Issue 6 1/2/2007
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About your
TrueTone
Amplifier
The
TrueTone
range is a hand built, high quality range of all valve amplifiers originally designed
for the discriminating Blues/Rock guitarist. They are however extremely versatile and can fulfil
a range of roles from country clean to rock via jazz, blues and all points in between.
All amps in the range benefit from an unprecedented Unlimited Lifetime Warranty.
The
TrueTone 1
The TT1 range are 35-50W class AB amplifiers that give the player an unprecedented ability
to tailor their own sound by selecting the type of output valve used in the amplifier, and a
choice of two pre selected factory set pre-amp configurations one HOT one COOL!
We deliberately chose this path to get the best tone, performance, and long maintenance
from the amp.
The output section can be selected by the player to suit his own style. This can be done by
either the factory, dealer or even easily by the player themselves simply by following the
simple procedures set out in this handbook, giving a freedom of choice rarely encountered in
other amplifiers.
Front panel controls:
•Input: standard input using a single jack socket.
•Volume: controls the input gain level set low for a clean sound and higher for
more overdrive.
•Compass: this is a variable tone rotary, set at North it will not overly emphasise any
particular frequency. Heading SW will bring in a little sparkle, heading SE will
bring in sparkle and grind, with an emphasis on the upper mid range, and it will
also boost gain slightly.
•High: Controls the high frequency content, as in a normal treble control but with a
much wider response.
•Middle: Controls the middle frequency content. With the middle control set low or
off the tone controls are voiced to be able to give a similar response to the fabled
clean tone of a blackface Fender, with more Mids introduced as the control is
increased. With the middle control set high the response is more 'Marshall' like.
•Low: This controls the low frequency content, again with a much wider response
than conventional guitar amp tone controls.
•Special Sauce: With the accompanying footswitch or the panel mounted switch,
(which both select this feature), this control gives a boost by lifting the tone stack
from ground via a potentiometer, this allows a pre-set level boost that can be
used for soloing. A LED beneath the control and on the footswitch, indicate when
this control is active. (Plugging in the footswitch bypasses the panel-mounted
switch). With the control set fully clockwise the tone controls are effectively
bypassed and the natural tone of the amplifier is dominant. This can be fine tuned
using the compass and freeze controls, which remain in circuit.
