Specifications

TM
Bambino Guitar Amplifier
3.
F R O N T P A N E L C O N T R O L S :
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Stack Selector Switch – Normal/Bright/Stack – Selects the channel of operation.
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Normal Channel – The Normal channel has a classic vintage voice that retains the natural
tone of the guitar.
Volume & Tone - Volume and Tone controls are a traditional high roll-off arrangement.
There is a large amount of interaction between these 2 controls. The “thick” pull switch
fattens up the sound, good for single coil pickups. At full setting of the volume control, the
“thick” switch has no effect.
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Bright Channel – This channel has a more mid scooped personality. With treble and bass
controls and a hidden “trick”, wide equalization is possible.
Volume -
Using a single coil guitar, breakup will start around 5 on the dial.
Humbuckers will start at around 2.
The use of the bright switch with humbuckers is highly recommended in order to achieve
a good clean sound.
As the volume is pushed, smooth power tube saturation begins to take over.
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Treble & Bass - The tone stack consists of treble and bass controls. The allow the adjust-
ment of the treble and bass frequencies. However, there is a hidden adjustment to the
mids as well. As the bass control is turned from 8 to 10 on the dial, the mids are scooped
out. At all other settings of the bass control, the mids are on 10.
S T A C K M O D E O P E R A T I O N :
Stack Mode Operation – In Stack mode, the channels are connected in series and the
stack master becomes your master volume control. A wide variety of high gain sounds
are possible. The Normal channel controls affect the first gain stage of the amplifier.
Manipulation of the volume and tone will affect the pick harmonic structure of the gain
sound. The bright channel volume controls the 2nd and 3rd gain stages of the amplifier.
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Preamp saturation can be achieved here, and low volume, high gain sounds can be
realized with use of the stack master control. The hidden midrange function of the bass
knob is more effective here in stack mode.
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High gain modern sounds can be achieved using the bass on 10 (mid scooped). Please
refer to the sample settings on pg. 5 for baseline settings.
NORMAL STACK BRIGHT