Tube Works MosValve 3175 Series Owner's Manual

MosValve™
REAL TUBE
3300 SERIES & 3175 BASS AMPS
OWNER'S MANUAL
Congratulations on purchasing the most innovative, unique and best-performing bass amp in existence.
With world-renowned and patented MosValve Circuitry for power coupled with an extremely versatile
bass pre-amp, your new bass amp is truly a major advance in the art of bass amplification. Please take
some time to fully familiarize yourself with the many design features of your new amp. It far exceeds the
performance level and design features of any similarly priced alternative equipment.
IMPORTANT FEAT URES
Conservatively rated 160-Watt or 300-Watt MosValve power output at 2 ohms. A 2 ohm rating was se-
lected by the designer, BK Butler to be the most versatile choice for bassists, enabling a vast array of
cabinet combinations to be used.
F.E.T. or TUBE preamp operation. For those perfectionists who savor the warmth of tubes, this amp will
satisfy you fully. For the ultimate in clean, punchy and accurate bass sound production, the alternative F.
E.T. preamp stage is also available.
Simplicity of layout and design provides the most reliability possible. For the example, the MosValve
power amplifier section contains up to 60% fewer parts than conventional amplifiers, but has vastly im-
proved performance and sound. Fewer parts means increased reliability, and a more direct, noise-free
tone.
Completely original and unique "dynamic response" limiter. You will notice that this limiter is not the
"brick wall" type that you may have experienced in the past. Much more like the old classic tube limiters
used in studios for years, your amp will give you great dynamic punch and response even with high set-
ting of limiting. Much time and input from bassists has resulted in perhaps the best single-knob limiter
ever designed.
5-control E.Q. section — The ranges and frequencies of these controls have been carefully selected to
be the most useful available. The E.Q. section is a combination of active and passive designs.
2 Direct balanced outputs — One is a buffered true-balanced Direct Out from the guitar without any gain
or E.Q. added. The other is selectable to include the preamp F.E.T. or tube plus input volume setting, or
the entire preamp plus E.Q. and Effects Loop.
Front -panel variable mixing of effects return. This feature greatly enhances the versatility of the tonality
available with effects.
Variable send-receive effects loop. Easily adjusts to virtually any signal level of floor or rack-mount device
on the market regardless of input/output level or impedance.
Standard rugged ozite covered all-plywood enclosures for exceptionally long life and good acoustical iso-
lation properties.
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appreciation for your purchase.