Hughes & Kettner Statesman QUAD EL84 - Manual (Page 8)

Statesman Series
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Foreword
The Hughes & Kettner Statesman Series bring together for the first
time what classic rock as well as blues & country guitarists have been
dreaming about for a long time: From early ‘60s open-back clean to
early ‘80s stack-drive cream – and tons of top-drawer crunch tones
in between – these tone monsters deliver the dynamics and state-
of-art features that make life on stage so sweet and simple. With the
marvelous new Statesman series, Hughes & Kettner has debunked the
myth that all classic tube amp designs lack versatility.
The Statesman models’ kinship with ‘60s-era forebears is obvious at
first glance – they share that familiar look & feel. Sporting 12AX7
preamp tubes and EL 84 power amp tubes, they would also appear
to share the same DNA. Take a closer look, though, and you will see
its talents transcend mere mimicry, with two sweet-sounding discrete
channels!
Clean delivers the soulful shimmering tone of an open tube combo.
Its Twang switch lives up to its name by adding a healthy helping of
punchy high-mids that put the spank in funk and do the country twang
thang so well; even contemporary ballads benefit from the upper
mids boost. Dial in a dab more gain, and dive into a world of dynamic
crunch tones and hair-trigger response to every subtlety of your touch.
The Drive channel offers more than merely more gain. It delivers
the secret ingredient that is so critical to a classic rock sound - the
powerful punch of a half-stack. The Gain knob takes you on a magical
mystery tour from a throaty mid-‘60s bark to a typical ‘70s rock
bite. The Boost button is a time machine, taking you and the amp’s
overdrive tone a few years down the road!
All Statesmen sport a genuine Accutronics® spring reverb; the Reverb
Balance knob controls each channel’s amount. A modern effects loop
lets you add external effect devices to the sonic equation. And the
included footswitch lets you tap your toes to conveniently activate the
two channels, Boost, the FX loop, and Reverb.
An Eminence® speaker developed especially for these amps brings
together the grooviest tried-and-true design features of US and UK
speakers. They are the key to these rigs’ jaw-dropping tonal versatility.
We wish you lots of fun with your Statesman!
Your Hughes & Kettner Team
Before the start-up
• Please read the safety notes on Page 32-35 before the start-up!
• A word of warning before you start-up your Statesman: It is loud!
High loudness levels can cause hearing damage.
• Ensure a sufficient air supply to the amplifier’s cooling surfaces.
Absolutely pay attention to a fixed storage space, which precludes
mechanical and thermal external influences, and thus ensures the
operational safety of the equipment and the safety of individuals.
• The manufacturer cannot assume any liability for damages to the
appliance or to other devices which ensue through improper
operation.
Start-up
• Before connecting the Statesman to the power supply network, make
sure that the power switch is turned off and the indicated voltage
value on the back side (see illustration: next to the “Voltage Setting”
arrow) tallies with the local mains voltage.
• The illustration shows the
100/120 volt version as an
example. The indication of
100 volts is next to the arrow.
And so the amp may only
be operated on 100 V mains
voltage. If the indication on your Statesman next to the arrow does
not tally with the voltage that you intend to operate with, it must not
be connected!
• In order to avoid unwanted surprises, you should always turn the
CLEAN VOLUME and the DRIVE MASTER controllers to the left stop
before turning the amp on.
• INPUT: Connect your guitar with this input. Please
use only suitable, shielded guitar cable.
• POWER: This switch opens the main current supply;
the blue PILOT LAMP lights up.
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