
1. Warranty period is for one year from date of purchase with proof of purchase submitted. Warranty covers electrical failure of vacuum
tubes and gas-filled tubes, except in cases explained in 3 below.
2. Operating instructions must be followed. This device was intended ONLY for use by AUDIO AND MUSIC PROFESSIONALS.
IT IS NOT
INTENDED FOR USE BY
ORDINARY CONSUMERS!!
Product must not have been damaged as a result of defacement, misuse, abuse, neglect, accident, destruction or alteration of the serial
number, improper electrical voltages or currents, repair, alteration or maintenance by any person or party other than our own service facility
or an authorized service center, use or installation of non-Metasonix replacement parts in the product, or the use of this product outside of
the U.S.A. or Canada, or modification of the product in any way, or incorporation of the product into any other products, or damage to the
product caused by accident, fire, floods, lightning, or acts of God, or any use violative of instructions furnished by Metasonix. It is also not
intended for use as a condom-warmer.
3. Obligations of Metasonix shall be limited to repair or replacement with same or similar unit, at our option. To
obtain repairs under this warranty, present the product and proof of purchase (e.g. bill or invoice) to the authorized
Metasonix service center, transportation charges prepaid. When returning the product for repair, please pack it very
carefully, preferably using the original packaging materials. Please also include an explanatory note.
IMPORTANT:
To save yourself unnecessary cost and inconvenience, please check carefully that you have fully read and followed
the instructions in this instruction manual.
This warranty is in lieu of all other expressed warranties, obligations or liabilities. ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
OBLIGATIONS, OR LIABILITIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, SHALL BE LIMITED IN DURATION TO THE DURATION OF THIS WRITTEN LIMITED
WARRANTY. Some states do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts, so the above limitations may
not apply to you. IN NO EVENT SHALL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
FOR BREACH OF THIS OR ANY OTHER WARRANTY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WHATSOEVER. Some states do not allow the
exclusion or limitation of special, incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation may not apply to you.
This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state.
METASONIX shall not be held liable for any incidental, consequential, or direct damages or expenses associated with
the use or misuse of the G-1000. The audio output of the G-1000 is capable of damaging some types of solid-state
audio equipment; such use is entirely at the risk of the user. METASONIX does not guarantee that any of its products
are designed for any particular use or purpose. The entire risk of suitability and performance of this product lies with
the user. Products manufactured and/or sold by METASONIX are not authorized for use as critical components in
devices used in life support and other systems whose failure or performance could result in compromised safety or
danger to life or property. Don't perform surgery with a G-1000. It has no healing magic, and might have deleterious
effect on gonads.
Did we mention the DANGEROUS HIGH VOLTAGES inside the G-1000?
DO NOT OPEN THE G-1000 unless you're a service technician.
NOTE: All sales are FINAL, especially custom designs. Only a Metasonix authorized dealer is permitted to return
products to Metasonix for a refund or exchange.
WHAT IT DOES
It's a guitar amp, pussyboy. But it's unlike any guitar amp you've ever seen.
Because lots of guitar wankers want GAIN, we gave them TOO MUCH GAIN in the G-1000. I've
personally seen idiots drive the input of a guitar amp with the SPEAKER OUTPUT of ANOTHER guitar
amp. So, instead of pretending there is no guitarist fucknuttery in this happy world, we decided to
offer an amp that's SELF-ABUSING. The G-1000 is not stable in all regimes, and it oscillates and
motorboats in a variety of ways, depending on the control settings. Just like cascaded amps.
If you want to sound like an old Deep Purple album, you came to the wrong place, shitbrain.
The G-1000 is a stereo amp, with a single instrument input and TWO competely independent amplifier
sections. The power amps are identical, each using four 6BK5 power tubes and a phase inverter based
on a 6GU7/6CG7 dual triode. 6BK5s were meant for low-cost TV sets as the audio output. They are
very “undesirable” for modern usage, because they use a LOT of heater current. A pair of 6BK5s uses
2.4 amps of heater current, and produces about 7 watts of audio power. Compare that to a pair of
