Crate Amplifiers MX65R user manual

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Congratulations! You are now the proud owner of the Crate MX65R amplifier. This rugged amplifier delivers serious clean and distorted sounds through its premium 12” Crate Custom speaker. Channel selection, Crate’s exclusive Shape circuit, and reverb on/off are controllable by using the supplied footswitch. An insert jack allows virtually noise-free connection of your favorite effects. Like all Crate products, your MX65R is designed by musicians, and built using only the best components. Extensiv

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Important Safeguards and Precautions: All Crate products are designed for continuous safe operation. Abiding by the following rules can help prevent damage to your amplifier, yourself and others. • The amplifier is equipped with a three-pronged AC power cord. To reduce the risk of electrical shock, NEVER remove or otherwise attempt to defeat the ground pin of the power cord. • Connect the amplifier ONLY to a properly grounded AC outlet of the proper voltage for your amp. • Avoid sudden temper

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The Front Panel: 1: INPUT: Use this 1/4” jack to connect your guitar to the amplifier by means of a shielded instrument cable. OVERDRIVE CHANNEL: A high gain channel giving you sounds from a slight edge to serious overdrive. 2: GAIN 1: Use this control to adjust the amount of light distortion for the Overdrive channel. Gain 1 pro- duces less intense distortion than Gain 2 (#3) and is active when the Gain switch (#5) is in the out position. 3: GAIN 2: Use this control to adjust the amount of heav

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RING TIP RING TIP 17: ON LED: This LED will illuminate when power is applied to the amplifier. 18: POWER: Use this switch to turn the amplifier on and off. 19: AC LINE CORD: (Rear panel, not shown:) This grounded power cord is to be plugged into a ground- ed power outlet, wired to current electric codes and compatible with voltage, power, and frequency require- ments stated on the rear panel. Do not attempt to defeat the safety ground connection. 20: FUSE: (Rear panel, not shown:) The fuse prote

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Suggested Settings: Clean: Blues: Rhythm: Lead: 6

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System Block Diagram: 7 CLEAN MIX CHANNEL CHANNEL AMP BUFFER INPUT SELECT INSERT REVERB LEVEL POWER LEVEL LOW MID HIGH AMP FLEX WAVE STAGE SPEAKER EQ OVERDRIVE CHANNEL SHAPE ACTIVE GAIN DAMPING EXT. LOW HIGH LEVEL SELECT GAIN CIRCUIT SPEAKER SHAPE

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MX65R TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: Output Power Rating 65 watts RMS @ 5% THD 8 ohms, 120 VAC Gain, Overdrive Channel Gain 1 = 88dB, Gain 2 = 110dB Gain, Clean Channel 58dB Tone Control Range. Low Overdrive = 11dB @ 80Hz, Clean = 22dB @ 80Hz Tone Control Range, Mid Overdrive = Shape Control, Clean = 14dB @ 600Hz Tone Control Range, High Overdrive = 10dB @ 10kHz, Clean = 28dB @ 10kHz Maximum Input Signal Accepted 7 volts peak-to-peak Internal Speaker 12” Crate Custom Design, 8 ohm Power Requirements