Budda SUPERDRIVE SD80 user manual

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® ™ Budda Superdrive Series Guitar Amplifiers Thank you for purchasing the finest tube amplifier in the business. We appreciate your support and look forward to providing you with years of trouble-free service. Before we get into the features of your amplifier, we would like to note that tube amplifiers require a little bit of care and maintenance to ensure many years of service. We would like to share the most important tips with you right here: • When you first turn on your amplifier, remember t

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Mid: Use this push/pull control to dial in your midrange frequencies. Mids are the most active part of the EQ circuit. Cutting scoops your tone, sort of like creating a “V” in a graphic equalizer. Boosting them will add more fundamental guitar frequencies. • Pull “Modern”: This radically changes the EQ of your amplifier. Pulling this control will slightly reduce the mids while raising the bass and treble frequencies. It works best in the Drive mode with the Mid control at a minimum setting.

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Return: Use this jack to receive the output of your effects device or another amplifier’s send or direct output. This path sends the signal to the power amp and is post EQ and Master Volume. At this point you are accessing only the power (output) section of the amplifier. Slave: The Slave out is a 100-ohm compensated signal that is in parallel with the speaker output. It contains the full complement of preamp and power amp characteristics of your amp. Use this output to send your signal to a

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Trouble Shooting Tips: Preamp and power tubes may become microphonic and lose power over time. A few of the common symptoms are:  A high-pitched squealing sound when you turn on your amp.  A static sound when your guitar volume is turned down.  A loss of output or a muddy signal. One simple test to determine whether your amp is experiencing preamp or power tube problems can be performed by plugging your guitar into the effects return of your amp:  If the static or squealing noise continues,

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