Radial Engineering Tonebone PZ Deluxe User Manual

Radial Engineering Tonebone PZ Deluxe User Manual

Acoustic/piezo preamp

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Aco ust i c / Piezo Pr eamp

User Guide

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Radial Engineering Ltd.
1588 Kebet Way, Port Coquitlam
British Columbia, Canada, V3C 5M5
tel: 604-942-1001 • fax: 604-942-1010
email: info@radialeng.com
True to the Music
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True to the Music
www.radialeng.com

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  • Page 1: User Guide

    True to the Music ® ® ™ Aco ust i c / Piezo Pr eamp User Guide True to the Music ® www.radialeng.com Radial Engineering Ltd. 1588 Kebet Way, Port Coquitlam British Columbia, Canada, V3C 5M5 tel: 604-942-1001 • fax: 604-942-1010 email: info@radialeng.com...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    ® ™ PZ-Deluxe Acoustic / Piezo Preamp Table of Contents Page Overview........................1 Feature set ........................2 Making connections ......................4 Getting started setting up the PZ-Deluxe ..............5 Adding a stage amp......................6 Adding effect pedals .....................7 Block diagram .......................8 Specifi cations .......................9 Radial Limited Warranty ................Back Cover Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the PZ-Deluxe.
  • Page 3: Overview

    XLR balanced direct box out is used to feed the instrument signal to the PA system. TUNER LOW-Z DI OUT ® ® FREQ HIGH LEVEL LIFT TUNER 180º 180º LO-CUT LOW-Z DI OUT FILTER OUTPUT INPUT BOOST MUTE STAGE AMP PA SYSTEM Typical Setup Radial Engineering Ltd. PZ-Deluxe™...
  • Page 4: Feature Set

    7. INPUT: ¼” instrument input is set to normal for active and magnetic pickups or optimized for piezo pickups by depressing the recessed the PZB switch. 8. BOOST: Footswitch lets you increase the level for solos. Fully variable ‘set & forget’ gain adjustment on side panel (item number 6). Radial Engineering Ltd. PZ-Deluxe™...
  • Page 5 OUTPUT and DI-OUT to help eliminate acoustic hot-spots on stage that can cause feedback. 15. LO-CUT FILTER: Three position high-pass fi lter cuts low frequencies to reduce reso- nance which can often cause feedback on stage. Radial Engineering Ltd. PZ-Deluxe™...
  • Page 6: Making Connections

    PZB booster would be engaged . Set- ting the PZB switch to the inward position (on) increases the sensitivity and output level and raises the input impedance to better suit piezo transducers. Piezo transducer without preamp Radial Engineering Ltd. PZ-Deluxe™...
  • Page 7: Getting Started Setting Up The Pz-Deluxe

    Smaller instruments vibrate at a higher frequency, thus are often better served with a higher cut-off point. Acoustic Bass Flat (bypass) Acoustic Guitar Low-mid-cut Violin / Mandolin Low-cut Radial Engineering Ltd. PZ-Deluxe™...
  • Page 8: Adding A Stage Amp

    180º 180º LO-CUT LOW-Z DI OUT FILTER OUTPUT INPUT MUTE BOOST STAGE AMP PA SYSTEM MUTE MUTE Depressing the MUTE footswitch turns off the ¼” OUTPUT and the DI-OUT allowing for silent tuning or instrument changes. Radial Engineering Ltd. PZ-Deluxe™...
  • Page 9: Adding Effect Pedals

    PZ-Deluxe’s PZB high impedance piezo buffer in order to sound best. This would preclude using effect pedals ahead of the PZ-Deluxe with a piezo pickup. Radial Engineering Ltd. PZ-Deluxe™...
  • Page 10: Block Diagram

    ® True to the Music BLOCK DIAGRAM Radial Engineering Ltd. PZ-Deluxe™...
  • Page 11: Specifi Cations

    Gain - PZB ....................+10dB Input Impedance - PZB Off ..............6.8K Ohms Input Impedance - PZB On ..............10M Ohms Output Impedance - XLR Output ............600 Ohms nominal Power Requirement ................15VDC 400mA (center pin positive) Radial Engineering Ltd. PZ-Deluxe™...
  • Page 12 THREE YEAR TRANSFERABLE LIMITED WARRANTY RADIAL ENGINEERING LTD. (“Radial”) warrants this product to be free from defects in material and workmanship and will remedy any such de- fects free of charge according to the terms of this warranty. Radial will repair or replace (at its option) any defective component(s) of this product (excluding fi...

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