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¦ 6-way LED footcontroller supplied that controls CLEAN, CRUNCH, OD1, OD2, SOLO and REVERB. MODE FOUR Front Panel Features - see panel page 70 1. INPUT Jack panel or the supplied 6-way footcontroller, the Use a good quality guitar cable (i.e. one that’s red LED within this switch will be illuminated. screened) to plug your guitar in here. The 3. CRUNCH Mode Select Switch quality of your guitar cable is particularly Push this switch to select the CRUNCH Mode important in a very high gain amplifier design of AMP 1. When this mode is selected via the such as the MODE FOUR. Any fault in the cable front panel or the supplied 6-way footcontroller, could lead to unwanted hum, noise, or high- the LED within this switch will light up. pitched feedback. In common with most high gain designs and in 4. GAIN Control order to avoid unwanted noise, the MODE When AMP 1 is in CLEAN Mode, this control FOUR is automatically muted when there is will take you from shimmering, bell-like, clean nothing inserted into the INPUT Jack. This tones at low settings, to edgy, valve generated means that if no guitar is plugged in, the amp bluesy distortions at higher settings. will be very quiet regardless of the settings. When CRUNCH Mode is selected you enter TONE TIP: For using a separate pre-amp with the hallowed world of a front-ended JCM800, the power amp section of the MODE FOUR, which will give you classic Marshall metal and see Frequently Asked Questions (page 12) alternative rock tones. Low GAIN settings will TONE TIP: Microphonic (i.e. loose) guitar yield the truly dynamic, touch sensitive, pickups can lead to unwanted low-end feedback overdriven valve roar that made the JCM800 at high gain settings. If your guitar suffers from 2203 a hard rock legend. Higher levels of GAIN this, we would suggest you visit a qualified give you dense, saturated tone with endless guitar service technician to remedy the problem sustain and a slamming, low-end thump without so you can get the optimum performance from losing any of that all-important note definition, your MODE FOUR at all Gain settings. even when playing complex chords. AMP 1 GAIN CONTROL SWEET SPOT: TheAMP 1 CONTROLS CLEAN and CRUNCH Modes of the MODE FOUR offer a huge degree of flexibility in terms 2. CLEAN Mode Select Switch of gain. Push this switch to select the CLEAN Mode of AMP 1. When this mode is selected via the front As the GAIN Control is shared between the CLEAN and CRUNCH Modes some change in 4 MODE FOUR Front Panel - see panel 70 level may be experienced when switching 7. MIDDLE Control between these modes, especially at extreme This controls the all-mid-range of settings. your sound. Higher settings will make your guitar sound fatter and fuller. Conversely, lower The diagram below shows the 'Sweet Spot' settings will reduce the mids sound, area of the AMP 1 GAIN Control giving you a more aggressive, ‘scooped’ sound. levels of CLEAN and CRUNCH are well balanced. 8. SCOOP Switch GAIN CONTROL 'SWEET SPOT' This control has been specifically fine-tuned (CLEAN & CRUNCH balanced) to give the most crushing mid ‘scoop’ sound imaginable. By reconfiguring the entire post-EQ voicing of AMP 1, the tone becomes extremely aggressive – tight, punchy and focused with the highs and lows accentuated and the mids CRUNCH mode CLEAN mode ‘scooped’ out. louder than louder than CLEAN CRUNCH 0 10 9. REVERB Control This controls the level of the MODE FOUR’s Obviously, when using GAIN settings on specially designed, built-in, digital Reverb for either side of this ‘sweet spot’, if you switch AMP 1. between AMP 1’ s CLEAN and CRUNCH modes, you’re going to have to compensate for 10. TREBLE Control the resulting level differences with your guitar’s This control determines the amount of high- volume control &/or pickup selection. end and makes your guitar’s tone brighter and more cutting as it is turned up. Adjusting the TONE TIP: At low CRUNCH settings, ballsy TREBLE Control will allow you to fine-tune crunch can be transformed into wonderfully upper-end ‘shimmer’ on your CLEAN sounds rich clean tones by merely reducing the guitar and aggressive bite on your CRUNCH – volume control. especially when used in conjunction with the 5. BASS Control PRESENCE Control (13). This controls the amount of low frequencies TONE TIP: AMP 1’ s tone network is highly (bottom end) in your tone. Adjusting this control interactive and altering one control can change in conjunction with the RESONANCE control the shape of the sound in relation to the other (12) will drastically affect the size and tightness tone controls. Experimentation is the best way of your low end. The more BASS and to achieve your desired sounds. RESONANCE you dial in, the fatter your bottom end will become. 11. FX LEVEL Control When you’re using an external effects device 6. VOLUME Control in the MODE FOUR’s Parallel to Series FX This control determines how loud or quiet loop, this control adjusts the amount of the AMP 1 is. This control should ...