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Fishman Blender manual

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  • Page 1

    TM ONBO ARD BLENDER USER’S GUIDE W ARNING! WE STRONGL Y RECOMMEND THA T Y OU F AMILIARIZE Y OURSELF WITH THE PREAMP CONTROLS BEFORE Y OU A TTEMPT T O PERFORM WITH THE ONBOARD BLENDER. F AILURE T O DO SO COULD RESUL T IN W A VES OF EAR-SPLITTING FEEDBACK A T HIGH LEVELS. (see Quick Start on page 3.)[...]

  • Page 2

    This fine instrument is equipped with a FISHMAN PREFIX™ ONBO ARD BLENDER™. Please read these instructions carefully . If you ha ve any questions or prob lems, please call our CUST OMER SER VICE LINE at (978) 988-9665 . The ONBOARD BLENDER™ is a guitar mounted preamp that combines the sounds from a supplied FISHMAN A COUSTIC MA TRIX™ under-s[...]

  • Page 3

    ACOUSTIC GUIT AR SYSTEM 3 QUICK ST ART T o successfully combine microphone and pickup signals , it is best to star t b y presetting the microphone EQ to control f eedback, then mixing in the pickup . The PREFIX™ ONBOARD BLENDER™ f eatures three wa ys to control feedbac k; a PHASE switch, NO TCH filter and semi-parametric CONT OUR controls. Foll[...]

  • Page 4

    FISHMAN PREFIX™ ONBOARD BLENDER 4 PREAMP FUNCTIONS BA TTER Y COMP ARTMENT Pull the small tab at the top of the ONBOARD BLENDER™ toward y ou. The body of the preamp will swing out, re v ealing the BA T- TER Y COMP ARTMENT . Inser t a fresh 9V alkaline battery . MICROPHONE TRIM CONTROL A small circular potentiometer is located on the underside of[...]

  • Page 5

    ACOUSTIC GUIT AR SYSTEM NO TCH FIL TER is effectively off in the full counter-cloc kwise position. V OLUME CONTROL The V OLUME control affects both microphone and pic kup. Goes from very quiet to very LOUD . BASS CONTR OL This is a boost/cut shelving tone control. This control aff ects the pickup signal only . The center detent yields a flat respon[...]

  • Page 6

    FISHMAN PREFIX™ ONBOARD BLENDER 6 SUGGESTED EQ SETTINGS ANTI-FEEDBA CK Refer to page 3. BRILLIANCE If you are pla ying through an electric guitar amplifier or hav e dead strings on the instrument, you can brighten up your sound b y setting the Contour FRE- QUENCY slider to 10 kHz and raising the CONT OUR Lev el to taste. If you plan to play at hi[...]

  • Page 7

    ACOUSTIC GUIT AR SYSTEM 7 MID CUT Y ou can scoop out harsh midrange by setting the FREQUENCY slider slightly abov e center with the CONTOUR Le v el cut to taste below the center detent. Often the desired mid-cut will f all into the same frequency range as potential microphone feedbac k. This is y our lucky da y! Y ou can also cut midrange (pickup o[...]

  • Page 8

    FISHMAN PREFIX™ ONBOARD BLENDER 8 WHA T IS PHASE? Phase is the relationship between two signals or soundw aves originating from the same instrument. For our purposes, phase relationships are e xpressed as being either "in phase" or "out of phase". In phase tends to enhance, while out of phase tends to sup- press the natural ch[...]

  • Page 9

    ACOUSTIC GUIT AR SYSTEM 9 WHY DO I NEED A PHASE SWITCH ? The phase switch is useful f or two reasons: 1. Due to the interactiv e and changing nature of phase, acoustic amplification depends on maintaining optimum phase relationships between amplified instruments, sound systems and ven ues. 2. Since an industry standard for polarity has not been est[...]

  • Page 10

    FISHMAN PREFIX™ ONBOARD BLENDER 10 Contin ued from P age 9 Here's why: A typical guitar has a cavity resonance of about 100 Hz. This is the frequency that generally f eeds back when a mic'ed guitar and speak er are in phase. 100 Hz has a wa velength of about 11 f eet. Phase inv er ts 180° for e very 1/2 a frequency's wa velength. [...]

  • Page 11

    ACOUSTIC GUIT AR SYSTEM 11 TM ONBOARD BLENDER PICKUP ONL Y SPECIFICA TIONS Nominal Input Lev el: -20 dBV Input Overload: (20 Hz - 20 kHz)-2 dBV Input Impedance: 20 M Ohms Output Impedance: Less than 3.5 k Ohms Nominal Output Lev el: -12 dBV THD: Less than .04 %, -20 dBV input Signal to Noise Ratio: 77 dB (A weighted ref erred to nominal -20 dBV inp[...]

  • Page 12

    INST ALLA TION BY A QU ALIFIED PROFESSIONAL REP AIRMAN IS STRONGL Y RECOMMENDED . FISHMAN TRANSDUCERS WILL NO T BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMA GES THA T MA Y RESUL T FROM IMPROPER INST ALLA TION. The FISHMAN PREFIX™ ONBOARD BLENDER ACOUSTIC GUIT AR SYSTEM is warranted to function for a period of One (1) Y ear from the date of purchase . If the unit [...]