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O P E R A T I N G I N S T R U C T I O N S A L L V A L V E A M P L I F I E R...
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INTRODUCTION The Trident is a 3 channel, all valve guitar amplifier. The 3 channels are completely independent and with the features provided, on both the preamps and the power amp, the unit can produce an extremely wide range of vintage and modern guitar tones.
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FRONT PANEL CONTROLS INPUT A single jack socket is provided for connection to your instrument. This is a high impedance input which allows for perfect matching to both passive and active guitars. CHANNEL 1 VOLUME This sets the level of channel 1 and also has an effect on the tone of this channel. From low to medium settings the sound is bright and clean which will suit most clean guitar styles.
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BOOST SWITCH This provides a gain/volume boost that will depend on the setting of the GAIN control. With the switch set to BOOST, it is also possible to turn it on or off using the master boost on the footswitch. TONE CONTROLS Again the tone controls are all passive and interactive.
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TONE CONTROLS Again the tone controls are all passive and interactive. TREBLE, MIDDLE and BASS all work in the conventional way,with the operating frequencies specifically set for mainly overdriven tones. The pull VOICING takes out more of the mid range frequencies for the popular scooped middle sound.
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REAR PANEL FOOTSWITCH SOCKET This 8 pin socket is connnected via the supplied cable to the purpose built Trident footswitch unit.This gives the user control over the primary functions of the unit, channel selection, boost on/off, effects loop on/off and, where applicable, reverb on/off.
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socket is used and how the switch is set. In one position the two sockets are for either 4Ω or 16Ω, as indicated on the unit, whereas with the switch in the other position either socket can be used to drive an 8Ω...
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If after replacement the mains fuse should blow a second time, immediately refer the unit to a TRACE ELLIOT approved service engineer for checking. POWER ON/OFF SWITCH When switched on this supplies power to the valve cathode heaters and the relay switching circuit.
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Nine 12AX7’s and one EL84 are fitted to the Trident amplifiers and are used as follows:- Combo Version...
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électromagnétiques ou en émettent les enceintes de haut-parleur Trace Elllot ne devraient emit or be affected by electro magnetic fields. Trace Elliot loudspeaker enclosures should not be used less than 2 metres away from equipment which is likely to be affected by electro magnetic pas étre utilisées à...
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Alle høyttalere og pick–up'er til gitarer gir nødvendigvis fra seg eller påvirkes av elektromag- röd färg. netiske felter. Trace Elliot–høyttalerkabinetter må ikke brukes mindre enn 2 m fra utstyr som trolig Om en A 13 amp (BS1363) stickpropp används måste en 13 amp säkring användas eller om kan påvirkes av elektromagnetisk støy.
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áhrifum af rafsegulsviom. Trace Elliot hátalarakerfi ætti ekki ao nota í innan vio 2 metra fjarlægo frá tækjum, EMC advarsel sem kynnu ao veroa fyrir áhrifum rafsegultruflana.
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πρε ´πει να εκπε ´ µπουν η ´ να επηρεα ´ζονται απο ´ τα ηλεκτροµαγνητικα ´ πεδι ´ α. Τα εσω ´κλειστα µελαϕω ´νου της TRACE ELLIOT να µην χρησιµοποιου ´νται λιγο ´τερο απ ´ο 2 µε ´ τρα µακρια ´ απο ´ τη συσκευη ´ που πιθανο ´ν να επηρεα ´ζονταιι απο ´ ηλεκτροµαγνητικη ´...