Crate Amplifiers GX-140C manual

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    GX-140C / CH STEREO CHORUS AMPLIFIER OWNER’S MANUAL Congratulations! Y ou are now the proud owner of the versatile and powerful Crate GX-140C Combo Amplifier / GX-140CH Amp Head with Stereo Chorus. With two flexible channels, Crate’s patented “Flex W ave” distortion circuitry , a Stereo Effects Loop and three footswitchable functions, the G[...]

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    1 2 3 4 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 19 20 21 16 5 9 17 18 FRONT P ANEL: 1: INPUT : Connect your guitar here using a shielded instrument cable. OVERDRIVE CHANNEL: A high gain channel giving you sounds from a slight edge to serious overdrive. 2: GAIN 1: When active, sets the amount of compression and distortion from the amplifier . At far left, the sound[...]

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    REAR P ANEL: 22: AC LINE IN: This heavy-duty , grounded, three-wire power cord is to be plugged into ONL Y a safely-wired, grounded 120 volt, 60 cycle AC power outlet. DO NOT attempt to defeat the ground connection of this cable! If your GX-140C/CH was purchased outside of the United States, see the unit’s rear panel for its power rating and fol-[...]

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    ©2001 SLM ELECTRONICS, A DIVISION OF ST . LOUIS MUSIC, 1400 FERGUSON, ST . LOUIS, MO. 63133 P/N 47-474-01 • 05/01 GX-140C/CH Amplifier Crate continually develops new products, as well as improves existing ones. For this reason, the specifications and information in this Crate manual are subject to change without notice. Output Power Rating 70 wa[...]