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Hughes & Kettner Switchblade TSC Head 100 Manual

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  • Page 1 Switchblade TSC Head 100, Combo 100, Combo 50 Manual 1.0...

  • Page 2: Things To Do Before Operating The Amp

    Foreword Combo Only Check to ensure the wire to the internal speaker is connected properly to the The installed Tube Safety Control (TSC) safeguards your tubes, amp, and sound. power amp (see figure). Note that on the 50W Combo, the internal speaker is Beyond that, for the first time it puts into your hands a tool that helps you connected to the 8-Ω...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents The Fundamentals of Handling SWITCHBLADE TSC The SWITCHBLADE TSC’s Channels CLEAN Channel CRUNCH Channel LEAD Channel ULTRA Channel GAIN BASS, MID, TREBLE PRESENCE MASTER Digital Effects REVERB DELAY MOD FX Master VOLUME STORE ORIGINAL VALUE FX LOOP Tube-Safety-Control (TSC) 5.1.

  • Page 4: The Switchblade Tsc's Channels

    The Fundamentals of Handling SWITCHBLADE TSC is a tube amp and, as such, works as a tube amp. respond like any other conventional knob. The ORIGINAL VALUE LED in Nevertheless, the handling concept is rather advanced, so time spent familiarizing the MASTER section tells you the Preset setting.

  • Page 5: Ultra Channel

    2.3 LEAD Channel The LEAD sound is the first choice for hard-rockin’, classic British high-GAIN Digital Effects tone to fuel Leads, power chords and riffs. Courtesy of its fine-tuned compression, this Channel delivers the lubricant that makes those slick riffs and licks fly off your fingertips.

  • Page 6: Store

    It also offers some more hip features for dealing with different power output tubes that are likely to interest you. If not, simply handle the amp as you would any Master conventional tube amp. But on issues concerning tube replacement, please do read and heed chapter 8, Replacing tubes, preventive maintenance, and service as well The Master section lets you adjust the amp’s overall Volume, route external effects, as section 5.3.2, Checking for matching ratings when swapping tubes.

  • Page 7: Matching Tubes With Tsc

    5.3 Matching tubes with TSC: - a tube is receiving insufficient power and the amp is running on one less than a Experience has taught us that even minor outside influences full set of tubes (see section 5.2.3) - an overload has damaged a tube and TSC has switched off the affected tube pair can have a major impact on a power output tube’s (see section 5.2.4) characteristics.

  • Page 8: Rear Panel Connections And Control Features

    5.3.3 Tube ratings tables 6.3 FX LOOP If you wish to use an external effect device, you can insert it into the FX LOOP. To ascertain the rating, insert a pick into the slot to initiate read-out (see section 5.3.1). Then count the flashes and look for that number in the table below. 6.3.1 FX SEND Connect this jack to your effects processor‘s input jack.

  • Page 9: Midi Control And Programming

    to switch SWITCHBLADE TSC and the effect device simultaneously with the same program change command, you must configure SWITCHBLADE TSC’s MIDI Control and Programming Store function and program this device accordingly. 7.1 FSM 432 Note: The table below should be big help if you wish to switch the Presets of a The included Hughes &...

  • Page 10: Storing Settings/Programming

    7.4.1 Selecting a New Memory Slot via MIDI Learn FACTORY SETTING: MIDI CHANNEL = 1, OMNI = ON • Press the STORE button briefly; it lights up to signify that it is armed (MIDI Note: OMNI ON is helpful if you are unsure via which channel a connected Learn).

  • Page 11: Troubleshooting

    Before you start swapping tubes, ask yourself these questions: • Was the fault or failure of the tube caused by the tube itself or by a flawed Troubleshooting peripheral device or component, perhaps a defective speaker cable? If you don’t get to the bottom of the problem and remedy it, it may crop up again even after you replace the tubes.

  • Page 12: Technical Specifications

    Technical Specifications All level indications relate to 0 dBV (1V RMS). 10.1 Inputs INSTRUMENT Input Input 6.3 mm (1/4“) jack Type unbalanced Input impedance 1 M Ω Sensitivity - 50 dB (Clean Channel) Max. Input Level 0 dB FX Return Input 6.3 mm (1/4”) jack Type...
  • Page 13 english español IMPORTANT ADVICE ON SAFETY! PLEASE READ BEFORE USE AND KEEP ¡INDICACIONES DE SEGURIDAD IMPORTANTES! ¡LÉANSE ANTES DE FOR LATER USE! UTILIZAR EL APARATO Y GUARDENSE PARA SU USO POSTERIOR! • Th e unit has been built by Hughes & Kettner in accordance with IEC 60065 and left the factory in safe •...
  • Page 14 Th is is to certify that Für das folgend bezeichnete Erzeugnis Hughes & Kettner Hughes & Kettner Switchblade TSC Switchblade TSC complies with the provisions of the Directive of the Council of the wird hiermit bestätigt, dass es den wesentlichen Schutzanforderungen European Communities on the approximation of the laws of the Member entspricht, die in der Richtlinie des Rates zur Angleichung der States relating to electromagnetic compatibility according to EMC directive...
  • Page 15 Hughes & Kettner Postfach 1509 66595 St. Wendel Tel: +49 (0) 68 51 - 905 0 Fax: +49 (0) 68 51 - 905 103 International Inquiries: Fax: +49 - 68 51 - 905 200 hkinternational@hughes-and-kettner.com www.hughes-and-kettner.com D -2205 9840202 Copyright 04/2009 by Music & Sales GmbH. Subject to change without notice...

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