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    custom audio electronics inc. • • • 10648 Magnolia Blvd. North Hollywood, CA. 91601 Phone (818) 763-8898 Fax (818) 763-8890 OD-100 Tube Guitar Amplifiers OPERATING GUIDE[...]

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    Start by plugging AC power into the amp after first making sure the amp is set to the proper line voltage. Also, make sure the amp is on “Standby” before applying AC power. Allow about 30 seconds after the amp is turned on for the tube heaters to warm up before taking the amp off “Standby” (Standback!) Proper use of the standby switch will [...]

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    Channel 1 (The “Clean” Channel) For starters, set Channel 1’s switches and controls as follows: Bright switch “in”, Boost switch “out”, Gain=5, Bass=5, Middle=5, Treble=5, Level 1=5 As you can see, we have set all the controls straight up. Not loud enough? Turn up Level 1 (it’s the Master volume for Channel 1). Not clean enough? Tur[...]

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    Effects Loop The OD-100 effects loop is a tube buffered series loop. The effect send jack is always active and acts as a low impedance tube buffered preamp out capable of driving a wide variety of devices from low level pedals to line level “rack” gear. The leve l appearing at this jack is dependent on the setting of the Channel’s Level 1 or [...]

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    To change selected voltage: Open cover using small blade screwdriver or similar tool. Set aside cover/fuse block assembly. Pull voltage selector card straight out of housing, using indicator pin orient selector card so that the desired voltage is readable at the bottom (see above). Fix indicator pin into notch at opposite side. Insert voltage selec[...]