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Page 2: Table Of Contents
I HAVE A DREAM ™ Introduction 4-11 Setups AmpHead Dear Guitar buddy, StompAmp Many congratulations on your AMP1 ™ purchase! Recording AMP1 ™ is an extraordinary amplifier, and its back story is just as unusual… Programmable Guitar System AMP1+ REMOTE1+ LOOPERKIT = fully programmable professional guitar system 16-17 …... - Page 3 TUBEAMP EVOLUTION ™ ™ Time For A New Standard 100 Watt Compact Tube Amp 1950s and 60s The main function of the first tube amps in the 50s was to get guitars heard over However, these so-called “Lunchbox Amps” are often limited to just one sound. Pros Pros bands and orchestras.
- Page 4 ™ ™ INDIVIDUAL During my career as a pro guitarist, I have had the chance to test nearly all the legendary guitar amps of the past five decades, and have tried countless FX units. Thanks to my experience, today I know what good tone depends on, and how to recognise what is unnecessary or even disruptive.
- Page 5 ™ can be securely attached to (and then removed from) your pedalboard or amp cab in seconds thanks to EASYLOCK ™ – the magnetic attachment system from BluGuitar ® . With the REMOTE1 ™ floor control you can build AMP1 ™...
- Page 6 ’s features draw on my 30-odd years of experience as a pro musician and developer. To make my dream come true, I founded BluGuitar ® . This brand stands for the complete and uncompromising implementation of my visions and product ideas.
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Page 7: Amphead
AmpHead StompAmp AMP1 AMP1 ™ is a fully analogue guitar amp with four separate channels, amplified by a 100-watt Class D tube ™ is designed so that you can have it as a fully-fledged, standalone amp right on the floor in front of power amp. -
Page 8: Recording
Recording Programmable Guitar System You can also use AMP1 With AMP1 ™ without loud speakers: just with headphones, or by connecting it to a mixing ™ it’s possible to build a complete 100-watt guitar amp and effects setup on a single pedalboard desk or a home stereo system. -
Page 9: Amp1+ Remote1+ Looperkit = Fully Programmable Professional Guitar System
AMP1 ™ + REMOTE1 ™ + LOOPERKIT ™ The pedalboard of the future! A fully programmable professional guitar system Speaker Out DIRECT ACCESS - MODE This REMOTE1 ™ mode enables the following convenient footswitch options: CLEAN, VINTAGE, CLASSIC, MODERN, BOOST, REVERB, FX-LOOP, as well as MasterVolume and PowerSoak. - Page 10 Overdrive Channel 7-9 Sound Control Selection between Vintage , Classic and Modern To regulate cabs, space etc. Sounds most balanced in central positions. Pages 29-31 If necessary, don’t be afraid of extreme settings! Page 2 Nanotube ™ Sub miniature tube. Page 10 Reverb Regulates the volume of the added reverb signal.
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Page 11: Inputs
14 Input 20 FOOTSW. / MIDI1 / REMOTE Connect your guitar to AMP1 here. Please only use suitable, shielded Multifunction port for connecting: standard footswitch (single and guitar cables! double footswitch, with or without LED) for switching Clean/Overdrive (Tip) and Boost (Ring). Page 15 FX-Loop Send FX Loop between the preamp and the power amp. - Page 12 Custom Contols - Customize your AMP1 ™ Voicing All of AMP1 ™ ’s channels – with the exception of the pure Vintage Overdrive Channel – feature infinitely adjustable sound filters that enable you to tune each channel’s character individually. On top of that, there is a control for the individual volume of each channel. In general: turn down AMP1 ™...
- Page 13 Connecting to a guitar amp cabinet Controls the overall volume of the amp with 100 Watts of power. AMP1 AMP1 For decades, tubes have been the “sound makers” in guitar amps. BluGuitar ® relies on Nanotubes ™ . This means only ™...
