Front Panel Overview | Genz-Benz EL DIABLO 60 specs

The WARM CHANNEL offers full, round pristine clean response cascading up to pushed vintage gain with warm upper mid break-up, rich bass and abundant sustain.

The HOT CHANNEL takes you from rich classic tube break-up to full-bodied hi gain splendor. The option of a dynamic or compressed setting insures the ampliﬁ er responds to your every touch; no squashed tone or harsh buzziness here!!

Both channels utilize our ACTIVE TONE NETWORK for signal shaping of the guitar signal to the tube power amp. This unique tone network is an incredible tool for enhancing your guitar tone. Each frequency offers a true +/- 15 db of cut or boost and will provide dramatic changes with just some minor adjustments. It may be very different from your previous amps, so experiment with some moderate settings at ﬁ rst to gain a “feel” for how versatile a tool this network can be.

Our GLOBAL section offers master controls of the internal Accutronics® reverb, ampliﬁ er output volume and our unique Attack circuit that provides a wide range of variable upper mid frequency boost that enhances pick attack and bite which is extremely effective as a lead boost and cutting through the mix.

Overall, we ask you to take some time and experiment with the many options and tonal variations that you will discover at your ﬁ ngertips within the EL DIABLO 60. Reading through the OWNER’S MANUAL will give you an excellent baseline of knowledge and insight as to the tone you can accomplish and harness for your individual playing style.

FRONT PANEL OVERVIEW:

1.¼” INPUT JACK - This jack is unbalanced and high impedance to allow for the correct matching of the instrument’s pick-ups with the input circuitry of the ampliﬁ er. The input circuitry has been carefully engineered to minimize pick-up loading and maximize tone and sustain. This is a tube buffered input stage. This is a premium 12AX7 tube speciﬁ cally selected for its low micro-phonics and high gain characteristics.

2.GAIN CONTROL – The warm channel gain control provides a variety of gain settings, from “spanky clean” to “pushed” vintage sustain.

3.VOLUME CONTROL – This preamp volume controls the overall volume of the warm channel. Use this control together with the gain control to balance out the overall output of this channel. If your channel Gain control is set very high, we do not recommend running this control “all the way up”. Due to the tremendous gain potential in our Tone section this may cause some unwanted distortion.

4-6. TONE SECTION – Three tone circuits are included for the Warm channel. The bass, mid and treble frequencies have been pre-selected in order to provide articulate, full-range tone shaping response speciﬁ cally tailored to the design of the EL DIABLO 60. As you can see, these circuits provide a huge cut or boost of 15db, offering untold ﬂ exibility in tone shaping. Use this section with subtle changes—click by click--at ﬁ rst so that you can gain a “feel” for the versatility of our tone network. We do not recommend running all tone controls at the full +15db position. Due to the extreme gain this could cause some unwanted distortion of the network.