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PACER 'IOO

OWNER'S MANUAL

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WARNING: To prevent electrical shock or fire
hazard, do not expose this appliance to rain or
moisture.

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Your new Pacer" is a professional, compact
amp featuring one 12 inch speaker mounted in an
open backed cabinet and powered by the new 45
watt RMS (@ 5% THD) chassis. A full complement of
controls includes volume, bass, middle, treble,
reverb, and master volume. This unit includes the
master volume and reverb features since these are
necessary for a good performance. The Pacer's
master volume allows complete control over the
dynamics of the unit and enables the tremendous
sustain and variable distortion available from this
amp. Inclusion of the master volume makes the
Pacer the ideal studio or practice amplifier for those
who don't want to drag monster amps" around for
practice or recording sessions.

Although the Pacer is relatively small and com-
pact, its ample power and incredible punch make it

fully capable of handling most club jobs or small
concerts. The rugged power amplifier of the Pacer
uses two 15 amp, high energy, power devices
mounted on a large. aluminlm heatsink. The rugged,
3/4" cabinet is covered in super heavy-duty, 34
ounce Tolex to stand up under road conditions.
The heavy-duty 12 inch speaker has been specially
matched to the electronics and cabinet to reproduce
the dynamic range and wide frequency response of
the Pacer. We feel that our Pacer is the best guitar
amp value on todays market. Comparison with other
brands will show that this amp is a fully professional
unit selling at a price comparable to other makers'
student amps.

1 In most cases. when plugging in your instru-
ment, you should use input jack #1. input #2 is the
low gain input and should be used if the signal from
your instrument tends to overload (distort) input #1.
When two instruments are plugged into jacks 1 and
2, the circuit automatically balances the gain of the
two inputs so that the sensitivity of both are identical.

2 The volume control sets the gain of the input
preamp, thereby controlling the sensitivity of the
preamp, not the POWER of the amp. It is entirely
possible for the amp to be driven to full power output
on very low volume settings if the signal from your in-
strument is extremely high. Please remember that
the volume control does not indicate power output,
but the Gain of the preamp.

3 The bass control varies the amount of bass

response in the system and is very effective in
achieving a balanced tonal blend.

4 The middle control enables the musician to
tailor the vital mid-range response. Experimentation
with the unique middle circuit will show that it is
much more effective than conventional circuits.

5 The treble control varies the high end response
of the amplifier.

8 The reverb control determines the amount of
delayed signal (reverb) blended into the output. This
circuit is able to produce tremendous sustain and
clarity by properly damping the driver coils of the
reverb unit.

1 The master volume control is very useful for ob-
taining a number of effects. The most common use
of this control is for obtaining overdrive and sustain
at low sound levels. Another valuable use for this
control is for controlling the response and noise of
the amp in a recording studio.

The master volume control is the final gain deter-
mining eiement before the signal is fed into the out-
put amplifier and could more accurately be called a
sensitivity" control. To obtain maximum overdrive
and sustain, the individual channel volume controls
should be set near maximum, and the output of the
system should be adjusted with the master volume
control. You will discover that many different and
pleasing harmonic effects can be obtained by trying
different settings of the tone. volume. and master
volume controls. it has been found that when oper-
ting the amp in the overdriven condition, lower set-
tings of the treble control tend to give a smoother
natural distortion characteristic". The normal

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