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    deutsch english español français italiano St at e sman DU A L E L84 & Q U A D E L84 Manual 1.0[...]

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    St ate sman Ser ie s 2 V or w ort Die Hughes & Kettner Statesman Serie bringt zum ersten Mal zusammen, wovon Classic Rock-, Blues-und Country-Gitarristen schon lange träumen: „Early-Sixties-Open-Back-Clean“ und „Early-Eighties- Stack-Over drive“ und dazwischen die ganze Bandbr eite dynamischer Crunch-Sounds. Kombiniert mit zeitgemäße[...]

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    St ate sman Ser ie s 3 deutsch I N H A L T 1. Anschlüsse und Bedieneleme nte 4 2. St andard Setup/V erk abelung 5 3. Röhre n, W ar tung & P f leg e 5 4. Mögliche Fehlenquellen / T roubleshooting 6 5. T e chnische D aten 7[...]

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    St ate sman Ser ie s 4 Rückseit e v on link s nach re chts: Abb.: DUAL EL84 REV ER B B AL AN CE : Regelt das V er hältnis der Hallintensität zwischen dem CLEAN- und DRIVE-Kanal F X-L O OP : Über den seriellen Ef fektweg können exter ne Ef fekt eingeschleift wer den: SEND wir d dabei mit dem Eingang, RETURN mit dem Ausgang des Ef fektgerätes v[...]

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    St ate sman Ser ie s 5 deutsch 2. St andar d Setup/V erk abelung 3. Röhren , W artung & P f le ge Der STA TESMAN ist ab Werk mit selektierten EL34 und 12AX7 Röhr en bestückt. Sie wer den nach dem „Bur n-In“ (ein erster Dauerlauf unter Last) in aufwändigen Selektionsver fahr en auf ihr e elektrischen Werte, mechanische Beschaf fenheit (M[...]

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    St ate sman Ser ie s 6 V orbereitunge n und Reihenfolge , unbedingt be achten! 1. Gerät ausschalten 2. Röhr en wechseln 3. Alle Jumper entfer nen 4. Bei Röhr en mit gle ich er Ke nnl ini e di e Pos iti on d es Ru hes trom- T rim mer s ni cht verä nde r n. Be i Röh ren mi t un bek ann ter Ke nnl ini e den Ruh est r om - T ri mme r auf Rec hts a[...]

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    St ate sman Ser ie s 7 deutsch 5. T echni sche Dat en Alle Pegelangaben beziehen sich auf 0 dBV (1V RMS ) Eingänge INSTRUMENT Input Buchse: Klinke Bauart Eingang: unsymmetrisch Eingangsimpedanz: 1M Ohm Empfindlichkeit: -22 dBV / 1kHz (Clean, alle Regler in Mittelstellung) max. Eingangspegel: 1,3 dBV / 1kHz FX Retur n Buchse: Klinke Bauart Eingang:[...]

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    St ate sman Ser ie s 8 F ore w ord The Hughes & Kettner Statesman Series bring together for the first time what classic r ock as well as blues & country guitarists have been dreaming about for a long time: Fr om early ‘60s open-back clean to early ‘80s stack-drive cr eam – and tons of top-drawer crunch tones in between – these tone[...]

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    St ate sman Ser ie s 9 english C O N T E N T S 1. C onnection s & O perating Eleme nts 10 2. St andard Set Up / C abling 11 3. Tu be s, Ser v icing & Maintenance 11 4. Po ssible Error Sources / T roubleshooting 12 5. T e chnical D ata 13[...]

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    St ate sman Ser ie s 10 1. C onnect ions & Op erating Element s Front side , f rom right to left : INPU T: Input for guitar . T W AN G: Switches the clean channel fr om classic British tonal character to the attack-rich vintage Califor nian clean sound. VOLUME: Regulates the volume and saturation of the CLEAN channel. Saturated crunch sounds ca[...]

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    St ate sman Ser ie s 11 english 2. St andar d Set Up / C abling 3. T ube s , Ser vic ing & Maintenance ST A TESMAN is factory-loaded with EL84 and 12AX7 tubes. Once they’ve been bur ned in – that is, operated continuously under a load –they ar e subjected to a rigor ous selection pr ocess. Their electrical specs and mechanical status (mic[...]

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    St ate sman Ser ie s 12 Absolutely pay attention to prep arations and chronolog ical order! 1. Tur n of f the device 2. Exchange tubes 3. Remove all jumpers 4. In tubes with the same characteristic curve, do not change the position of the bias trimmer . In tubes with unknown characteristic curve, tur n the bias trimmer to the right-side stop (lowes[...]

