Budda V-SERIES V-40 user manual

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™ ™ ™ Budda V-Series II Superdrive Guitar Amplifiers Thank you for purchasing the finest tube amplifier in the business. We appreciate your support and look forward to providing you with years of trouble-free service. Before we get into the features of your amplifier, we would like to note that tube amplifiers require a little bit of care and maintenance to ensure many years of service. We would like to share the most important tips with you right here: • When you first turn on your amplifier, rem

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Mid: Use this push/pull control to dial in your midrange frequencies. Mids are the most active part of the EQ circuit. Cutting scoops your tone, sort of like creating a “V” in a graphic equalizer. Boosting them will add more fundamental guitar frequencies. • Pull “Thick”: Pulling this control will add fullness to the tone of the amp. This is more noticeable in the Drive mode, but affects the Rhythm mode as well. Treble: Use this control to dial in your treble frequencies. Typically, guitars

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Slave: The Slave out is a 100-ohm compensated signal that is in parallel with the speaker output. It contains the full complement of preamp and power amp characteristics of your amp. Use this output to send your signal to a power amplifier connected to additional speaker cabinets for a louder version of your amp. Slave Level: This controls the level of the output from your Slave out. If slaving to an effects unit in a stereo amp rig, use the unit’s input sensitivity LED lights as a gauge to

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 One simple test to determine whether your amp is experiencing preamp or power tube problems can be performed by plugging your guitar into the effects return of your amp:  If the static or squealing noise continues, then the problem is related to the power tubes or driver tube (third from left) and they should be replaced.  If the static noise goes away, then the first or second preamp tube is the culprit and should be changed. Start by replacing the first position tube, farthest to the left

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™ ™ V Series II Superdrive Rear Panels and Tube Complement V-20 Rear Panel 12ax7 12ax7 12ax7 6v6 6v6 5u4 V-40 Rear Panel 12ax7 12ax7 12ax7 6v6 6v6 6v6 6v6

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