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MAD PROFESSOR
Owner's manual
CS 40
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  • Page 1 MAD PROFESSOR Owner’s manual CS 40 May the manual be with you ver. 0.8...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Back panel Purpose and Use of Powersuck Mad Professor amplifi er footswitch About tubes Tube swapping How to get distortion out of the Mad Professor amp Maintenance and service Specifi cations Other features inside the amp EC declaration of conformity...

  • Page 3: First Words

    “clean tones” because it adds just the right kind of mild tube distortion to the tone. This amp is designed by Björn “Mad Professor” Juhl who is a world famous Swedish amp and pedal designer also known for his superb BJF pedals.

  • Page 4: Warranty

    MAD PROFESSOR Owner’s manual tube-amp. When replacing a fuse always unplug the power cord and use always the No limitations, no weak points, no mediocre parts, no fast production methods same fuse rating not to hurt your pride and joy and void the warranty.

  • Page 5: What Is The Mad Professor Guitar Amplifi Er About

    The Mad Professor amp was designed to be extremely dy- namic as that is a very important feature in a tube amplifi er. The MP therefore has a very big power supply for an amp in this power range and the reserve power allows 40W defi...

  • Page 6: No Compromise

    MAD PROFESSOR Owner’s manual Versatility have been taken to reduce the infl uence of peripheral circuitry and give as fast response as possible. The amplifi er is best viewed as a one channel amplifi er with lot of variety. No Compromise There are fi...

  • Page 7: Signature Tone

    Start by fi rst plugging in a good quality cabinet with the tone you prefer, one What sets the Mad Professor apart from most other amplifi ers in that many of the best options is the Mad Professor cabinet or a Marshall 4x12” type with of the distortion and compression mechanisms normally associated with tube Greenbacks or G12H’s.

  • Page 8: Front Panel And Tone Controls

    MAD PROFESSOR Owner’s manual Front panel Front panel Front allow different tones to be achieved. cleaner tone than ordinary tube overdrive. You can also get more gain from the FET position. You can use a footswitch to switch between the TUBE and FET tones when - TUBE is an all tube structure for a classic tone.

  • Page 9: Back Panel

    SPEAKER JACKS 1x16 ohm, 2x8 ohm and 2x4 ohm You can use the supplied Mad Professor Pedal to switch the BOOST on and off. BOOST sets how much level-boost is obtained when boost switch is...
  • Page 10 MAD PROFESSOR Owner’s manual over distorted sound at the desirable level. With the MP CS-40 there is ample control over sound at any level of amplifi - ers range. Therefore the Powersuck was designed to be just a tool along with other tools provided at amplifi...

  • Page 11: Mad Professor Amplifi Er Footswitch

    There is no guitar signal running through the foot switch so it will not affect the The Mad Professor amplifi er was designed as a single channel amplifi er with tone if you use it or not.

  • Page 12: About Tubes

    You can also tune the preamp section with different tubes like 12AX7/ ECC83/7025, ECC81, ECC82, 5751, 12AT7, 12AUT... The Mad Professor design is such that you will hear the tone of the tubes, there is no transformer distortion or sag, the distortion and sag comes from the tubes and it is fully adjustable.
  • Page 13 This amplifi er was designed around the now extinct Mullard EL 34 power The circuit of Mad Professor Amp, model CS-40, is designed to take the most pentode, but well in the know of this, it should be able to take tubes available...

  • Page 14: How To Get Distortion Out Of The Mad Professor Amp

    MAD PROFESSOR Owner’s manual How to get distortion out of the Mad Professor amp The design goal of this amp is to get good control over treble response and distortion, these being the most tone determining ingredients. Here are some examples of settings to give a view of how the controls work.
  • Page 15 MAD PROFESSOR Owner’s manual POWERSUCK is intended to control output level and set distortion character- istics of power amp. LOOP LEVEL settings will also change the gain structure of the amp even if there is no effect in the loop, on HI settings the signal will hit harder into the power amp.

  • Page 16: Maintenance And Service

    MAD PROFESSOR Owner’s manual Maintenance and service This amp is designed and built by servicemen and therefore shall not need any service of components located inside chassis within our lifetime. Expected tube life is 800 - 1500h for the power tubes, even 1500 - 3000h with high quality tubes.

  • Page 17: Specifi Cations

    MAD PROFESSOR Owner’s manual Specifi cations the response of a tube rectifi er amp driven to sag. The mechanism is totally different but sound nevertheless reminiscent. There is a certain overtone structure produced. • 100/117/230/240 supply voltage, 50 or 60 hertz.

  • Page 18: Ec Declaration Of Conformity

    Owner’s manual EC declaration of conformity We, Custom-Sounds Inc, Neulaspolku 3 35100 Orivesi Finland, declare under our sole responsibility that this MAD PROFESSOR guitar amplifi er to which this declaration is in conformity with the following harmonized standards: *EN 50081-1 (1991) Electromagnetic compatibility.

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