Table Of Contents; Things To Do Before Operating The Amp; The Channels Of The Warp 7 - Hughes & Kettner WARP 7 Manual

WARP 7-MANUAL
WE ARE DELIGHTED THAT YOU OPTED FOR A
HUGHES & KETTNER WARP 7!
21st century metal is all about detuned guitars, ponderous &
ominous riffs, big & bold effected clean sounds.
No wonder that yesteryear's amplification can't cut it in this brave
new world of sound. The WARP 7 is designed specifically to do the
sound, vibe and feel of detuned guitars justice. No quarter
expected, none granted. The WARP channel will hammer out every
hard-as-nails riff you send its way. The Clean channel too packs a
mighty wallop; even the wildest effect sounds slice through loud
and clear. Both channels sport dedicated 3-band EQs, letting you
dial in great tone and extreme contrasts, from nasty, paint-peeling
riffs to glassy & glossy clean arpeggios and chord work.
With its beefy 100-watt power amp, the WARP 7 is the ideal tool for
winning friends and influencing people; particularly your neighbors
and parents are sure to be delighted. Loaded with Celestion
RockDriver Junior speakers, the 4 x 12"cabinet sends your musical
message out to a wide audience - far wider, in fact, than
previously thought possible with a rig of this size. Taller and deeper
than comparable cabs, and cleverly braced to pack a powerful
punch, it pumps out the kind of low-end thunder known to cause
cardiac arrhythmia in lab rats!
HERE'S WISHING YOU LOTS OF SUCCESS AND FUN
WITH THE TONE OF YOUR WARP 7!
CONTENTS
THINGS TO DO BEFORE OPERATING THE AMP
1.0 THE CHANNELS OF THE WARP 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
2.0 CONNECTIONS AND CONTROL FEATURES . . . . . . . . . .6
3.0 STANDARD SETUP / CABLE CONNECTIONS . . . . . . . . . .7
4.0 OPERATING THE WARP 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
4.1 SELECTING CHANNELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
4.2 THE WARP 7 AND FX DEVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
4.3 THE WARP 7 AND MIXING CONSOLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
5.0 SERVICE AND PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE . . . . . . . . . .7
6.0 POSSIBLE ERROR SOURCES/TROUBLE-SHOOTING . . . . .8
7.0 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

THINGS TO DO BEFORE OPERATING THE AMP

You're probably champing at the bit, impatient to plug in
and rip it up. Before you do, though, be sure to read these
guidelines thoroughly. They have been known to ensure
long life for many an amp.
•Check out the voltage rating displayed next to the amp's
AC socket and make sure it matches your local
AC current before you plug the WARP 7's power cord
into an AC outlet.
•Make sure plenty of air can circulate around your amp's
ventilation ducts.
•Place the amp on a sturdy, secure base and avoid
exposing it to mechanical shocks and extreme tempera-
tures that could endanger the device or your and
others' safety.
•HUGHES & KETTNER is not liable for any damage to the
amp due to improper operation.

1.0 THE CHANNELS OF THE WARP 7

What's so special about the design of the WARP 7 circuitry?
Well, there are two new wrinkles particularly worth noting:
1) The preamp is optimized for the signal and frequency
response of detuned guitars. The WARP 7 just starts to
unleash the brunt of its sonic fury at frequencies other amps
can't even begin to render. This big bad beast likes the
taste of detuned riffs best, so be sure to feed it regularly!
2) WARP 7 sports two channels that are, sonically speaking,
polar opposites: ultra clean vs. roaring high gain tone. And
that calls for closer examination:
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CLEAN:
The Clean channel delivers razor-sharp tone piercing
enough to stop a charging rhino in its tracks at a hundred
paces. The signal remains distortion-free even at very high
levels. Not until the Volume knob is cranked to extreme
settings will the amp begin to bare its teeth with a hint snarl.
Nice but nasty are the adjectives that come to mind.
Now what's so remarkable about that? In a nutshell, you
can lather the wildest and weirdest effects on your guitar
signal and it will still cut through loud and clear, with
enough punch to put the rest of the band's instruments in
their place. Say goodbye and good riddance to those
wimpy, washed-out sounds. Now you can play with the big
boys' toys - hip vibe, roto and tremolo effects of the variety
used by the headlining acts - and still be heard at
denture-rattling volume levels.
WARP:
Look out! This is the WARP 7's sonic heart of darkness. This
channel offers the kind of earsplitting high gain sound that
you have come to know and love from your fave CDs. Its
distortion can be best described as a throaty rumble-
picture a genetically engineered, steroid-addled lion with
an attitude problem. RRrrrrrrrr indeed. Depending on the
setting, it delivers a nasty new metal thump, post-grunge
growl, alternative snarl or the doomsday thunder so
cherished by devotees of death and Goth metal. The
PRESENCE knob tweaks the upper mids to suit each genre.
Case in point: GAIN all the way up, BASS cranked, MID and
TREBLE to 12 o'clock positions, PRESENCE to 11 o'clock -
presto, there's that trademark "Bizkit" sound.
Now you have some idea of what the WARP 7 is able to
deliver in terms of tone. But there's more to it than that -
you'll find our trademark Technology of Tone in the various
connectors, buttons and knobs as well. And that's our cue
to look at these in detail:
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