GLX65 GLX120 GLX212 Three-channel Guitar Amplifiers with DSP & Channel Tracking User’s Guide
GLX65/120/212 Guitar Amplifier with DSP & ChannelTracking Congratulations! You are now the proud owner of one of the Crate GLX top-of-the-line three-channel guitar amplifiers. These rugged amplifiers combine outstanding features with serious clean and distorted sounds. An easy to operate DSP section lets you dial in a variety of digital effects including reverbs, delays, octave and wah-wahs – with a separate level control.
GLX65/120/212 Guitar Amplifier with DSP & ChannelTracking The Digital Signal Processor: Crate’s Digital Signal Processing offers 16 exciting digital effects, accessible through the DSP Mode control. The effects are described below.
GLX65/120/212 Guitar Amplifier with DSP & ChannelTracking The Front Panel: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 1: MUTE: This switch, when depressed, silences the input signal. The Tuner (#21) remains active when this switch is depressed. 2. INPUT: Use this 1/4” jack to connect your guitar to the amplifier by means of a shielded instrument cable. SOLO CHANNEL: A high gain channel giving you sounds with serious overdrive.
GLX65/120/212 Guitar Amplifier with DSP & ChannelTracking The Electronic Tuner: 21 21. ELECTRONIC TUNER (top panel): The electronic tuner is active whenever the amplifier is turned on, providing constant, “real-time” tuning. The bottom row of LEDs indicate which note (string) is being tuned. The top row of LEDs provides directional queues to facilitate quick and precise tuning of your instrument. The indicated note (string) is properly tuned when only the center LED is illuminated.
GLX65/120/212 Guitar Amplifier with DSP & ChannelTracking Suggested Settings: Sweet 'n Clean: OUT Just a 'Lil Nasty: IN Politely Gritty: OUT IN Octave Down 'n Dirty: OUT IN Wah Full House: OUT IN Mean & Obscene: IN 6 IN
GLX65/120/212 Guitar Amplifier with DSP & ChannelTracking System Block Diagram: TUNER A BC D EF G BUFFER SOLO-RHYTHM/ CLEAN SELECT INPUT CLEAN CHNL MUTE VOL LOW MID HIGH RHYTHM CHNL GAIN LOW MID HIGH LEVEL SOLO/ RHYTHM SELECT SOLO CHNL GAIN MIX AMP SHAPE LEVEL EFFECTS SEND EFFECTS RETURN POWER AMP DSP SPEAKER LEVEL DAMPING CIRCUIT EXT.
GLX65/120/212 Guitar Amplifier with DSP & ChannelTracking GLX65/120/212 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: Output Power Rating GLX65 GLX120/212 Speaker Size and Rating GLX65/120 GLX212 Input Impedance Total System Gain Solo Ch Rhythm Ch Clean Ch Maximum Input Signal Accepted Solo Channel Shape Control Rhythm Channel Low Control Mid Control High Control Clean Channel Low Control Mid Control High Control Power Requirements GLX65 GLX120/212 Size and Weight GLX65/120 GLX212 65W RMS @ 5% THD, 8Ω, 120 VAC 120W RMS @5%