Crate Amplifiers VC-508 manual

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    VC-508 Guitar Amplifier Owners Manual Conratulations! Y ou are now the proud owner of the Crate VC-508 Guitar Amplifier . This powerful little unit packs a whole lot of vintage tube sound into its compact cabinet – giving you an amp that’s small and easy to operate yet still pro- duces incredible sounds! All Crate amplifiers are Musician Made w[...]

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    VC-508 The Controls and their Functions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. INPUT : Plug your guitar in here. Use a shielded instrument patch cord for this. 2. GAIN: This determines the amount of overdrive distortion. At low settings (the 1 - 3 range) the signal is clean and low . As the control is turned up the signal becomes more overdriven and louder . Use this a[...]

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    VC-508 System Block Diagram: Using the Line Out as an Insert Jack: The line out jack can also serve as an Insert jack, allowing you to patch external effects into the amplifier just prior to its power amp stage. 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 [...]

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    ©2001 SLM Electronics • A division of St. Louis Music 1400 Ferguson Avenue • St. Louis, MO 63133 VC-508 Technical Specifications: OUTPUT POWER RA TING 5 W RMS @ 10%THD, 8 ohm load, 120 V AC INPUT IMPEDANCE 1M ohm MAX. SIGNAL ACCEPTED 2.5v peak-to-peak SIGNAL TO NOISE RA TIO 66dB GAIN 58dB TONE CONTROL +/–16dB @ 1kHz LINE OUT LEVEL 80mV RMS I[...]