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    St ate sman Ser ie s 13 english 5. T echnic al Dat a All level indications r elate to 0 dBV (1V RMS) Inputs INSTRUMENT input Jack: spring jack Input design: balanced Input impedance: 1M ohm Sensitivity: -22 dBV / 1 kHz (w it h C le an , a ll co nt rol le rs in mi dd le po sit io n) Maximum input level: 1.3 dBV / 1 kHz FX Retur n Jack: spring jack I[...]

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    St ate sman Ser ie s 14 P rólog o La gama Hughes & Kettner Statesman reúne por primera vez todo aquello con lo que los guitarristas de r ock, blues y country clásico llevan soñando mucho tiempo: desde el sonido limpio Early-Sixties- Open-Back-Clean hasta el distorsionado Early-Eighties-Stack-Over drive, pasando por toda la diversidad de los[...]

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    St ate sman Ser ie s 15 español C O N T E N I D O S 1. C one xiones y Mandos 16 2. C onfig uración E stánd ar/Cable ado 17 3. V álvul as , Mantenimiento y Cuidado 17 4. Po sibles C au sa s de Error/Re solución de P roblema s 18 5. D atos T échnicos 19[...]

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    St ate sman Ser ie s 16 1 C one xione s y Mandos Parte del antera de dere cha a izquier da : INPU T: entrada para la conexión de la guitarra. T W AN G: conmuta el canal clean de carácter sonor o clásico-británico con el sonido clean de ataque del vintage califor niano. VOLUME: regula el volumen y la saturación del canal CLEAN. En caso de con?[...]

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    St ate sman Ser ie s 17 español 2 . C onfig uración E st ándar/C ableado 3 . V álvulas, Man teni mien to y Cui dado Statesman está equipado de fábrica con válvulas seleccionadas EL84 y 12AX7. Estas válvulas se prueban después del „Bur n In“ (un primer funcionamiento continuo bajo carga) en pr ocedimientos de selección esmerados en cua[...]

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    St ate sman Ser ie s 18 ya que puede existir el peligr o de dañar el cir cuito de excitación si llega una corriente demasiado alta a las válvulas. ¡Realiz a lo s pre parativos en el orden desc rito! 1. Desconectar el aparato 2. Cambiar las válvulas 3. Retirar todos los puentes 4. En el caso de válvulas con la misma línea característica, no [...]

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    St ate sman Ser ie s 19 español de r eposo no se ha ajustado óptimamente (compensación de polarización). Haz que un técnico pruebe las válvulas y, si es necesario, que las sustituya por un tipo nuevo debidamente correspondiente y con las mismas líneas características. Con el aparato de efectos activo, el sonido resulta indifer ente y “pas[...]

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    St ate sman Ser ie s 20 P réface La série de Statesman de Hughes & Kettner rassemble pour la premièr e fois ce dont les guitaristes de r ock classique, de blues et de country rêvent déjà depuis longtemps : « Early-Sixties-Open-Back- Clean » et « Early-Eighties-Stack-Over drive », en passant par toute la gamme des sons crunch dynamique[...]

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    St ate sman Ser ie s 21 français C O N T E N U 1. P r ise s et element s de commande 22 2. Montage et cablag e st andar ds 23 3. L ampes , Maintenance & Entretien 23 4. Source s d ’ e rreur potent iels / troubleshooting 24 5. Fiche t echnique 25[...]

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    St ate sman Ser ie s 22 1. P r ise s et element s de commande F ace avant, de droite à gauche : INPU T : entrée pour brancher la guitar e. T W AN G : commute le canal Clean de la tonalité britannique classique au son vintage califor nian clean qui est riche en attaques de cor des. VOLUME : règle le volume et la saturation du canal CLEAN. En cas[...]

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    St ate sman Ser ie s 23 français 2. M ont ag e et c ablag e st andar d s 3. Lamp es , Maint enance & Entret ien Le STA TESMAN est équipé d’usine de lampes EL84 et 12AX7 sélectionnées. Après la phase de « bur n-in » (pr emier fonctionnement continu sous charge), elles font l’objet d’une pr océdur e de sélection complexe afin de [...]

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    St ate sman Ser ie s 24 • L’image montr e, de gauche à dr oite, l’ouvertur e du trimmer du courant de r epos, les ponts vers les points de mesur e, l’ouvertur e pour le trimmer destiné à l‘équilibrage de la symétrie de chauf fage. Les deux trimmers ne doivent pas être confondus, car l’étage final risque d’êtr e endommagé en [...]

