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    0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 Bass Amplifier Owner's Guide f or the CRA TE CRA TE CRA TE[...]

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    Bass Amplifier Congratulations! Y ou are now the proud owner of the compact but powerful Crate MXB25 Bass Amplifier . The small size of this amplifier belies its big performance: the 10” Crate Custom speaker makes the most of the amplifier ’s 27 watts of musical output power . A 4-band rotary EQ combined with Crate’s variable Contour control [...]

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    Bass Amplifier Important Safeguards and Precautions: 3 All Crate products are designed for continuous safe operation. Abiding by the following rules can help prevent damage to your amplifier , yourself and others. • The amplifier is equipped with a three-pronged AC power cord. T o reduce the risk of electrical shock, NEVER remove or otherwise att[...]

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    Bass Amplifier The Front Panel: 4 0 10 0 10 0 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1: 0dB INPUT : Use this 1/4” jack to connect your instrument to the amplifier by means of a shielded instrument cable. If your instrument has active electronics or high output pickups, or if the amplifier distorts at low settings of the Gain control (#3), use the -15dB Input jack (#2)[...]

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    Bass Amplifier 5 0 10 0 10 0 10 8 9 10 12 11 14 13 15 9: HIGH: Use this control to adjust the high frequency response of the amplifier . Rotating the control counterclockwise reduces the high frequency output. Rotating the control clockwise increases the high frequency output. The High control pro- vides a range of 33dB of boost or cut at 10kHz. 10[...]

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    Bass Amplifier Suggested Settings: 6 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 OUT IN IN IN Clean: Blues: Rhythm: Lead:[...]

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    Bass Amplifier System Block Diagram: 7 0dB INPUT ACTIVE SHAPE -15dB INPUT GAIN MASTER VOLUME POWER AMP CONTOUR LO LO MID HI MID HI EQ LIMITER EXT. SPEAKE R HEAD PHONES[...]

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    Bass Amplifier CRA TE MXB25 TECHNICAL SPECIFICA TIONS: Output Power Rating 27 watts RMS @ 5% THD 4 ohms, 120 V AC Maximum Input Signal Accepted 15 volts peak-to-peak Input Impedance 220k ohms Signal to Noise Ratio 75dB Low Control 28dB Range @ 60Hz Low Mid Control 15dB Range @ 400Hz High Mid Control 18dB Range @ 1kHz High Control 33dB Range @ 10kHz[...]