Thermionic Culture THE SOLO VULTURE High Gain Distortion Unit User Manual
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© Thermionic Culture Ltd, May 2012
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Servicing & Maintenance
The unit comes with a 12 month warranty, including valves. In
the event of a fault developing within the warranty period it must
be returned to the dealer who sold it, or to our factory at
purchaser’s expense, otherwise the warranty is invalidated.
5.1 Valves
One of the most common faults is a valve failure and we
may be able to be able to diagnose this by ‘phone or email
so contact our Technical Support department first –
[email protected].
Valve complement (near equivalents in brackets):
Input -
ECC83 (12AX7, 7025);
Distortion - 5725 (6AS6, M8196, CV4011);
Output -
5965 (12AV7)
New valves can be supplied by Thermionic Culture Ltd.
5.2 Operating voltage / Fuse
The Solo Vulture is switch selectable to operate from either
230V or 115V 50/60Hz AC mains supply.
NOTE: Mains fuses may be replaced in accordance with
the following table:
Operating Voltage
Fuse Rating
115V
T500mA 20mm type
230V
T250mA 20mm type