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- Page 1 P a g e VICTORY VS100 ‘The Super Sheriff’ USER GUIDE All Valve 100-Watt Guitar Head, Standard & Wide Versions.
- Page 2 P a g e Thank you, and congratulations on acquiring a Victory Amplification, ‘The Sheriff 100’ amplifier head. These amps are proudly designed and built by our committed team of engineers and craftsmen in the UK. Note: The Sheriff 100 standard and wide versions are identical in operation and use the same electronics.
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Page 3: Channel Switch
P a g e What’s included? Your new Victory Sheriff 100 comes with the following: 1 x Dual Latching Footswitch for Channel Switching & Master Switching 1 x Dual Latching Footswitch for Gain Structure Switching on both channels An IEC mains lead for your country... - Page 4 P a g e HOT ROD GAIN STRUCTURE SWITCH This switches the gain range for the Hot Rod channel as detailed above. This function is also footswitchable with the supplied 2- way latching footswitch. BASS This controls the low frequency content of your sound. Higher levels of bass can be good at low volumes, but take care when running the amp louder –...
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Page 5: Rear Panel
P a g e HIGH PREHEAT LOW Switch The Sheriff 100 should always be switched to PREHEAT before turning the rear mains switch ON. Once the rear mains switch is turned ON, the amplifier is now in a ‘preheat’ mode with just the valve heaters and low voltages on. This allows the valves to heat up before they get 100s of volts up them, (it’s less of a shock). - Page 6 P a g e Always use the correct rating and type of fuse. Victory amplifiers exclusively use UL- approved 20x5mm glass ‘T’ or ‘Timed’ fuses. If you have difficulty acquiring the correct fuses, please contact Victory using service@victoryamps.co.uk. HT FUSE The HT or ‘High Tension’...
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Page 7: Depth Control
P a g e then be pulled out using a slow rotational movement to ease them from their sockets, (known as dweezling). Ensure that the pins on the replacement valves line up correctly with the pin holes as they are easily bent if not. We recommend always buying matched set of 4, (a QUAD) of output valves or Biasing may be difficult if not impossible. - Page 8 Posidrive uses an 8-Blade screwdriver which allows for more precision and higher torque. Please try to use Posidrive Screwdrivers when working on a Victory amplifier to avoid damaging any fixings. These are readily available from all good tool suppliers. We recommend having a No.1 and a No.2 point Posidrive screwdriver.
- Page 9 EL34s and to the right for 6L6s. Notes on output volume and speaker attenuation: Victory amplifiers are designed to be played loud with gigging and rehearsal in mind so it can be quite difficult to get suitable volumes and tones from valve amplifiers at home or ‘bedroom’...
- Page 10 Please contact your local dealer if you have any issues with your Victory product. Victory are setting up Official Service Centres around the world so please check on the Victory website to see where your nearest centre is located.
- Page 11 11 | P a g e Important! Please ensure the amplifier is not plugged into the mains and has been off for at least 30 minutes before removing any valves so all of the high voltages have dissipated. Carefully remove each valve in turn. The pre-amp valves have a sprung-loaded screening can fitted over each one so turn this through 90 degrees or so until it pops off.
- Page 12 Victory in the store: www.victorystore.co.uk. A note from Team Victory We’ve built your Victory Amplifier as a professional, no-compromise musical instrument, with a great deal of pride and an absolute commitment to tone. We encourage you to learn to get to know it by experimenting with all the controls, in order to discover its vast array of tonal combinations.
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