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    St ate sman Ser ie s 25 français lampes d’un type adapté et présentant une courbe caractéristique similaire. Quelque s he ures de ser vice à peine après un remplaceme nt de lampe , le s signes d’usure c aractéri stiques de s l ampes ( pert e d ’ aigu s, br uits, microphonie , sons instable s) apparaissent à nouveau • V ous avez empl[...]

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    St ate sman Ser ie s 26 P reme ss a La serie Hughes & Kettner Statesman raggruppa per la prima volta assieme quanto sognato e desiderato da tempo dai chitarristi classici, r ock, blues e country: „Early-Sixties-Open-Back-Clean“ e „Early- Eighties-Stack-Over drive“ e nel mezzo l’intera banda di suoni crunch dinamici. In combinazione co[...]

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    St ate sman Ser ie s 27 italiano I N D I C E 1. Att achi e d Eleme nti di Comando 28 2. Set up Stand ard /Cabl agg io 29 3. Tu bi , Manuten zione e Pulizi a 29 4. Po ssibili Fonti di Gu asto / Ricerc a Gu ast i 30 5. D ati T ecnici 31[...]

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    St ate sman Ser ie s 28 1. Att achi ed Eleme nti di C omando Lato anter iore da destra a sinistra: INPU T: entrata per il collegamento della chitarra. T W AN G: commuta il canale Clean dal caratter e sonor o classico-britannico al clean sound califor niamo vintage. VOLUME: regola l’intensità del volume e la saturazione del canale CLEAN. Con rego[...]

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    St ate sman Ser ie s 29 italiano 2. Set up St andar d /C ablag g io 3. T ubi, Manuten zione e P ulizia Abbiamo munito lo ST A TESMAN di selezionate valvole EL34 e 12AX7. Dopo un „bur n-in“ (un primo test di tenuta sotto carico), vengono rigoosamente selezionate secondo i lor o valori elettrici e le lor o qualità meccaniche (micr ofonia) per po[...]

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    St ate sman Ser ie s 30 Rispett are ta ssativame nte i pr eparativi e la sequen za indicat a! 1. Spegner e l’appar ecchio 2. Sostituir e i tubi 3. Togliere tutti i jumper 4. Con tubi a linea caratteristica uguale non modificar e la posizione del trimmer della corr ente di riposo. Con tubi a caratteristica sconosciuta ruotare il trimmer sul fine[...]

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    St ate sman Ser ie s 31 italiano 5. Dat i T e cnic i T utti i dati r elativi ai livelli si riferiscono a 0 dBV (1V RMS ) Entrate Input strumento Presa: jack Tipo entrata: asimmetrica Impedenza entrata: 1M Ohm Sens ibilit à: -22 dBV / 1kHz (Clea n, tutti i regola tori in posi zione cen trale) Livello max. entrata: 1,3 dBV / 1kHz FX Retur n Presa: j[...]

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    deutsch united states IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE CONNECTING, READ INSTRUCTIONS • Read all of these instructions! • Save these instructions for later use! • Follow all war nings and instructions marked on the pr oduct! • Do not use this product near water , i.e. bathtub, sink, swimming pool, wet basement, etc. • Do not place this[...]

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    english español IMPORTANT ADVICE ON SAFETY! PLEASE READ BEFORE USE AND KEEP FOR LA TER USE! • The unit has been built by Hughes & Kettner in accor dance with IEC 60065 and left the factory in safe working or der . To maintain this condition and ensur e non-risk operation, the user must follow the advice and war ning comments found in the ope[...]

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    francais italano CONSEILS DE SECURITE IMPOR TANTS! PRIERE DE LIRE AV ANT L ’EMPLOI ET A CONSERVER POUR UTILISATION UL TERIEURE! • L’appareil a été conçu par Hughes & Kettner selon la nor me IEC 60065 et a quitté l’entreprise dans un état irrépr ochable. Afin de conserver cet état et d’assur er un fonctionnement sans danger de l[...]

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    Hughes & Kettner Statesman DUAL EL84 & QUAD EL84 Hughes & Kettner Statesman DUAL EL84 & QUAD EL84 May 2007 Mai 2007[...]

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    MS D -1808 04/07 Hughes & Kettner Postfach 1509 66595 St. Wendel T el: +49 (0) 68 51 - 905 0 Fax: +49 (0) 68 51 - 905 103 International Inquiries: Fax: +49 - 68 51 - 905 200 hkinternational@hughes-and-kettner .com www .hughes-and-kettner .com Copyright 2007 by Music & Sales GmbH Subject to change without notice[...]