Mesa/Boogie SUBWAY BASS DI PREAMP Owner's Manual
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- Page 1 SUBWAY ® BASS DI-PREAMP Owner’s Manual...
- Page 2 Greetings from the Home of Tone® …You, smart player and intuitive human, have put your trust in us to be your amplifier company. This is something that we do not take lightly. By choosing this instrument to be part of your musical voice, you have become part of the MESA® family… WELCOME! Our goal is to never let you down.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
SUBWAY ® BASS DI-PREAMP Table of Contents PRECAUTIONS AND SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS OVERVIEW _____________________________________________________________________________________ 1 TOP PANEL (CONTROLS & FEATURES) INPUT JACK ____________________________________________________________________________________ 2 THRU OUTPUT JACK ____________________________________________________________________________ 2 DEEP SWITCH __________________________________________________________________________________ 2 ACTIVE/PASSIVE SWITCH ________________________________________________________________________ 2 HIGH PASS FILTER ______________________________________________________________________________ 2 INPUT (GAIN) CONTROL __________________________________________________________________________ 3 VOICING CONTROL ______________________________________________________________________________ 3 BASS CONTROL ________________________________________________________________________________ 3... -
Page 4: Important Safety Instructions
Only connect to an AC power supply adapter that meets the power supply specifications listed on the rear of the unit. Make certain grounding/earthing conforms with local standards. Your MESA/Boogie® SUBWAY® BASS DI-PREAMP is a professional instrument. Please treat it with respect and operate it properly... -
Page 5: Overview
Overview Congratulations on your choice of the SUBWAY® BASS DI-PREAMP and welcome to the MESA/Boogie® family! First, we would like to thank you for choosing us as your amplifier company and trusting us to help create your musical voice. This is something we never take for granted, and you’ll find that we are here and ready to assist you should you ever need help. -
Page 6: Top Panel (Controls & Features)
TOP PANEL (CONTROLS & FEATURES) INPUT BASS TREBLE MASTER THRU INSTRUMENT OUTPUT INPUT ACTIVE VOICING HIGH MID LOW MID POWER PASSIVE DEEP SUBWAY ® BASS DI-PREAMP INPUT JACK This jack (located on the right side of the chassis) is the instrument INPUT that feeds the first stage monolithic J-FET buffer amp of the SUBWAY BASS DI-PREAMP. -
Page 7: Input (Gain) Control
INPUT (GAIN) CONTROL This control determines the input gain of the first gain stage and thus the level that the following electronics stages operate at. Overdriving the input gain stage may be a desirable tonal characteristic of your playing style. When using significant overdriven tones, you may find it helpful to back down on the TREBLE EQ a little bit to reduce harshness and also to reduce the BASS EQ to increase the clarity and impact. -
Page 8: Rear Panel (Controls & Features)
REAR PANEL (CONTROLS & FEATURES) PREAMP OUT PREAMP OUT DIRECT OUT BALANCED UNBALANCED BALANCED PIN 1 POWER SOURCE PIN 1 LINE LEVEL LINE LEVEL MIC LEVEL LIFT POST-EQ LIFT GROUND 9 VDC 45mA PRE-EQ GROUND PHANTOM POWER PROTECTED XLR OUTPUTS MADE IN PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA WITH THE WORLD’S FINEST MATERIALS POWER JACK The SUBWAY BASS DI-PREAMP is designed to operate from any standard 9VDC, center “-“... -
Page 9: Preamp Out ¼" (6.3Mm) Jack)
Front of House, monitor and studio engineers to frown when a bassists suggests that their D.I. sounds great and isn’t noisy, with the SUBWAY BASS DI PREAMP DIRECT OUT, you can confidently insist they try it and watch them smile as they raise your levels into the mix for the first time. -
Page 10: Troubleshooting
TROUBLESHOOTING In the event that your SUBWAY DI-PREAMP appears not to work correctly, often enough the problem is not with the PREAMP-DI, but a related piece of equipment. In this case, it’s necessary to take a deliberate, systematic approach to troubleshooting in order to ef- fectively identify and correct the problem. - Page 11 SYMPTOM NOISE (LOW FREQUENCY HUM) IN AUDIO 1. Defective instrument cable or problem with bass wiring. Plug a very short instrument cable into the instrument input (to turn the DI-PREAMP on), if hum is greatly reduced or eliminated, this means that the noise is entering from outside the DI-PREAMP. Try a known good instrument cable and/or bass).
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Page 12: Factory Sample Settings
FACTORY SAMPLE SETTINGS FUNK / FINGERSTYLE INPUT BASS TREBLE MASTER INSTRUMENT THRU INPUT OUTPUT ACTIVE VOICING HIGH MID LOW MID POWER PASSIVE DEEP SUBWAY ® BASS DI-PREAMP CLASSIC SLAP INPUT BASS TREBLE MASTER THRU INSTRUMENT OUTPUT INPUT ACTIVE VOICING HIGH MID LOW MID POWER PASSIVE... -
Page 13: User Settings
USER SETTINGS INPUT BASS TREBLE MASTER THRU INSTRUMENT OUTPUT INPUT ACTIVE VOICING HIGH MID LOW MID POWER PASSIVE DEEP SUBWAY ® BASS DI-PREAMP PLAYERS NOTES AND REMINDERS PAGE 9... -
Page 14: Specifications
[note 1]: measured approx. 1 octave from knee [note 2]: including feet and controls [note 3]: not including battery MESA/Boogie® continually develops new products and improves existing ones. For this reason, specifications and information in this manual are subject to change without notice. SERVICE INFORMATION •... - Page 17 This device has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
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