Takamine TP-4T Owner's Manual - page 2
Get the Most from Your Guitar
TheTakamineTP-4TacousticguitarpreampisdesignedspecificallyforyourTakamine
guitartoprovidetheflexibilityandcontrolyouneedinalmostanyperformanceorre-
cordingenvironment.Theno-nonsenseapproachtofunctionalityresultsinanamazingly
transparent,responsive,andeasy-to-usepreampthatwillletyou“dialin”yoursound
inmoments.
The Anatomy of the TP-4T
TheTakamineTP-4Tpreampisdesignedtobeeasytouse,yetflexibleenoughanyap-
plication.Pleaserefertothefigurebelowwhichwillprovideyouwithaneasyreference
forthefunctionanduseofeachcontrolandfeature.
Battery Tray Releases:Pinchingthetabsofthebatterycovertowardeach
othertoremove.Thisprovidesaccesstothebatterycompartment.Whenin-
sertingnewbatteriesalignthebattery’spolaritywiththemarkingsinsidethe
batterycompartment.
Tuner:Thisbuttoncontrolsthebuilt-intuner’son/offfunction.Simplypress
thebuttononcetoactivatethetuner(eveniftheguitarisnotpluggedin)and
thetunerdisplay
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willlight.Whenyouplayastringthetunerwilldisplaythe
notenameofthepitchyou’replaying.Then,simplyadjustthepitchofyour
stringsinthedirectionoftheflashingupordownarrowtotherightofthenote
name.Asyouapproachthecorrectpitch,theflashingspeedslowsuntilyou
areintuneandboththearrowsilluminatetoformadiamond.
Whenthetunerisactive,pressingthetunebuttonasecondtimeenablesyoutotune
toaarbitraryreferencepitch.Forexample,ifyouareattemptingtoplaywithsome
otherout-oftuneinstrument,tuneonestringofyourguitartothatinstrumentwhile
thetunerison.Oncetuned,presstheCalibratebuttonandthetunerwilladjustits
referencefrequencyallowingyoutotunetherestofyourstringsaccurately.When
thetuneristurnedoff,itwillreverttothestandardA=440Hzsetting.
Tosavebatterypower,thetunerwillautomaticallyturnoffafterabouttwominutes
ofoperationandmaybereactivatedbypushingthetunerbuttonagain.Ifyou
finishtuningbeforethetunerautomaticallyturnsoff,youmayturnoffthetuner
manuallybysimplyholdingdownthetunerbuttonforatleasttwoseconds.
Low Batt LED:AcircuitwithintheTP-4Ttracksthelifeofyourbattery.When
yourbatteryvoltagebecomeslowenoughthebegintoaffectthequalityof
yoursound,thisLEDwillilluminate.
Volume:Turningthiscontrolclockwiseincreasestheoutputlevelofthepreamp.
EQ Controls:TheTP-4Tfeaturesathree-bandequalizerthatallowsprecisetonal
adjustmentwithamaximumof12dB(deciBels)ofboostorcut.Eachsliderenables
youtoincreaseordecreasethepowerofsoundinadesignatedspectrum.The
“Low”controlsworksinthebassrange,the“High”worksinthetreblerange,while
the“Mid”controlwillallowyoutoadjusttheboost/cutatamidbandcenterfre-
quencyespeciallychosentogivethemostappropriateharmoniccontrolpossible.
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