Explanation Key for the NEW Base Line Settings MAP. Easier than it looks!

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.