3 A Tour of the Wildfire
Input
Plug in your guitar here using a guitar patch cord. You can also plug in another amplifier’s line output in order to create a stereo link with that amplifier (refer to chapter 9 for details). You should use a 1/4”
Program Up/Down
While in PLAY mode, the Program Up button increments the program number, and the Program Down button decrements the program number. When you press both buttons together, the Wildfire goes into BYPASS mode, in which the audio signal from your guitar simply passes through the Wildfire without being affected. When you hold both buttons down for longer than half a second, the Wildfire goes into MUTE mode, in which no signal at all leaves the amplifier. When you are in BYPASS or MUTE mode, the tuner is activated.
You may use optional footswitches to perform the same functions as the Program Up and Down buttons. The Wildfire works with both normally open (NO) and normally closed (NC) footswitches.
Display
This LED display is made up of two digits and two decimal points. In PLAY mode the digits indicate the current bank letter and program number. When you turn the EFFECT knob to a module or parameter, the two digits display the setting of the selection. Descriptions of settings for each mode and parameter are in chapter 10.
The Display also contains two decimal points, each to the right of one of the digits. The # decimal point is used by the Wildfire’s tuner to help indicate the pitch of a note you’re playing, and the EDITED decimal point lights up when you have changed the settings of the current program. You can read more about these in chapter 5 “Editing Programs” and chapter 7, “Using the Tuner.”
Make sure the amplifier is turned off before you connect your guitar or any other instrument to the Wildfire.
Footswitches must be plugged in and not pressed when you turn on the Wildfire. Otherwise, the switches may not function properly.
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