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Page 14: Recording Out
Recording Out Connecting headphones Connecting to a mixing desk You can connect either headphones or mixing desks to this multifunctional Connect headphones with a 6.3mm stereo jack through output 17. Connect RECORDING OUT with a guitar cable or stereo jack cable with port. -
Page 15: Vintage
CLEAN VINTAGE The Clean Channel delivers a wide spectrum of crystal clear (VOLUME up If you turn the Boost up more, the tube-like boost circuit will go into Classic British overdrive. This Channel covers the versatile sonic spectrum The Vintage Channel delivers the good old honest TONE of rock ‘n’ roll. to 5) to dynamically reacting, lightly overdriven tones. -
Page 16: Classic
CLASSIC MODERN Tips: To get even tighter aggressive metal riffs, the Gate This “Brown Sound” is punchy, dynamic, elegant, clear and balanced in all This Channel delivers American high-gain sounds with tight basses and grip- should be set to frequencies, and has all the necessary tight power and aggression for all ping highs, thanks to its thick and rich overtone spectrum. -
Page 17: Tone Control
BASS MIDDLE TREBLE BOOST NOISE GATE For AMP1 The Boost activates a 2-level tube simulation in front of AMP1 ™ , we have developed a special set of tone controls that allow all four Channels to be used to optimum levels with a shared EQ. The effects of ™... -
Page 18: Fx Loop
FX Loop FX SEND What else you can do with the FX Loop… Effects Loop between the preamp and power amp. Connect the input of The FX Loop can be used in serial or parallel mode (Pic. 1) 30. In serial If no effects device is looped into the FX Loop, you can use the FX Loop for different, unconventional things: mode, the signal passes completely through the FX unit. -
Page 19: Footswitch / Midi1 / Remote & Midi
, simply use a standard mono jack cable (for example a guitar cable or speaker cable). "MIDI-Learn" assigning. Select your setting on AMP1 NOTE: Apart from (passive) standard footswitches (with and without LED display), you may ™ exclusively connect the BluGuitar ® REMOTE1 ™ foot controller or BluGuitar ®... - Page 20 REMOTE1 REMOTE1 ™ - the programmable footswitch with MIDI Assign your favourite sounds to the footswitches REMOTE1 REMOTE1 is designed to be a convenient remote control for AMP1 LOOPERKIT You can use AMP1 ™ ™ ™ (optional extension module for connecting effects pedals) ™...
- Page 21 LEVEL MASTER PowerSoak 2ND MASTER In connection with REMOTE1 ™ , a 2-stage PowerSoak is available In connection with REMOTE1 ™ , a 2nd Master Volume is available. You can activate this via a footswitch, and control it within a 10dB range. This will let you use all your different sounds at two different volumes. Classically speaking, that would be rhythm and solo volumes! The PowerSoak was invented so that the sound of a fully saturated tube amp could be reduced to tolera- ble levels.
- Page 22 Your tone in the band I want to use these pages to give you some tips on how to sound better The reason for that is simple: the two guitars have plenty of space because – and more at home – in your band. In short, how you arrive at ‘your’ all the other instruments are secondary to them and give them plenty of tone.
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Page 23: Mastering Different Sound
Mastering different sounds Modern amps often let you save a range of different sounds that can then be accessed by footswitch. When the need arises, and with skilful use, this AMP1 ™ ’s four channels were constructed separately and were optimally “split coil”... -
Page 24: Home & Recording
Home & Recording Home Mixing At home, what you want is as vibrant and full a sound as possible at living Of course, you can also position a microphone in front of the loudspeaker Regardless of whether you’re recording with a mic or through the direct room levels. - Page 25 Troubleshooting Maintenance and Service ™ The footswitches don’t show my selected function Humming noises. This topic is very complex, and How can I extend the lifespan of my AMP1 What to do as standard when looking for the cause of a fault there are different causes! Check if all cables (guitar, FX, and speaker cables) have been correctly AMP1...
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Page 26: Safety Instructions
Important Safety Instructions! Please read before connecting! This product has been built in accordance with IEC 60065 and left the complying with the manufacturers’ recommendations, or must be wiring • The specification plate and technical data can be found on the underside •... -
Page 27: Technical Data
Campus Starterzentrum, Geb. A1 1 D-66123 Saarbrücken We reserve the right to perform technical modifications without prior notice. Phone: +49 (0)681 3022054 © Copyright 2014 BluGuitar GmbH. E-Mail: mail@bluguitar.com Reproduction of this manual is expressly prohibited. All rights reserved. www.bluguitar.com... - Page 28 FEATURES SWITCHING 100 WATT POWER, CLEAN, VINTAGE, CLASSIC, MODERN, BOOST, REVERB, CLEAN - OVERDRIVE, BOOST, REVERB Your 3 favourite sounds as Presets on internal Footswitches CUSTOM CONTROL ™ , FX-LOOP (serial - parallel), PHONES, RECORDING OUT MIDI MIDI IN-ADAPTER for AMP1 CLEAN, VINTAGE, CLASSIC, MODERN, BOOST, REVERB, FX-LOOP, 128 PRESETS * , 2ND MASTER ** , POWERSOAK ** , access to 2ND MASTER, access to all AMP1 switching functions by MIDI Program Change...
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