TWEAKER-88 Owner’s Manual 88-watt Tube Amplifier
TWEAKER-88 Greetings……….. I would like to personally thank you for choosing Egnater as your “Tone Partner”. Our goal is to provide you with the best tools we can to help you express yourself to the fullest. Your amplifier is an integral piece in your never ending “Tone Quest”. Our commitment to helping you achieve that goal is our passion. Our hope is that you will take advantage of the years of innovative tube amp designs we offer and use it to find the sound that is “in your head”.
YOU’RE OFFICIALLY A TWEAKER!! Congratulations and Welcome to the world of “Tone Tweakers”. The 88 is Egnater’s “over the top”, high power Tweaker’s fantasy. Not only does it have all the cool, useful features of the other Tweaker models, it produces 88 watts of room shaking power from a pair of selected KT88 power tubes. Separate Rhythm and Lead channels with added footswitchable BOOST functions make the Tweaker 88 the decisive choice for live performance, studio or just plain rockin’ out.
TWEAKER-88 IMPORTANT INFORMATION Please keep this instruction manual for future reference and for the duration of owning this Egnater Tweaker. Please carefully read and understand the instructions inside this user’s manual before attempting to operate your new amp. This instruction manual includes essential safety information regarding the use and maintenance of the Tweaker. Take special care to heed all warning symbols and signs inside this manual and those printed on the amplifier itself.
FOLLOW THESE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS 1. Read Instructions – All the safety and operating instructions should be read before this product is operated. 2. Retain Instructions – The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. 3. Heed Warnings – All warnings on the amplifier and in the operating instructions should be adhered to. 4. Follow Instructions – All operating and use instructions should be followed. 5.
TWEAKER-88 1) ON/OFF SWITCH: Turns the main power On and Off. NOTE: The correct procedure for turning ON and turn OFF is as follows. When first powering the amp on, always have the STANDBY switch in the STANDBY position. Turn the POWER switch ON. Wait about 30 seconds or longer before moving the STANDBY switch to PLAY. Reverse the procedure when turning the amp off. Turn the STANDBY off first, followed by POWER off.
QUICK START GUIDE great for a really robust, fat rhythm sound. 21) RHYTHM HOT/CLEAN SWITCH: In the CLEAN setting, the gain is reduced to make is easy to dial in a pristine clean to moderate crunch with the GAIN knob. HOT cranks up the gain for high gain rock or singing solos. 22) RHYTHM BRIGHT/NORMAL SWITCH: As expected, the BRIGHT setting boost the high end. Do experiment with different combinations of the BRIGHT on and TREBLE knob down compared to the BRIGHT off and the TREBLE up.
TWEAKER-88 FINDING THE SOUND YOU WANT! TONE TIPS 1) The Tweaker 88 has both a “RHYTHM” and a “LEAD” channel. You will find the LEAD channel has more gain and sounds a bit darker than the RHYTHM channel. Of course, this is not to imply we are dictating what you should play. Just giving you more Tweakability. 2) The suggested settings above are just that.......SUGGESTIONS. Use these as a starting point to TWEAK 8 from. Turn the knobs. Flip the switches. Get a feel for what each one does.
FINDING THE SOUND YOU WANT! con’t Try to find a happy medium between lots of gain (more fun to play) and less gain (cuts through the band better). 5) When experimenting with the tone controls, be aware that turning the TREBLE up and the BRIGHT switch off sounds very different from turning the TREBLE down and the BRIGHT switch on. Try both ways when tweaking the high end. You will find lower settings on the TREBLE knob result in a bit less mid range.
TWEAKER-88 REAR PANEL 1) AC INLET and FUSE: Connect a universal IEC type power cord. Be sure the proper value fuse is installed that matches the ratings as indicated for your country on the rear panel. 2) AC VOLTAGE SELECTOR: Makes the Tweaker-88 compatible with the line voltage in any country. Proper setting of this switch is absolutely critical. Be sure the switch position matches the line voltage in your country.
REAR PANEL a) Set your amp/preamp volume levels for normal playing levels. Connect a high quality shielded cable from the series send jack to the effect input. Set the LEVEL switch to LINE (pushed in). b) Adjust the effects unit input level to “just peak”, if the effect has a level indicator, while playing your most aggressive licks. If the effect does not have a level indicator, you can skip this step. c) Now connect another high quality shielded cable from the effect output to the return jack.
TWEAKER-88 CONNECTING YOUR SPEAKERS To 8 ohm mono input Set impedance switch to 8 ohms 212X To 16 ohm input jack Egnater 4x12A/B 12 Set Impedance switch to 16 ohms Always set the impedance switch to match the cabinet impedance. To determine the proper setting using multiple cabinets of the same impedance, simply take the impedance of one cab divided by the number of cabinets. For example, if you have two 16 ohm cabs, simply divide 16 by 2 for a total load of 8 ohms.
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TWEAKER-88 FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS GLOBAL FUNCTIONS • • • • • • • • 4/8/16 ohm Impedance Selector Switch Master Treble, Middle, Bass controls Master BRIT/AC/USA EQ switch Two Footswitchable Channels with Boost Masters Buffered Series Effects Loop with Level Switch (Instrument orPREAMP Line) International Voltage Selector Four Button Footpedal for V1 Channel, Loop, Rhythm Boost and Lead Boost Front Panel Channel Select Pushbutton Specifications: LOOP P.I.
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TWEAKER-88 LIMITED WARRANTY Thank you for choosing Egnater. Egnater manufactures some of the world’s most innovative all-tube amplifier, combos and speaker cabinets. Egnater takes great pride in thoroughly testing each product prior to shipment. AMPLIFIERS, COMBOS AND SPEAKER CABINETS: Egnater offers a three (3) year warranty to the original purchaser that an Egnater product will be free from defects in material and workmanship. A dated sales receipt will establish coverage under this warranty.
