Ampeg B5R manual Features

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B5R Bass Amplifier

An Introduction to your new Ampeg B5R Bass Amplifier:

Thank you for making one of the best choices you will ever make for your musical career – choosing one of the finest bass amps available, the Ampeg B5R. This versatile and powerful bass amplifier delivers up to 675 watts of unsurpassed musical power, and offers several outstanding features.

All of the features and controls of your B5R are covered in detail within the pages of this owner’s guide. We recommend going over them before you use the amplifier.

Features:

In the world of high performance bass amps, Ampeg amplifiers stand alone. In true Ampeg tradition, the B5R offers you more power, performance and flexibility than any other bass amplifier in its class. The out- standing features of your new amplifier, features which set it apart from the competition, are listed below.

TWO SEPARATE CHANNELS: Clean and Overdrive, with the ability to combine the two for a unique sound and added versatility

TWO 5-POSITION STYLE CONTROLS: Take your pick from five different tone varia- tions to best suit your playing style

OCTAVE CIRCUIT: Adds another signal to the input signal, one octave lower than the original

FX BLEND: Varies the amount of external effects mixed into the signal

TUNER OUT JACK: Allows connection to an electronic tuner and provides an “always live” monitor feed even when the other outputs are muted

HEAVY-DUTY SPEAKER JACKS: A Speakon® jack is provided for a more reliable connection at higher outputs, as well as a pair of 1/4” jacks

TRANSFORMER BALANCED/UNBALANCED LINE OUTPUTS: Balanced XLR and 1/4” line output jacks

EFFECTS LOOP: Connect your effects here for increased intensity and quieter oper- ation

POWER AMP IN/PREAMP OUT: A separate preamp may be connected to the Power Amp In jack, and the Preamp Out jack may be connected to a slave amp, or use as a patch point for active devices such as compressors, EQs, etc.

FOOTSWITCH CONTROL: Use footswitches to control channel selection, the octave circuit, and the channel combine feature

CIRCUIT BREAKER PROTECTION: A heavy duty, resettable circuit breaker provides protection against fault conditions

BUILT-IN NOISE GATE: A preset internal noise gate helps keep the Overdrive chan- nel quiet while no signal is present

Speakon® is a registered trademark of Neutrik AG.

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Contents B5R B5R Bass Amplifier Table of ContentsFeatures Clean Channel B5R Bass Amplifier Front PanelOverdrive Channel Prong of the AC Plug B5R Bass Amplifier Rear PanelRack Mounting B5R Bass Amplifier Some Suggested SettingsSystem Block Diagram B5R Bass Amplifier TroubleshootingOutput Power Rating B5R Bass Amplifier Technical Specifications