Takamine TK-40 Owner's Manual - page 2
Get the Most from Your Guitar
TheTakamineTK-40acousticguitarpreampisdesignedspecificallyforyourTakamine
guitartoprovidetheflexibilityandcontrolyouneedinalmostanyperformanceorre-
cordingenvironment.Theno-nonsenseapproachtofunctionalityresultsinanamazingly
transparent,responsive,andeasy-to-usepreampthatwillletyou“dialin”yoursound
inmoments.
The Anatomy of the TK-40
TheTakamineTK-40preampisdesignedtobeeasytouse,yetflexibleenoughanyap-
plication.Pleaserefertothefigurebelowwhichwillprovideyouwithaneasyreference
forthefunctionanduseofeachcontrolandfeature.
Battery Tray Releases:Pinchingthetabsofthebatterycovertowardeach
othertoremove.Thisprovidesaccesstothebatterycompartment.Wheninsert-
ingnewbatteriesalignthebattery’spolaritywiththemarkingsinsidethebattery
compartment.
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Tuner:Thisbuttoncontrolsthebuilt-intuner’son/offfunction.Simplypressthe
buttononcetoactivatethetuner(eveniftheguitarisnotpluggedin)andthetuner
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willlight.Whenyouplayastringthetunerwilldisplaythenotenameof
thepitchyou’replaying.Then,simplyadjustthepitchofyourstringsinthedirection
oftheflashingupordownarrowtotherightofthenotename.Asyouapproach
thecorrectpitch,theflashingspeedslowsuntilyouareintuneandboththearrows
illuminatetoformadiamond.
Whenthetunerisactive,pressingthetunebuttonasecondtimeenablesyoutotune
toaarbitraryreferencepitch.Forexample,ifyouareattemptingtoplaywithsome
otherout-oftuneinstrument,tuneonestringofyourguitartothatinstrumentwhile
thetunerison.Oncetuned,presstheCalibratebuttonandthetunerwilladjustits
referencefrequencyallowingyoutotunetherestofyourstringsaccurately.When
thetuneristurnedoff,itwillreverttothestandardA=440Hzsetting.
Tosavebatterypower,thetunerwillautomaticallyturnoffafterabouttwominutes
ofoperationandmaybereactivatedbypushingthetunerbuttonagain.Ifyoufinish
tuningbeforethetunerautomaticallyturnsoff,youmayturnoffthetunermanually
bysimplyholdingdownthetunerbuttonforatleasttwoseconds.
Low Batt LED:AcircuitwithintheTK-40tracksthelifeofyourbattery.Whenyour
batteryvoltagebecomeslowenoughthebegintoaffectthequalityofyoursound,
thisLEDwillilluminate.
Volume:Turningthiscontrolclockwiseincreasestheoutputlevelofthepreamp.
Notch Filter: Thiscontrolallowsyoutotuneasharpbuilt-infilterthatwilleliminate
anundersirablefeedbacknote.Pushthethein/outswitch
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toactivatethefilterifyouexperienceacoustic“feedback.”Thentunethefilteruntil
thefeedbackdisappears.Therichsoundofyourguitarwillnotbeaffected.
EQ Controls:Athree-bandequalizerallowstonaladjustmentwithamaximumof
12dBofboostorcutinadesignatedspectrum.The“Low”controlsworksinthe
bassrange,the“High”worksinthetreblerange,whilethe“Mid”controlwillallow
youtoadjusttheboost/cutatamidbandcenterfrequencyespeciallychosentogive
themostappropriateharmoniccontrolpossible.TheEQBypassswitch,totheright,
allowsyoutotaketheequalizeroutofthesignalprocessingchainforanunaltered
“direct”sound,idealforexternalequalization.TheMidContourcircuit,ifselected,
willremainactive(seebelow).
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