SWR WORKINGMAN'S 10, Owner'S Manual

The Treble control operates in a tonal area that extends through and beyond the usual Treble control

range. It may be thought of as a “transparency” control. Boosting the control will open up the sound of
a dull instrument, particularly in conjunction with the piezo tweeter in the Workingman’s 15. However,

this is also the range of string rattle, finger slides, pickup clicks, etc. Again, we recommend you experi-

ment with the control alone with your instrument while finding your tone, and listen again in a band con-
text, both near to and away from the Workingman’s 15. Qualities such as punch, fatness, presence and
bite can be fairly well spread out. Treble, despite the broad dispersion of the piezo tweeter, is a very

directional quality. Spend some time exploring what you can hear in this area as you move around.

Transparency Control

The Transparency control is a shelving type tone control that cuts or boosts the high frequencies a full
octave above the treble function. Shelving point for this control is about 5 kHz.

AURAL ENHANCER

The Aural Enhancer was developed to bring out the fundamental low notes of the bass, reduce certain

frequencies that can “mask” fundamentals, and enhance the high-end transients. The effect becomes

more pronounced as the control is turned up. The result is a more transparent sound. Listening to a
passive bass with the control set all the way down, and then turning it all the way up, can be likened to
listening to the bass suddenly become “active.”

EFFECTS BLEND CONTROL

The Effects Blend control mixes the signal coming from your instrument with the sound coming from

your effect. With the Blend control fully counter-clockwise, no signal from your effect will be heard. As you
turn this control clockwise, more of the effect can be heard in the overall sound. When the Blend control is
fully clockwise, no dry or unaffected signal is heard other than the output of the effect device.
This type of control and patching arrangement is very effective in reducing noise caused by effects

devices and in maintaining a more natural sound. If your effects device has a similar control, we 
suggest leaving it set to its maximum effect/minimum dry signal position and using the Effects Blend

control for this function. Please read the “Effects Loop” section for more information.

LIMITER DEFEAT SWITCH

Pulling out the Effects Blend knob until a click is felt deactivates the Internal limiter circuit. Pushing the

control back in, activates the circuit.

MASTER VOLUME

The Master Volume adjusts the signal level going to the power amplifier. It DOES NOT control the 

output of the effects send jack or Balanced Direct Record XLR output. It DOES affect the output of the
internal speakers, headphones, and extension speaker jack. Losses caused by effects units can be
recovered by increasing the Master Volume.

NOTE:

If you need more volume than the Workingman’s single 15” can provide, add an extension

speaker cabinet. The extension cabinet should have an impedance of no less than 8 ohms.

LIMITER CIRCUIT

The Workingman’s 15 Limiter Circuit is a soft knee type limiter that prevents distortion of attack tran-
sients or peaks. The Limiter can be used as an effect and is also helpful in preventing speaker damage.
The circuit is located after (post) the master volume and before (pre) the power amplifier; it is driven by
the Master Volume Control. Its threshold (starting point) is preset by the factory so that the user can get
maximum overall apparent volume without unduly overdriving the power amplifier.

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