BaseLine
Settings____ This page is included in the new amp manuals!
Mounting:
FA PB
GS SB
Input
Main: NC
EG PB EXT
Instrument
Vol: . 25 .50 .75 +
RCA
1: NC, In , Out, Monitor Fill out this form when you make new set- ups- then you can duplicate it!
Output
TRS: HP,GC ,Ring,ST
Gain
Cont: zero,#___,7+ ___
Volume
Cont:1,#___, (+) ___
Power:Batt,EXT,OFF
EXT.Device:
____________
ADD: JC
R.iso AMP SR
Music
: rk.cu.ry.sl.bu.cl. NA
Sore-Throat Guitar
Amplifiers
Explanation Key for the “BaseLine Settings Map”.
This little document will make it easy for you and your
friends to communicate the many uses of the Sore-Throat Guitar Amplifier, and
the ability to duplicate operating conditions, mechanical settings, and
electrical states.
We receive a lot of feedback from customers requesting
“how-to” info and trying to understand why the little amps were designed “different
from everybody else’s”. One map is
filled out, attached to a “standard hook-up diagram” and supplied in this
manual to enable new buyers to get their amps up and running.
You also get one page of blanks. Make copies of the maps and
hook-up diagram blanks, so you can share your discoveries- maybe even make a
“music book” for yourself. (or mark “NA” if its not musical!)
All you need is a little practice filling out the settings
as you encounter new sounds when you play music. Then share the info with
friends who have a STGA rig.
First circle your settings and take notes in Pencil.
When all eleven BaseLines have been marked, use a hi-
lighter color to mark over the pencil. This will make a session “etched in
stone” and easy to duplicate.
Eventually you will memorize the abbreviations because we
kept them simple.
This practice of documented duplication is nothing new-
Producers listen carefully while musicians fiddle with their sound. When they
hear something great they say “freeze!”- and then a bunch of guys with note
books swarm the studio and write everything down-every cable,box,knob,etc.
When its time to record- they can get that same sound.
Read the next column for the definitions.
Mounting: Free Air, Pedal Board, Guitar Strap,
Service Bench.
This is important, because un-secured amps can pick up noise
from rotating cables and electrical fields. “ain’t tied down-blame y’self”!
Input Main: No
Connection, electric guitar, pedal board, external source. The ¼ inch input
jack.
So 90% of the time you got a guitar plugged-in, but presume
nothing! You can use each pre-amp separately; it may be “NC”, with a sound
going to the RCA #1. And, a pedal board cable introduces more sounds than a
“clean guitar”.
Instrument volume: most ignored setting. Too low,
& you blame the wimpy amp! Too high, and overdrive
distortion crushes every promising note! Guess your percentage, but always
check it. NOTE: if you marked "headphones" on output, you may want to mark the 2nd vol. (+____) with your headphone controls, if they are separate.
RCA 1: This
Jack works both ways. Input to amp #2 (120X), out from amp #1 (27X) or used as
a monitor (not part of sound loop) to hear actual “raw” guitar sound. Jumper
cable from yer buddies Pedal output- and you can “Jam together”. ( JC= 1/4 " guitar to RCA Male )
Output TRS:
Head Phone, Guitar Cable, Center Ring, Stereo. The ¼ inch headphone jack.
You can plug in a standard guitar-cable-to-a-combo-speaker –amp, but it will
work better with a 3 conductor cable, with the “ring” isolated.
Gain Control: Zero,
number, 7+ = the setting of the knob itself. Zero can be used to reduce noise,
or #1 will enable “clean” playing, with distortion only on “E” string. Anything
higher than 7+ is very amp’ed!
Volume Control: since volume is never really zero, 1
is the lowest, #5 up would be headphone use, (+) is used on spring reverb
thangs.
Power: Battery,
External, OFF.If the amp has batteries and a +/- supply on the switch, it can
only be “off” is one thing is removed.
External Device: could be a spring reverb, stereo
amp, or testing/monitoring connection.
ADD: Jumper Cable, Ring isolated, amplifier, spring
reverb. Items added to the sound loop.
Music: Rock, county, rhythm, slide, blues, classical,
or Not Applicable- may not be musical sound!
See further explanations on other pages and on Hook-up
Diagrams.
