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Summary of Contents for Trickfish Amplification BULLHEAD 1K
- Page 2 Thank you for choosing Trickfish, we hope you fall in love with your new amp and enjoy a lovely life together. The Bullhead 1K is a truly dynamic piece of gear and nothing will take the place of spending time playing and experimenting with it as you learn about the amp, your basses and maybe yourself.
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Page 3: Unpacking Your Unit
Unpacking your unit IMPORTANT NOTE: Your Trickfish Amplification product was originally packaged in a specially designed carton and included special packing materials. Please save these items. They should be used when shipping your Trickfish Amplification product. Please inspect the shipping carton - If the packaging seems damaged please return this item to the shipper. -
Page 4: Important Safety Instructions
Important Safety Instructions • • Damage requiring service: Unplug the apparatus Read these instructions. • from the wall outlet and refer servicing to qualified Keep these instructions • service personnel under the following conditions. Heed all warnings. a) When the power supply cord has been •... - Page 5 EC Declaration of Conformity in accordance to EC Directives Electro-magnetic compatibility (Council Directive 89/336/EEC, as amended by Directives 92/31/EEC and 93/68/EEC); Low-voltage electrical equipment (Council Directive 73/23/EEC) This product conforms to the following standards: EN55103-1 Emission EN55103-2 Immunity FCC Part 15 Class B Compliance This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
- Page 6 Bullhead 1K Front Panel Features 1. Instrument Input: ¼” phone plug line input 2. Input Attenuator: +/- 9db of gain to accommodate active or passive inputs 3. Input Level Indicator: 10 segment LED ladder indicates amount of gain after EQ circuit 4.
- Page 7 Bullhead 1K Rear Panel Features 1. AC Mains Input: Attach supplied cable firmly into socket 2. Parallel Speaker Outputs: Neutrik Combi-connectors accommodate both Speakon and ¼” phone plugs 3. EFX Loop Series/Parallel select switch: Switches the EFX Loop from parallel operation to serial operation 4.
- Page 8 Powering Up: 1. When the Bullhead 1K is powered up by switching the AC Mains on the right hand side of the head, it will go through a power-up sequence. The lights will blink and you’ll see one of the red LED’s in the “Input Level Indicator”...
- Page 9 The Trickfish team has put all of our experience and skill into making the Bullhead 1K a truly musical piece of equipment. The design goals were modest: build a pre-amp that had the lowest noise floor possible so when we record it’s nice and quiet, employ powerful EQ’s so we can shape the sound in the most musical way possible and...
- Page 10 – cut EQ and you’re reducing gain). Think about this when judging the Gain Structure of the amp. Bass Control: On most bass amplifiers and on the Bullhead 1K the bass filter is a shelving type of EQ. In the 12:00 position there is no cut or boost on the Bullhead so essentially you’re just passing a signal through.
- Page 11 The output of the amp sends the signal to the speaker outputs. On the Bullhead 1K we feature a “mute switch” that interrupts the signal to the power amp so that you can tune silently when your tuner is plugged into the corresponding jack in the back.
- Page 12 Direct Output Ground Lift: Use this if you hear a hum or buzz in the output signal. This can happen when there is discrepancy between the power ground of the Bullhead 1k and the house sound system or recording system.
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Page 13: Warranty
90 days. This warranty extends to the original owner of the product and the product must have been purchased from an authorized Trickfish Amplification dealer. The owner must present to us the sales invoice that clearly shows the dealer's name, store location or website, product model and date of purchase. -
Page 14: Suggested Settings
Suggested Settings Just a simple cut of the mids will deliver a round, balanced tone. From there you can use the active tone controls on your bass to dial in your tone. This is a great place to start when first getting familiar with the BH1K. *Remember, when you cut you can add amp gain to make-up the loss in volume For a very present finger and slap tone you can add bit of bass with the 80Hz button in, cut a little of the mid-range at 1kHz and get some airy highs by selecting the 8kHz setting and adding a little gain. - Page 15 Suggested Settings This is the “lite” version of the classic scooped bass tone preferred by slap & pop players. The Bass control is on the 40Hz setting for true low-frequencies, both Mid-Range controls are cut and the Treble is on the 8kHz setting for a sophisticated “pop”...
- Page 16 Personal Settings Trickfish™ Amplification USA LLC • 1410 Brittmoore Road • Houston, Texas 77043 • • www.trickfishamps.com info@trickfishamps.com service@trickfishamps.com BH1K Guide 04272105...
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