Marshall Amplification VBA400 manual

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    VBA 400 VALVE BASS AMPLIFIER[...]

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    ESP AÑOL DEUTSCH FRANÇAIS JAP ANESE ENGLISH ENGLISH 1 From the Chairman I would like to personally thank you for selecting our VBA400 valve bass head. Since I started Marshall Amplification in 1962 I have witnessed some incredible breakthroughs and advances in amplifier design technology, however there is an inescapable magical tone that comes fr[...]

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    ENGLISH 3 ENGLISH 2 1. Power Switch Controls mains power to the amplifier, activating the valve heaters and other auxiliary circuits including the fan. This should be switched on before the standby switch. 2. Standby Switch Controls the H.T. (high tension) supply to the valves to allow them to attain the correct working temperature before playing. [...]

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    JAP ANESE FRANÇAIS DEUTSCH ESP AÑOL ENGLISH 5 ENGLISH 4 10. Gain The VBA400 is an all valve bass head and as such is ideally suited to creating thick musically overdriven tones or warm clean tones. If you require a clean bass sound turn this control up until your bass just starts to distort and then back it off slightly. If on the other hand you [...]

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    TUNER MUTE ON/OFF MUTED POWER STANDBY OFF ON EQUALISATION BRIGHT DEEP 01 0 01 0 01 0 01 0 01 0 1 3 2 OUTPUT CONTROL VBA 400 VALVE BASS AMPLIFIER OFF ON MASTER VOLUME TREBLE CONTOUR SELECT BASS GAIN PRE POST PASSIVE ACTIVE MIDDLE INPUT D.I. CAUTION!: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE REPLACE FUSES WITH THE SAME TYPE AND RA TING ONLY . DISCONNECT SUPPL Y CO[...]