Laboga The Beast 30W Plus - head User Manual
Summary of The Beast 30W Plus - head
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Hand made, 30/15 watt, tube guitar amplifier models: the beast 30w plus - head the beast 30w plus – combo ver. 1.0 u s e r 's m a n u a l.
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Laboga – the beast 30 plus congratulations on purchasing a tube guitar amplifier and joining laboga family. Thank you for your trust. The alligator belongs to the world’s top tube constructions. It is designed with over 35-years of experience in creating and servicing top quality equipment. Wide var...
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Laboga – the beast 30 plus table of contents: a mplifier f eatures .........................................................................................3 s afety precautions .......................................................................................4 t echnical h ints , p roper u sag...
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Laboga – the beast 30 plus safety precautions attention: to reduce the risk of electrical shock, do not remove the back cover of the amplifier. Inside parts can be repaired only by qualified service personnel. Warning: to prevent the risk of electrical shock do not expose this appliance to moisture,...
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Laboga – the beast 30 plus technical hints, proper usage • do not use the amplifier, before connecting it to the correct cabinet, or using built-in fake load (speaker off mode at the back panel). • after switching power on, wait about 30-60 seconds on standby (“0”) until tubes get heated. When turni...
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Laboga – the beast 30 plus front panel combo version : head version: 1. Input input jack socket (ts 6,3” jack) to connect the guitar to the amplifier. 2. Clean gain sensitivity of the clean and crunch channel. Since the same knob works for both channels, the volume of each one has been set separatel...
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Laboga – the beast 30 plus 5. Drive gain gain control for the distorted channel. With a little value you can obtain fuzz effect or soft overdrive. By turning the gain right, distortion is rising until reaching the high gain. Note that for guitars with humbucker pick-ups or any high output signal pic...
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Laboga – the beast 30 plus rear panel combo: head: 1. Main fuse integrated with mains power supply socket slo-blo fuse t1,25a is in the case, integrated with power supply socket. There is one spare fuse included. Hint: take out the power cord during a storm or when unused. Hint: while changing the f...
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Laboga – the beast 30 plus alternative preamplifier, including a simple stomp box. 6. Power output socket for a 4 ohm impedance cabinet 7. Power output socket for an 8 ohm impedance cabinet 8. Power output socket for a 16 ohm impedance cabinet every tube amplifier needs to work with a load, so it's ...
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Laboga – the beast 30 plus tubes tube placement in the chassis v1 – 12ax7 preamp tube. It's the very first tube stages of the preamplifier. Therefore it might produce an effect called microphonic. It's a normal effect varying on the tube. First half of this tube works only for drive channel and the ...
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Laboga – the beast 30 plus technical data inputs: • guitar input sensitivity: -10 dbv • maximum signal level: +4 dbv • input impedance: 1 mΩ outputs: • power output impedance: - 4 Ω output impedance - 8 Ω output impedance - 16 Ω output impedance • output power: 30 w / 15 w effects loop: • effects lo...
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Laboga – the beast 30 plus troubleshooting symptom recommended intervention the amplifier doesn’t play, led diodes aren’t lit, control light isn’t lit. Check if the main fuse isn’t blown or if the power supply cord isn’t broken (use another). If it still doesn’t help, contact laboga service personne...
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Laboga – the beast 30 plus while playing there are weird sounds – crackle, or the sounds vanish completely check if the power cable is inserted properly and if it isn’t falling out of the socket. Additionally, check the quality of the speaker’s cable – if it isn’t damaged and if the cable has the pr...
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