Front Panel Controls; Power-Up - Mesa/Boogie Dual & Triple Rectifier Solo Heads Owner's Manual

FRONT PANEL:
UP position (Orange.) If you don't have a footswitch available, the Channel Switch located on the Rear Panel ( far left end of panel
if facing front of amp ) will activate this switching procedure. Before we get intimate with each control, let's audition the two channels
with a basic clean setting in the Vintage Orange ( Rhythm Channel ) and a fairly high gain overdriven sound in the Modern Red (
Lead Channel.)
First remove the protective covers from the tubes before connecting
(plastic webbing)

POWER-UP:

the AC. cord to a power receptacle.
Connect your favorite guitar to the instrument Input jack. Flip the POWER switch ON
while leaving the STANDBY switch set to STANDBY. (It is always a good idea to practice this start up procedure as at least 30
seconds of warm-up time lessens the shock on cold power tubes, thus prolonging their life substantially.) Next, using the example
below as a guide, set the controls as illustrated and flip the STANDBY switch to the ON position to listen to the two distinctly different
channels using either the footswitch or the Channel Select toggle switch as mentioned in the paragraph above.
ON ON
CLEAN
GAIN
MASTER PRESENCE BASS MID TREBLE
LOOP
LOOP
FT.SW INPUT
ACTIVE
SOLO HEAD MASTER
POWER STANDBY
FRONT PANELS ARE THE SAME FOR BOTH DUAL & TRIPLE RECTIFIER SOLO HEADS
The above settings are merely examples of the channels, Vintage Orange and Modern Red. These two channels are voiced very
differently when the Channel Cloning (TM) switch, located on the left side of the Rear Panel, ( when viewing from the rear ) is set to
NORMAL. The Modes are selected using the toggle switch located on the Rear Panel far left side. Orange is the softer, sweeter of
the two channels and houses two Modes of operation Clean and Vintage High Gain. The Modern Red channel boasts two Modes
also and these are labeled Blues and Modern High Gain.
NOTE: It is normal to hear a volume level difference when switching from Clean to Variable High Gain. This difference will get larger
as the MASTER Volume is increased and the amp is played loud.
Since all the Modes are extremely useful and versatile, they may all be considered as Variable High Gain Modes with Clean being
the obvious lower gain of the four. We encourage experimentation as the names we have given each of the Modes refers more to a
region of gain than to a stylistic boundary.
The DUAL and TRIPLE RECTIFIER Solo Heads are extremely versatile and the amazing sounds of even one of the Modes
many times left us with the desire to have two of the same channels. This would allow a player to have two of the same Modes with
just different settings. That way a player could use, say, the Orange ( Vintage High Gain ) for a crunch rhythm sound and switch to
virtually that same sound with maybe a touch less Treble or a pinch more Gain and a higher Master setting for soloing. Or, maybe
one might want to use the Clean Mode in the Orange channel, yet want the Variable High Gain Mode in the Orange channel for a
different type of blues solo sound. This type of wish listing the channel configuration eventually led to the concept of Channel
Cloning (TM.) Since the switch for this feature is located on the Rear Panel, we will review it later in the manual under Rear Panel.
Now that you've heard the either the DUAL or TRIPLE RECTIFIER Solo Heads two channels, let's move on to understanding
the controls and their interactive roles in achieving the sounds that you want to hear.
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