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Mesa/Boogie pmn owner manual

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Thank you for trusting MESA/Boogie to be your ampliﬁer company. We wish you many years of toneful enjoyment from this handbuilt all tube instrument.

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Mesa/Boogie pmn owner manual

Contents

MESA BOOGIE SeriesHello from the Tone Farm TABLE OF CONTENTS REAR PANEL CONTROLS, SWITCHES & JACKSCONTROLS SeriesREAD AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS OF PROPER USAGE PRECAUTIONS & WARNINGSSeries OVERVIEWOperating Instructions SERIESINSTANT GRATIFICATION Demo Setting #2 INSTANT GRATIFICATION Demo Setting #1FRONT PANEL CHANNEL CHANNEL / MODE SELECTCHANNEL 2 / Modes CONTROLS CHANNEL / MODE SELECT ContinuedMODERN Gain all the way upPAGE CONTROLS Continuedhigher than that of Channel CONTROLS Continued5. The EFFECTS MIX Control must be set to 90% CONTROLS Continuedpresent CONTROLS Continuedand go to other amps for their wet sound REAR PANELand used on some of the best recordings to date BIAS SELECT Continued REAR PANEL: ContinuedREAR PANEL Continued STANDBY switch to the ON positionFUSE FACTORY SAMPLE SETTIINGS SAMPLE 1 Sparkling CleanHEAD VERSIION SHOWN SAMPLE 3 Blues Lead Both ChannelsCOMBO VERSION SHOWN FACTORY SAMPLE SETTINGSSAMPLE Sparkling CleanHEAD VERSION SHOWN PERSONAL SETTINGS PAGESOUND SOUNDPERSONAL SETTINGS PAGE COMBO VERSION SHOWNSOUND SOUND12AX7 V4A= FX Send V4B=FX Return V5=A Phase Inverter6L6 6L6 V5 A BPOSITIVE = SPEAKER IMPEDANCE MATCHING & HOOK-UPGUIDENEGATIVE = Speaker A = 8 OhmsSpeaker B 8 Ohms Speaker A 8 OhmsNEGATIVE POSITIVE Total Load = 4 Ohms POSITIVE NEGATIVE8 Ohm Cabinet SAFE MISMATCH16 Ohm Cabinet WIRING SCHEMES...Amplifier to Speaker CabinetsCORRECT MATCH 8 OhmCORRECT MATCH8 Ohm WIRING SCHEMES...Amplifier to Speaker Cabinets16 Ohm 16 OhmSAFE MISMATCH 16 OhmWIRING SCHEMES...Amplifier to Speaker Cabinets 8 OhmPage Because your ampliﬁ er is an all tube design, it is quite possible that you will at some point experience minor pre-amptube noise. Rest assured - this is no cause for alarm and you can take care of the problem yourself in a matter of minutes by simply swapping tubes Here’s a question we often hear Continued control grids. Voltage and current are NOT the same. Current is the AMOUNT of electricity, the “quantity” - and is measured in amperes. Voltage is the degree of electric charge - like the “pressure” to use the old water analogy. Let me illustrate how different voltage and current are Page ON TRIODES, PENTODES & IRISHMEN PENTODES Occasionally though, bar doors - even the louvered type - were found to be too effective, and too many customers turned away. Something further was needed to increase the attraction of the bar and overcome the resistance created by the door. Thus the cocktail waitress was invented Designer / President A feature article by Randall SmithPENTODES Continued ONLY REVERB RECT-O-VERBALL CONTROL KNOBS Pt # FRONT VIEW HEAD VERSIONPage Page 1317 Ross Street Petaluma, CA USA The Spirit of Art in TechnologyPhone 707 778-6565Fax 09/18/06