Crate Amplifiers GT120HL manual

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    User ’ s Guide Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier[...]

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    T ABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 The Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 The Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Suggested Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 System Block Di[...]

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    3 Congratulations! Y ou are now the proud owner of the Crate GT120HL three-channel guitar amplifier . This rugged amplifier combines outstanding features with serious clean and distorted sounds and boasts a uniquelly illumi- nating front piece. Front panel RCA input jacks allow you to play along with your favorite CD or tape. The rear panel Insert [...]

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    The Front Panel: 4 1 3 9 8 4 5 6 10 7 2 1: POWER: Use this switch to turn the amplifier on (top of the switch depressed) and off (bottom of the switch depressed). The front of the amplifier illuminates when the power is on. 2: CD INPUT : Use these RCA jacks to connect the output from a CD player or tape deck to the ampli- fier . The signal at these[...]

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    16 21 15 20 11 12 13 17 18 19 14 The Rear Panel: 22: INSERT : Use this jack to connect an external effects device to the amplifier . Use Crate’s STP201, STP202, or STP203 stereo-to-mono Y -cord or an adapter such as Crate’s YPP1 17 and two 1/4” mono signal cables to connect to the effect as shown below . 23: CLEAN/SOLO/RHYTHM FOOTSWITCH: Use [...]

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    Suggested Settings: 6 OU T Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier Sweet ‘n Clean: Just a ‘Lil Nasty: Politely Gritty: Down ‘n Dirty: Mean & Obscene:[...]

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    System Block Diagram: 7 INPUT SOLO/ RHYTHM / CLEAN LOW VOL MID HIGH REVERB BUFFER MIX AMP CLEAN CHNL POWER AMP SOLO/ RHYTHM INSERT SPEAKER SOLO GAIN SOLO LEVEL SWITCHING CIRCUIT RHYTHM LEVEL SOLO RTHM RHYTHM GAIN RHYTHM SOLO SOLO RHYTHM MID LOW HIGH SHAPE CD INPUT Three-Channel Guitar Amplifier[...]

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    GT120HL TECHNICAL SPECIFICA TIONS: Output Power Rating 120W RMS @5% THD, 4 Ω , 120 V AC 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-peak Solo Channel Shape Control Proprietary Circuit O.D[...]