1 – Introduction

Thank you for purchasing a TASCAM GA-100CD instrument amplifier. This guitar amp has 60W output, a 12-inch speaker and sophisticated tube amp modeling circuitry that lets you realize rich, full sounds. High- quality built-in effects give you the freedom to create sounds without external effects. You can also practice along with your favorite music, play prerecorded backing tracks during performances and otherwise use the built-in CD player as you like.

Please study this manual thoroughly before using the amp so that you understand how to use it properly. We hope that with this knowledge you will enjoy using the GA-100CD and all of its features for many years. After you have finished reading this manual, please keep it in a safe place for future reference.

Main features of the GA-100CD

Guitar amp

•60W output, 12-inch (30-cm) main speaker

•The 2 channels –clean and overdrive– can be switched remotely

•Separate knobs allow gain and volume to be adjusted independently of for optimal distortion

•Tube amp simulation using analog circuits responds faster than DSP guitar amp modeling

•Single-ended preamp and a push-pull power amp structure parallels that of a tube amp to realize a similar rich, full sound

•Stable, maintenance-free function achieved through the use of an IC power amp

•Ideal cabinet sound achieved by sending suitable negative feedback current to the power amp

DSP effects

•2 built-in TASCAM DSP effect units provide a choice of stereo delay, panning delay, flanger, phaser, chorus, tremolo, auto-wah, or pitch shifter effects and reverb

•Effects can be output from the main speaker or from the left and right sub-speakers for spacious sounds

•Effect bank can be controlled with a footswitch

CD Trainer

•Popular TASCAM CD Trainer built in

•Playback pitch and tempo freely controllable

•Variable Speed Audition (VSA) allows playback speed to be changed without changing the pitch

•Speed adjustment from –50% to +16%

•Pitch adjustment up or down 6 semitones

•Guitar Cancel function allows specified frequency and stereo ranges to be cut during playback

•Loop playback allows repetition of a selected passage

•Independent stereo amp (20W + 20W) and two 5- inch (12-cm) sub-speakers provide clear playback

•Built-in guitar tuner for easy tuning

•Built-in metronome and oscillator

Other features

•Effect send and return jacks for connection to external effects

•Stereo line input jack for connection of external sound sources

•Headphone jack

Supplied accessories

 

 

In addition to this manual, the GA-100CD has been

• AC power cable..........................................................

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packed with the items listed to the right.

• Warranty ....................................................................

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Contact your TASCAM supplier if any of these items

 

 

are missing.

 

 

Understanding this manual

 

 

We use the following conventions in this manual:

•The names of keys and controls are given in the following typeface: REVERB.

•Messages shown in the alphanumeric portion of the LCD are given in the following typeface: TMOD.

•If a preset indicator in the display (i.e. one that cannot change, but is either on or off) is shown, this is given as follows: TEMPO.

•Selectable values (i.e. values of dB) and ON and OFF selections are shown in the following typeface: CHR. (i.e. VBR>ON)

•The GA-100CD has keys that function differently depending on whether they are pressed briefly (less than half a second) or pressed and held (more than half a second). In this manual, instructions to “press the key” or, for example, “press VSA” refer to brief presses, while instructions to “press and hold the key” or, for example, “press and hold OSC” refer to long presses.

•The CD Trainer Control LCD usually shows the elapsed track time, remaining track time or total remaining CD time. In this manual, this status is referred to as the “time display.”

TASCAM GA-100CD