Hughes & Kettner TrilogyTM Front Panel Connections 1 and Control Features, Input, Clean Channel

Trilogy™ Manual 1.1

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Figure 1: Trilogy front panel

Front Panel Connections

1 and Control Features

Trilogy™ features four channels: CLEAN, LEAD, ULTRA LEAD, CRUNCH. Press CLEAN ON, CRUNCH ON, LEAD ON and ULTRA LEAD ON to select channels. These buttons trigger reciprocally, meaning that engaging a button selects its assigned channel directly. The ancillary sound-shaping options SPARKLE in the CLEAN and BOOST in the CRUNCH channel are also switchable.

The three-band voicing sections comprise BASS, MID and TREBLE controls. Twist these knobs to dial in the desired tone. Note that each channel’s controls influence each other, as is standard and desirable in tube amps sporting this type of voicing section. For instance, if you boost treble frequencies, mids are cut and vice versa. Though the two LEAD channels share a voicing section, each channel is equipped with different circuits that are tweaked to suit the given channel’s sonic properties. The given circuit is actuated automatically when you select a LEAD channel.

Let’s look at Trilogy™ starting with the input and moving from right to left to the channels, the MASTER section and on to the MAINS and STANDBY switches:

1.1 Input

Connect your guitar to this high-impedance 6.3 mm (1/4") jack. Please use high-quality shielded cords only.

1.2 Clean Channel

Trilogy™ offers oodles of CLEAN headroom, ensuring your tone remains crisp and clear even at considerable volumes.

It serves up full, well-rounded sound with negligible saturation at high levels, with a healthy helping of twang to boot. And it offers stout low-end response with ample sound pressure and toasty tube warmth.

The SPARKLE switch lets you sweep from balmy jazz and blues-approved tone to shimmering sounds well-suited for pop and nu metal. SPARKLE is not some cosmetic high-end boost; it is a genuine presence circuit driven by power amp feedback.

Handling:

VOLUME:	Controls the volume level
BASS:	Controls the amount of bass frequencies
MID:	Controls the amount of midrange frequencies
TREBLE:	Controls the amount of treble frequencies

CLEAN ON: Activates the CLEAN channel

SPARKLE: Adds presence and top-end shimmer to the CLEAN channel

1.3 Crunch Channel

This channel offers ultra dynamic response, affording you total and very precise control over saturation levels. True to the subtlest details of your attack, it renders every aspect of your touch and even the daintiest embellishments with accuracy.

In a word, this channel is all about honesty. The BOOST switch transforms the channel’s tight, crisp rhythm and lead tone into a richer, beefier sound well-suited for thundering power chords and riffs.

Handling

GAIN:	Controls input sensitivity and thus saturation /
	distortion levels
MASTER:	Controls the volume level
BASS:	Controls the amount of bass frequencies
MID:	Controls the amount of midrange frequencies
TREBLE:	Controls the amount of treble frequencies
CRUNCH ON: Activates the CRUNCH Channel
BOOST:	Taps additional gain reserves for an even
	creamier tone

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