TC Electronic BG250 User Manual - Operation – Front Panel

obvious, but pleasant “tube attitude” to highly overdriven.

Contrary to many tube simulations, Tubedrive recreates both the 

entire preamp section (located before the tone control section) 

and the power amp section (located after the tone controls). Not 

only does this give you the most realistic and flexible recreation 

of the actual tube sound and response, the BG250 Combo tone 

controls also allow you to alter the behavior and character of 

Tubedrive the way you would on an actual tube amp.

TUBEDRIVE knob

Adjusts both pre-amp and power-amp

tube simulation

The TUBEDRIVE knob adjusts the amount of both the preamp 

and the power-amp tube simulation.

7 – TUBEDRIVE ON/OFF

Activates/deactivates the Tubedrive feature.

Tubedrive on/off can also be controlled using a TC Electronic 

SWITCH 3 connected to PEDAL.

8 – TONEPRINT

Download unique TonePrints from your favorite artist via 

TC Electronic’s website and follow the instructions to upload 

them to BG250.

9 – TONEPRINT ON/OFF

Activates/deactivates the current TonePrint effects.

TonePrint  on/off can also be controlled using a TC Electronic 

SWITCH 3 connected to PEDAL.

10 – MASTER (Volume) 

Use the MASTER level knob to set the overall output level of the 

amp. The master level also controls the level of the headphone 

output.

PEDAL input

Connect a TC Electronic SWITCH 3 (optional) and activate/

deactivate Tubedrive, Tuner mute and TonePrint.

SWITCH-3

Switch 1 - Mute

Switch 2 - TubeDrive on/off

Switch 3 - TonePrint on/off

OPERATION – FRONT PANEL

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