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    CA125D Acoustic Amplifier User ’ s Guide[...]

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    2 CA125D Acoustic Amplifier T able of Contents: IMPORT ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS • READ, FOLLOW , HEED, AND KEEP ALL INSTRUCTIONS AND WARNINGS. • DO NOT OPERA TE NEAR ANY HEA T SOURCE AND DO NOT BLOCK ANY VENTILATION OPENINGS ON THIS APP ARA TUS. FOR PROPER OPERA TION, THIS UNIT REQUIRES 3” (75CM) OF WELL VENTILA TED SP ACE AROUND HEA TSINKS AN[...]

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    CA125D Acoustic Amplifier 3 About the Crate Acoustic CA125D: D esigned for the performing artist, Crate’s CA125D Acoustic Amplifier gives you more of what you want. More power . More clarity . Mor e control. And, more fr eedom. Imagine: microphone quality sound, without feedback. And without being “chained” to a mic stand! More power: twin 50[...]

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    CA125D Acoustic Amplifier 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 17 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 22 The Instrument Channel: 1: Input. The signal output from your acoustic instrument may be connected here by means of a shielded instrument cable. 2: Active/Piezo. Use this switch to match the type of pickup used in your instrument. For active electron[...]

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    CA125D Acoustic Amplifier 5 35 36 34 32 31 30 29 28 33 The Rear Panel: 28: Footswitch. Connect the supplied two-button footswitch here for remote on/of f control of the internal reverb and chorus. (When con- nected, the footswitch overrides the front panel chorus on/of f switch.) Note: This is a STEREO jack: tip controls the chor us, ring controls [...]

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    CA125D Acoustic Amplifier 6 One of the most common problems encounter ed when amplifying acoustic instruments, especially in small envir onments, is feedback. Acoustic instruments typically have inher ent qualities which cause reso- nant feedback at specific frequencies. Instr ument tone controls and sound board equalizers ar e helpful in getting r[...]

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    CAUTIONS: A void trapping your hand under the tilt back bar . Always make sure the bar is secur ely locked in place before lowering the amplifier . Do not sit on or rest your foot on the ampli- fier when it is in the tilt back position. CA125D Acoustic Amplifier 7 effects line out master instrument channel input aux channel active piezo freq cut fi[...]

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    Crate continually develops new products, as well as improves existing ones. For this r eason, the specifications and information in this manual are subject to change without notice. www .crateamps.com ©2004 SLM Electronics A Division of St. Louis Music Co. 1400 Ferguson Avenue St. Louis, MO 63133 47-831-05 • 050504 CA125D Acoustic Amplifier Outp[...]