Laney Alliance VH100R Operating instructions manual - page 7
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BRIGHT:
Adds brightness and life to your tones when on the clean channel. Adds edge and picking emphasis when on the clean
drive channel (22-24) This switch has more effect at low clean volume (20) and drive (23) settings. Use in conjunction with the clean
treble control (12) for optimum performance.
DRIVE SWITCH:
Switch in to enable the drive stage for the clean channel. When active the led will illuminate. Note: This switch
must be set to ‘on’ to enable remote switching via the FS4 footswitch.
DRIVE:
Sets the level of tube preamplifier gain or how dirty your sound is for channel A drive. This channel is designed to produce
clean crunch sounds. This control should be used in conjunction with the Volume (23) Setting low levels of gain with high levels of
volume will give a clean preamplifier sound with tube output stage overdrive. Setting a medium gain level and medium Volume will give
a nice crisp bluesy lead tone, again with the ability to drive the output stage at higher Volume settings. Setting a high level on the Gain
control and a low setting on the Volume will give you a punchy hard rock lead tone, with the ability to again drive the output tubes at
higher Volume settings. Having set the Gain and Volume controls to your desired sound try backing off your guitar volume and tone
controls for lots of other cool sounds. Good tube amplifiers have the unique ability to produce a wide range of sounds by using only
your guitar controls, playing weight and style.
VOLUME:
Sets the overall ‘loudness’ of Channel A drive.
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STANDBY:
Disconnects the HT supply from the Tubes whilst the heaters still keep them warm. This allows you to switch out of
standby and play without waiting for your amplifier to warm up. This is useful after you have sound checked and you are waiting to
go on stage - leave the amp in standby so its ready to go when performance time comes. Always switch off for short breaks when
you don’t want to wait for the tubes to warm up again.
POWER:
Main power switch for the unit. The VH100R features delay turn on circuitry to increase tube life, the HT supply to the
tubes gets switched on only after they have warmed up and are ready to go - approx 30 seconds.
(Always switch off and disconnect the power cord when not in use)
It is useful to experiment with the gain and volume controls. If you want
a very open, warm and semi overdriven sound try reducing the amount of gain (23) and increasing the volume. This reduces pre amp
gain but pushes the power amp section and makes it work harder giving you a very desirable level of power amp distortion which is a
very pleasing “retro” style sound.
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