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Contents

Contents

Contents

Contents    

 

1.   Front Panel Controls 

 

      Instrument Input    

 

      Volume and Tone Controls  

 

      Presence 

 

      Effects Loop Bypass 

 

      Attenuation Control 

 

 

 

 

2. Dialing In Your Sound 

 

      Starting Point 

 

      The Marshall Trick 

 

      

Fat, Warm Clean Sound 

 

      

Volume and Attenuation 

 

       Notes on Using the Attenuator 

 

 

 

 

3. Back Panel Controls 

 

      AC Power 

 

      Fuse (Mains) 

 

      Fuse (Plate) 

 

      Power Switch, Standby Switch 

 

      Speaker Jacks, Impedance Switch 

 

      Calibration (Test Jacks, Screen & Bias Adj) 

 

      Effects Loop (Send, Receive) 

 

      Line Out 

 

 

 

 

4. Calibration 

 

10 

      

When and Why to Calibrate 

 

10 

      

Tools you will need 

 

10 

      Bias Current 

 

11 

      Screen Voltage 

 

12 

 

 

 

5. Tube Installation and Replacement 

 

14 

      

Preamp Tubes V1, V2, V3 

 

14 

      Power Output Tubes V5, V6 

 

14 

      Installing Tubes 

 

15 

      Replacing Output Tubes  

 

15 

      Tube Quality 

 

15 

 

 

 

6. Warranty 

 

16 

Содержание Majesty 15

Страница 1: ...ty 15 Tone King Majesty 15 User s Manual User s Manual User s Manual User s Manual 1 0 3 13 2014 Tone King Amplifiers A division of Premier Builders Guild LLC 4401 Eastern Avenue Bldg 46 3G Box 38 Bal...

Страница 2: ...an idealized version of those iconic tones we all know and love I made no attempt to duplicate the design or construction of the originals since my goal was to go beyond the limitations of those clas...

Страница 3: ...at the point where they exit from the apparatus 8 Only use attachments accessories specified by the manufacturer 9 Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time...

Страница 4: ...the Attenuator 7 3 Back Panel Controls 8 AC Power 8 Fuse Mains 8 Fuse Plate 8 Power Switch Standby Switch 8 Speaker Jacks Impedance Switch 8 Calibration Test Jacks Screen Bias Adj 9 Effects Loop Send...

Страница 5: ...gle Volume knob Presence Presence Presence Presence The Presence knob adjusts the level of very high frequencies those above the range of the Treble control and does it in a way that is slightly diffe...

Страница 6: ...te overdriven and distorted tones as a low volume For example master volume circuits or a power reduction scheme such as London Power Scaling have both been used successfully on various amp models of...

Страница 7: ...try changing each control in turn to note its effect Volume Treble Midrange Bass Presence 5 5 5 5 5 I find that I set the controls of the Majesty to the settings above almost all the time no matter w...

Страница 8: ...el you want For clean tones there are some additional things to consider You might start out by setting the attenuator to 0db bypassed and dialing in the volume level you want with the Volume control...

Страница 9: ...uld start with the Power switch OFF and the Standby switch in the STANDBY position First turn on the Power switch This will apply power only to the tube filaments only After turning on the Power switc...

Страница 10: ...langer in the effects loop Any type of overdrive or distortion effect will work best when connected between the guitar and the Instrument input jack of the amp not in the loop Your chain of effects is...

Страница 11: ...the screen voltage before setting the bias current to ensure that it hasn t drifted from the value it was set at originally You may also want to change the screen voltage setting to dial in a differen...

Страница 12: ...Technical Details Inside the Majesty there is a 1 ohm resistor connected between the cathode of the output tubes and ground The bias test points on the back panel of the amp allow you to measure the v...

Страница 13: ...mode and re set the bias current as described in the previous section Target Value as read on the meter connected as shown above 2 08V Technical Details The voltage you measure at the Screen Voltage...

Страница 14: ...as current will increase as you increase the screen voltage so you will need to re calibrate the bias current every time you change the screen voltage If you are significantly increasing the screen vo...

Страница 15: ...e g Imperial Sky King Falcon etc Whereas Tone King s American voiced amps still more or less retain their intended sonic characteristics with just about any brand of preamp tube a lot of the Majesty s...

Страница 16: ...t would seem that the obvious solution would be to use new old stock tubes that were made back in the glory days when tubes were very well made However I ve lately been finding that much of the availa...

Страница 17: ...er s in this amplifier has have been selected for use only with this amplifier If the speaker s of this amplifier is are connected to an amplifier other than the intended amplifier any warranty of thi...

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