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- Page 1 User Manual Diezel Schmidt Amplifier...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Chapter One: Safety and Warranty 1.1 Safety Warnings 1.2 Warranty information Chapter Two: Using your Schmidt 2.1 Mains Connections, power and Standby 2.1.1 Mains/connect to power outlet 2.1.2 Power up, Warm up, Standby off 2.1.3 Power tube caution 2.1.4 Operating Temperature... - Page 3 Chapter Six: Functions and Switches 6.1 Manual Channel Selection 6.2 External Switching Chapter Seven: Maintenance and Cleaning 7.1 Cleaning 7.2 Care 7.3 Tube Change 7.4 Fuses...
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Page 4: Chapter One: Safety And Warranty
Make sure the amplifier gets transported in itsnormal operating position, not upside down or on its side. The Schmidt’s design incorporates a very potent power amplifier. It is configured to deliver satisfying guitar tones at most volume levels. -
Page 5: Chapter Two: Using Your Schmidt
First, turn the Power switch to on (facing up). The indicator light will turn on. This starts the tube heating process. After about 40 seconds, the tubes should be sufficiently heated for normal operation. Your Schmidt is then ready for operation and the standby switch can be turned to “run” (also facing up). Premature activation of the standby switch will lead to unnecessary tube stress and subsequent reduction of the power tube’s life span. -
Page 6: Operating Temperature
2.1.4 Operating Temperature It will take a little more time after warm-up until everything inside the amp is working in sync and to its fullest potential. A trained ear will notice a slightly warmer tone and better complexity in tone after playing the amp for a short while. It’s like stretching before exercising. -
Page 7: Cable Selection
Use good quality cables to run your fx unit. Turning the “Mix” pot to 100% means that the loop is working in series – all the signal goes out of Schmidt, thru your fx unit and back to the amp. Using lower settings of the “Mix” pot will increase the original, unaffected signal of Schmidt. -
Page 8: Parallel Or Serial
Which is better for you? Read on.There are 2 ways to handle effects signals. The serial loop interrupts the signal path of the Schmidt and the signal is sent to the processor, becomes processed, then sent back to the serial return into the power amp. -
Page 9: Compensated Out
8Ohm: connect a single 8 ohms guitar cabinet or two 16 ohms guitar cabinets. 4Ohm: connect a single 4 ohms guitar cabinet or two 8 ohms guitar cabinets. WARNING: Although the Schmidt amplifier has 5 speaker outputs never attempt to connect more speakers than rated. The safe combinations are 1x16 Ohm, 1x8 Ohm, 1x4 Ohm, 2x16 Ohm or 2x8 Ohm. -
Page 10: Switching
3.2.6 Switching Included with your carton a proprietary footswitch shipped with your amp. Hook a standard mono guitar cable (instrument or speaker, included) between the footswitch and the FS5S-jack on the back of your amp. The footswitch controls all channels, the loop and the reverb. -
Page 11: Chapter Four: The Two (And A Half) Pre-Amplifiers
From hard and percussive sounds to soft, warm, and blossoming tone. Schmidt was designed to offer as many of the clean varieties as possible. Your choice of guitars and pickups will have a large part in this equation. -
Page 12: Pre-Amplifier Tubes
4.2 Pre-amplifier Tubes The pre-amps are equipped with 12AX7 tubes in all positions. The pre-amp tubes are not designed to produce high power output. Therefore, their life expectancy is much higher than that of the power amplifier tubes.This is not to undermine their utter importance in overall sound and response ofthe amplifier. -
Page 13: Chapter Five: Power Amplifier
You can fine-tune your Schmidt by having different type and brands of tubes installed, and because Schmidt is working in Class A operation mode, there is no need to rebias the amp. Just let the tubes cool down and feel free to try what you prefer: 5881, 6L6, 6V6 (we’re suggesting to use JJ 6V6S tubes) and... - Page 14 LED are located between the pots of each channel. 6.2 Switching If you should prefer to use Schmidt inside a more complex rig, then Diezel provides three switching jacks on the back of the amp (labelled “reverb”, “channel 3/loop”, “channel 1/2”).
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Page 15: Tube Change
7.3 Tube Change Since Schmidt is a so called Cathode Biased Class A amplifier, you can change the power tubes by yourself, no biasing necessary. Just make sure that you are using only octal tubes (EL34, 5881, 6V6, 6L6, KT66, KT88, 6550), use matched pairs and let the amp and his tubes cool down before swapping tubes. - Page 16 The value of the fuse is labelled to the backpanel (0.5A slow blow, 5x20mm). The Diezel Company wishes to express their gratitude and congratulate you on your decision to purchase the Diezel Schmidt Amplifier.
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