EL84s, which use only 1.5 amps and produce 12 watts of audio.
We used 6BK5s because (a) they're deviant, (b) nobody wants them, and (c) they KICK ASS on the
junky tubes most guitar amps use. 6BK5s would also make great high-fidelity power tubes, thanks to
very low distortion and great peak-power capability. But instead, we had to put them in an absolutely
hideous guitar amp. Yes, we suck.
The preamp section of the amp is deviant as well. The very first section is two 6BF6 triodes. All they
do is provide a strong amplified signal to the driver sections of the two amplifiers.
The two preamp driver sections use different lineups of tubes, and thus sound COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT. We won't go into all the details, they'll just confuse your ass. They're weird tubes.
HAPPY:
The one on the left is the “HAPPY” channel. It has an input level control, a PHASE control, a reverb-
amount control, a dead-typical set of guitar-amp tone controls, and a master volume which only
affects the HAPPY channel. Suggest you start with INPUT LEVEL at 12 o'clock, PHASE and REVERB
fully counterclockwise, BASS-MID-TREBLE at 12 o'clock, and MASTER VOLUME at 9 o'clock.
ANGRY:
The one on the right is the “ANGRY” channel. It has an input level control, a REAM YOUR ASS control,
a reverb-amount control, a dead-typical set of guitar-amp tone controls, and a master volume which
only affects the ANGRY channel. Suggest you start with INPUT LEVEL at 12 o'clock, REAM and
REVERB fully counterclockwise, BASS-MID-TREBLE at 12 o'clock, and MASTER VOLUME at 9 o'clock.
How do you like the cartoons?
Also please note the little toggle switches. Each channel has an ENABLE switch, right before the input
level control. It allows you to mute each channel separately.
You have to flip the switch UP to hear
anything, idiot.
The HAPPY channel has a DRIVE switch. Flip it up to get overdrive on that channel.
The ANGRY channel has a PAIN switch. It activates severe, massive distortion. (Overdrive, in fact. Just
totally different from the HAPPY channel overdrive.) It uses remote-cutoff pentodes and one of those
notorious 6BN6 tubes.
And in case you were wondering about footswitches: these little toggles are wired in parallel with the
optional footswitch control, which plugs into the special 5-pin plug on the rear panel of the G-1000.
You have to set all the toggles DOWN if you use the footswitch.
So, with your fat ugly stinky foot, you
can enable/disable each channel and enable/disable its overdrive/distortion/whatever. We should also
note that the four-channel footswitch is a specially-wired custom item, which you HAVE to buy from
us. No other footswitch will work. Heh.
