Crate Amplifiers FXT65 manual

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  • Page 1

    F XT65 F XT65 Guitar Amplifier with Digital Signal Processing and Channel T racking User ’ s Guide[...]

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    T ABLE OF CONTENTS: The Digital Signal Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Channel T racking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 The Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,5 The Electronic T uner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 The Rear Panel (not shown[...]

  • Page 3

    The Digital Signal Processor: 3 F XT65 Guitar Amp with DSP & Channel T racking The FXT65’s Digital Signal Processor provides 16 exciting digital ef fects. Use the DSP Selector control to choose the desired effect, then use the DSP Level control to mix in the desired amount of effect. The effects are described below: FLNG 1 slow deep flange + [...]

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    The Front Panel: 19 1 2 4 6 7 8 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 5 3 1: INPUT : Use this jack to connect your guitar to the amplifier by means of a shielded instrument cable. OVERDRIVE CHANNEL: A high gain channel giving you sounds from a slight edge to serious overdrive. 2: GAIN 1: Use this control to adjust the amount of light distortion [...]

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    19 19 12 4 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 18 9 5 3 18: POWER: Use this switch to turn the amplifier on (top of the switch depressed) and off (bottom of the switch depressed). The switch illuminates when the power is on. 19: ELECTRONIC TUNER (top panel): The electronic tuner is active whenever the amplifier is truned on, pro- viding co[...]

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    Suggested Settings: OUT OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN IN Sweet 'n Clean: Just a 'Lil Nasty: Politely Gritty: Octave Down 'n Dirty: Wah Full House: Mean & Obscene: 6 F XT65 Guitar Amp with DSP & Channel T racking[...]

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    System Block Diagram: 7 INPUT CHANNEL SELECT FLEX WAVE STAGE LOW VOL MID HIGH LOW SHAPE HIGH LEVEL LEVEL MODE GAIN GAIN SHAPE ACTIVE BUFFER MIX AMP INSERT CLEAN CHANNEL DSP OVERDRIVE CHANNEL DAMPING CIRCUIT POWER AMP EXT. SPEAKER SPEAKER EQ EQ TUNER A BC D EF G F XT65 Guitar Amp with DSP & Channel T racking[...]

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    FXT65 TECHNICAL SPECIFICA TIONS: Output Power Rating 65W RMS @ 5% THD, 8 Ω , 120 V AC Speaker Size and Rating (1) Custom Design 12 ” , 8 Ω Input Impedance 470k Ω T otal System Gain Solo Ch 1 10dB, all controls @10 Overdrive Ch 88dB, all controls @10 Clean Ch 58dB, all controls @10 CD Input 29dB Maximum Input Signal Accepted 7 volts peak-to-[...]