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Owner's Manual
The Spirit of Art in Technology
1317 Ross Street Petaluma, CA 94954
USA
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Hello from the Tone Farm... ..You, smart player and all around intuitive human, have put your trust in us to be your amplifier company. This is something we do not take lightly. Our reward is that we've made a classic pre-amplifier and by choosing this wonderful unit, you have become part of the MESA family...WELCOME! Our goal is to never let you down. Your reward is that you are now the owner of an archetypal guitar pre-amp, bred of fine all tube amp heritage...benefiting from the many
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PRECAUTIONS PRECAUTIONS Your MESA/Boogie Amplifier is a professional instrument. Please treat it with respect and operate it properly. USE COMMON SENSE AND ALWAYS OBSERVE THESE PRECAUTIONS: Do not expose amplifier to moisture, rain or water, direct sunlight or extremely high temperatures. Always insure that amplifier is properly grounded. Always unplug AC power cord before changing tubes. Avoid direct contact with heated tubes. Insure adequate air circulation around this pre-amp. Keep amplif
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PRECAUTIONS PRECAUTIONS V TWIN Congratulations on your purchase of the V-TWIN! This handbuilt, all tube, 3 mode pre- amp combines all the features and versatility found in our trademark pre-amplifiers and offers them up in a compact and rugged floor format. Historically, floor pre-amplifiers have been used primarily to add or enhance gain and flexibility to existing stand alone combos or heads. V-TWIN does this extremely well, offering three sounds, two of them footswitchable and can creat
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BASIC SET-UP: Set the controls as per this diagram. Then run through the 3 sounds by using the Channel Select footswitch and the Alternate Channel push key located between the Middle and Treble controls. GAIN BASS MIDDLE TREBLE PRESENCE MASTER BYPASS CLEAN BLUES SOLO BYPASS CHANNEL ALTERNATE CHANNEL OUTPUTS: TO GUITAR AMP: This jack is provided to allow interfacing with existing amplifiers, giving the user an addition
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TO POWER AMP: This jack provides a hotter signal level and a slightly different E.Q. curve for interfacing with the FX Return stage of any amplifier, or TO POWER STEREO SIMUL CLASS 2 : NINETY simply to use V-TWIN as a stand alone pre-amp with an MESA AMP LEVEL A LEVEL B existing power amplifier. (We suggest an all tube power amp...e.g. MESA'S Stereo Simul-Class 2 : Ninety or Fifty / Fifty.) JACK The level here should be more than enough to drive even LOCATED ON much less sensi
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SAMPLE SETTINGS: Now that you have a better understanding of the Outputs and set-up procedures, let's listen to a few sample settings...Keep in mind that if you are using the TO GUITAR AMP jack, the setting of the host amp determines much of the overall character of the sound. We suggest you start by plugging into the host amplifier first and dialing up a balanced and warm clean rhythm sound. Watch out for excessive highs or lows, as an over abund
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SAMPLE SETTINGS: (continued) 4 GAIN BASS MIDDLE TREBLE PRESENCE MASTER STINGING BLUES: BLUES MODE: Neck or Bridge Single 5 GAIN BASS MIDDLE TREBLE PRESENCE MASTER CRUNCH RHYTHM: Bridge Humbucking SOLO MODE: 6 GAIN BASS MIDDLE TREBLE PRESENCE MASTER JUICY HIGH GAIN LEAD: SOLO MODE: Bridge Humbucking HINTS These settings are mere suggestions that should get you in the ball park so to speak...taking into account pick-up differences and host amp / power amplifier variables. Spend
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V-TWIN Rear View 612712 618112 JACK pt# 618112 JACKS pt# (all) JACKS pt# (all) TO POWER TO GUITAR MIXER / EXTERNAL EXTERNAL INSTRUMENT HEADPHONES AMP AMP SELECT BYPASS INPUT POWER SUPPLY 12VAC - 1 AMP 50 / 60 Hz AC - 1 ONLY NOTE: This switch 612391 JACK pt# is located on the ESA OOGIE M B R right side of the unit HAND BUILT IN PETALUMA, CA, USA 601901 pt# MIXER PHONES V-TWIN Front View 302063 THUMB SCREW L & R pt# L R 600203 CAP pt# 600201 SHAFT pt# POT pt# POT pt# POT pt# POT pt#
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ESA OOGIE B M The Spirit of Art in Technology Thank you for trusting MESA/Boogie to be your amplifier company. We wish you many years of toneful enjoyment from this handbuilt all tube instrument.
