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- Page 1 Ceriatone CRÈME BRULEE 15W Class A guitar amplifier...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
User’s Manual Thank you for the purchase of your Ceriatone Crème Brulee guitar amplifier! Here, we hope to explain how best to use your new amp. Table of Contents 1) About the Crème Brulee……………………………………………………………………………………………..page 2 2) Quick setup……………………………………………………………………………………………………………page 3 3) Front Panel controls………………………………………………………………………………………………….page 4 4) Rear Panel controls…………………………………………………………………………………………………..page 6... -
Page 3: Quick Setup
2) QUICK SETUP (for instant gratification) 1) Plug your guitar using a 1/4” instrument cable into the INPUT on the far left 2) Plug a suitable power cable from the Crème Brulee’s rear panel AC MAINS cable inlet to your wall power receptacle 3) Plug the Crème Brulee into your speaker cabinet using 1/4”... -
Page 4: Front Panel Controls
3) FRONT PANEL CONTROLS From left to right: 1) INPUT ¼” instrument jack 2) BRIGHT three-way toggle 3) VOLUME control (PULL for BOOST) 4) TONE 6 position rotary switch 5) CUT control 6) MASTER control (PULL to ENGAGE) 7) POWER two-way toggle switch 8) INDICATOR lamp INPUT is a ¼”... - Page 5 VOLUME adjusts the preamplifier volume. When used in conjunction with the MASTER control, you can use this to set the amount of grit and crunch, and still have control over your general volume level. Pulling OUT on the VOLUME control engages a BOOST circuit. This provides more gain coming out of the EF86 tube into the remainder of the circuit.
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Page 6: Rear Panel Controls
4) REAR PANEL CONTROLS From left to right: 1) AC MAINS IEC cable inlet 2) FUSE 2A slow blow fuse 3) POWER (HI / LO) two-way toggle switch 4) IMPEDANCE three-way rotary selector 5) SPEAKERS ¼” speaker jacks AC MAINS IEC cable inlet – plug a suitable IEC power cable into this inlet to power your amplifier MAINS FUSE 2A slow-blow fuse is used to protect your amplifier from voltage spikes or excessive current draw. - Page 7 IMPEDANCE three-way rotary selector. Set this selector to the position that matches the impedance of your speaker cabinet. NOTE – if you are using two speaker cabinets in parallel (ex – two 16 Ohm cabinets), set the impedance selector to half that of a single cabinet (in this case, 8 Ohms).
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Page 8: Tube Compliment
5) TUBE COMPLIMENT From RIGHT to LEFT V1 – EF86 (input) NOTE – do not substitute any other tube types for V1, the EF86 position! V2 – ECC83 / 12AX7 (phase inverter) V3,V4 – EL84 (power tubes) V5 – 5AR4/GZ34 (rectifier) A FEW COMMENTS ON BIASING …well, don’t worry about it! The Crème Brulee is a cathode-biased amplifier and requires no bias adjustment. -
Page 9: Frequently Asked Questions
6) FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS How do I hook up this thing? - See Section 2, beginning on page 3. Can I substitute different tube types for the 12AX7/ECC83s or EF86? - Although you can try 12AT7s, 12AU7s, 5751s without any harm, the design is optimized for 12AX7s, and are therefore the only recommended tube in the preamp positions. - Page 10 How do I bias my Crème Brulee? - You don’t need to! The design is cathode-biased, Class A. The amplifier sets the bias point of the power tubes, and there is no adjustable bias to worry about! I’ve read that the components used in this type of amplifier are really important. What is inside my Crème Brulee? - We use a combination of parts custom-made for us to our specifications (power transformer, output transformer, choke, high-temperature / low-ESR electrolytic capacitors) and those used in the original amplifiers (1/2W carbon composition resistors).