Genz-Benz CONTOUR 500 User Manual
Owner’s manual
Owner’s Manual
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION – GENZ BENZ, the leader in innovative lightweight separate bass amplifiers and cabinets
now brings you the CONTOUR™500 bass combos; for those players who want a powerful and lighter weight one
piece amplifier system. These combos deliver dramatic versatility from warm, tight, full bodied response to all out
aggressive overdrive and all points in between. For today’s bassist, the CONTOUR™500 delivers from the club to
concert stage.
The CONTOUR™500 is equipped with a ¼” instrument input, preamp stage clip detector, mute switch, extended range
variable input gain, ¼” tuner output, variable contour control, 3 band active equalization with sweepable midrange
frequency, aux input, master volume control, proprietary output limiter, balanced direct out with ground lift switch,
headphone output, and 2 Neutrik Speak-On™ speaker jacks.
The power amp is a powerful, lightweight Class D design and is supported by a state-of-the-art digital Switch Mode
Power Supply (SMPS), which does away with the weight of a traditional power transformer. The CONTOUR™500’s
power supply is usable from 100-240 volts, lending itself well to international players.