Clean Volume Control | Marshall Amplification AVT100 manual

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AVT100 Front Panel Features

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5Clean Volume Control

As its name suggests, this control determines the volume of the clean channel. The actual setting you choose will be dependent on how loud you want the channel to be, and also on the type of sound you have selected on the pre-amp. Due to the remarkable realism of our Advanced Valvestate Technology, once the Volume control is turned-up past a certain point the preamp will start to push the power amp section into creating its own, desirable distortion - just like an all-valve Marshall amp. When this occurs, the AVT’s power amp will start to add musical harmonics, compression and ‘break-up’ into your sound.

Note: As each channel has its own volume control, you can easily balance the levels of all three channels as you so desire. Once set to your satisfaction, these controls can be left alone and you can use the amp’s Master Volume knob (16) to set your overall volume level.

6Clean Tone Controls

The Clean channel is equipped with rotary Bass, Middle, and Treble controls. These three

Points to remember are:

When selecting a sound on any amp:

a)The tone and output level coming out of each guitar is as widely variable as guitars themselves. Remember, guitars and also pickups are not designed (nor intended) to be equal. Therefore, amp settings will vary to suit both your guitar and your playing style, and, by necessity, are at your discretion.

b)The tone of your sound is also dependent on the way you set-up the Volume, Gain and Tone controls of your amp. Taking the time to adjust them to taste will further enhance the sonic textures of your AVT. As is true of all the best things in life, it is worth investing some time playing around until you find the desired sweet spot!

Note: The amp’s Master Presence control (17) affords you further adjustment of the high end.

7OD1 Channel Select Switch

Pressing this front panel switch selects the Overdrive 1 (OD1) channel of your AVT.

8OD1 Gain Control

This rotary control can be best described

10OD1 Volume Control

As its name suggests, this control determines the volume of the OD1 channel. The actual setting you choose will be dependent on how loud you want the channel to be, and also on the type of sound you have selected on the pre-amp (i.e.: high Gain settings will generate much more preamp output level than lower, cleaner sounding Gain settings).

Due to the remarkable realism of our Advanced Valvestate Technology, once the Volume control is turned-up past a certain point, the preamp will start to push the power amp section into creating its own, desirable distortion - just like an all-valve Marshall amp. When this occurs, the AVT’s power amp will start to add musical harmonics, compression and desirable ‘break-up’ to your sound.

As previously stated, each channel has its own volume control so you can easily balance the levels of all three channels. Once set to your satisfaction, these controls can be left alone and you can use the amp’s Master Volume knob (16) to set your overall volume level to best suit each playing situation and venue.

raging Marshall valve amp with a high gain, overdrive stomp box. If you’ve already experienced the tonal pleasure of ‘front ending’ a Marshall valve amplifier in this way, you will appreciate the energy and dynamics of this type of set-up!

Turning the OD2 Gain control clockwise will see more of the already smouldering signal being sweetly compressed and ‘rounded’ by the unique characteristic of the AVT’s Valve Drive stage as it is driven over the top into total saturation. This channel can also be as nasty and ‘in-yer-face’ as you would like. Engaging the OD2 ‘Scoop’ button (13) will take this channel onto a new level of cranium crushing crunch, perfect for modern (a.k.a. ‘nu’) metal.

13OD2 Scoop Switch

As is true of the OD1 Scoop, this circuit acts like an advanced, pre-set contour control that not only ‘scoops-out’ the mids but also shapes the highs and lows for a tight, focused sound. Engaging OD2’s Scoop Switch loads you up with a ‘bottom heavy’ sound perfect for the de-tuned, high-gain aggression favoured by many modern acts.

passive EQ controls are designed to achieve maximum tonal variation from your AVT amplifier. Just like the tone controls on our famous all-valve amps they are highly inter- dependent on each other. As a result, the way each one functions depends on the exact position of the other two controls. This is especially true of the Bass and Treble controls in relation to the Middle control. As you will discover, the lower the Middle control is set, the more ‘reactive’ the others become.

As tone is very much down to personal taste, experimentation and experience is probably the best way of learning how these three controls will affect your sound. To offer you some guidance, suggested settings are shown later on in this manual.

as the ‘sonic brain’ of the OD1 channel. Lower Gain settings will produce well-defined, natural sounding overdrives which have a nice ‘cut,’ making them perfect for funky, blues rock. Higher gain settings will see the sound start to get more ‘rounded’ as the AVT’s pre-amp valve is pushed into saturation.

9OD1 Scoop Switch

Fine tuned to create the most awesome mid ‘scoop’ imaginable, OD1’s Scoop circuitry is more than just a pre-set middle control. Instead it actually reconfigures the whole post- EQ voicing of the channel - from low to high. Because of this, even though the resulting ‘scooped’ sound that occurs when the switch is activated (pushed ‘in’) is totally extreme, the channel’s overall tone still remains tight and focused.

11OD2 Channel Select Switch

This selects the Overdrive (OD2) channel of your amp.

12OD2 Gain Control

Cranking the OD2 Gain control will unleash the most extreme gain levels ever found on a Marshall Valvestate amplifier. The higher settings of the OD2 gain control can be likened to driving the front-end of an already

14OD2 Volume Control

This control regulates the drive of the OD2 channel into the power stage of the amplifier, hence controlling its output volume. You will find that the louder you go, the looser the bottom end of your sound will become. Having said this, the closed-back cabinet design of your AVT is such that it will deliver tight, well-defined low end at much higher volumes than any other ‘hybrid’ amplifier known to man.