Crate BX50 DLX manual

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  • Page 1

    BASS AMPLIFIER User’s Guide[...]

  • Page 2

    BASS AMPLIFIER 2 T able Of Contents: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 The Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,5 Some Suggested Settings: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 System Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 T echnical Specifica[...]

  • Page 3

    BASS AMPLIFIER 3 Congratulations! Y ou are now the proud owner of the compact but powerful Crate BX25DLX/BX50DLX Bass Amplifier . The BX25DLX/BX50DLX features two different channels: a distortion channel, featuring Crate’ s exclusive Shape control for quick and easy access to the tone you need, and a clean channel with a four-band rotary EQ. Anot[...]

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    4 1. INPUT : Use this 1/4” jack to connect your bass to the amplifier by means of a shielded instrument cable. 2. GAIN: Use this control to adjust the amount of distortion for the Distortion/A channel. As you rotate the con- trol clockwise the amount of distortion increases. 3. SHAPE: Use this control to adjust the tone of the Distortion/A channe[...]

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    BASS AMPLIFIER 5 13. CD INPUT : Use these RCA jacks to connect the line level (or headphones) output of a CD player , tape deck or rhythm machine to the amplifier . The signal level from these jacks is adjusted by the Master control (#12). If the signal from the source connected to these jacks is too strong, use the output level control on the sour[...]

  • Page 6

    BASS AMPLIFIER 6 Suggested Starting Settings: OUT * * OUT * * OUT * * OUT * * IN * * IN * Rock: Jazz: Country: Funk: Solo Fuzz: Super Fat Fuzz: *As Needed[...]

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    BASS AMPLIFIER 7 System Block Diagram: BUFFER INPUT LEVEL LOW LOW MID HIGH MID HIGH CHANNEL SWITCH FOOT SWITCH EQ NOISE GATE GAIN DISTORTION LEVEL TUNER A BC D EF G SHAPE LEVEL OCTAVE POWER AMP MASTER HEAD PHONES EXTERNA L SPEAKER SPEAKER CD INPUTS L R[...]

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    BX25DLX/BX50DLX TECHNICAL SPECIFICA TIONS: BX25DLX BX50DLX Output Power Rating 27W RMS 1%THD 4 Ω , 120 V AC 50W RMS 1.5%THD 4 Ω 120 V AC Gain Channel A 1 15dB 1 15dB Channel B 76dB 76dB CD Inputs 36dB 36dB T one Range Low 20dB @ 50Hz 20dB @ 50Hz Low Mid 24dB @ 150Hz 24dB @ 150Hz High Mid 20dB @ 1kHz 20dB @ 1kHz High 34dB @ 10kHz 34dB @ 10kHz Si[...]