VHT Valvulator GP3, Preliminary Owners Manual

Page 1: ...VALVULATOR GP3 VERY LOW POWER VACUUM TUBE GUITAR AMPLIFIER PRELIMINARY OWNERS MANUAL...

Page 2: ...ce of musical equipment I sincerely apologize in advance for the depth of detail you are about to encounter Having devoted countless hours culminating in decades to the creation of the GP3 I would not...

Page 3: ...D ABOUT CLASSIC AMPLIFIER SOUNDS 5 THE BIG PICTURE 6 INPUT STAGE 7 CHANNELS 8 TONE CONTROLS 9 GRAPHIC EQUALIZER 10 DYNAMICS CONTROL 11 OUTPUT STAGE MASTER VOLUME 12 GLOBAL FUNCTIONS 13 MIDI MIDI LEARN...

Page 4: ...ble from the rear panel of your GP3 to any convenient wall outlet or power strip Connect one end of a shielded guitar cable to the AMP OUT jack on the rear panel of your GP3 Plug the other end of this...

Page 5: ...t here for the purpose of demonstrating how adept the GP3 would be at recreating classic amplifier sounds We feel that this is an unproductive exercise often based on sleight of hand and the power of...

Page 6: ...arm up sequence has begun After 15 seconds the time it takes for the tube filaments to reach operating temperature a timer function in the GP3s microprocessor sends a Turn On command to the high volta...

Page 7: ...ween the guitar and the various amp and effect inputs to condition and protect the guitar signal from noise and tonal degradation These buffers are often makeshift items and are almost always detrimen...

Page 8: ...AD feature Gain Treble Middle Bass and Volume controls The LEAD and RHYTHM channels also feature a variable BOOST control to adjust the amount of gain boost available A fixed amount of boost is provid...

Page 9: ...erdrive used audience size relationship with the bartender and a host of other variables In the process the amplifier produces varying degrees of distortion harmonics overload and power amp compressio...

Page 10: ...MASTER VOLUME and DYNAMICS you will become very proficient at fine tuning the output stage to emulate the output behavior of say a 100 watt amp versus a 15 watt amp GLOBAL FUNCTIONS On the far right o...

Page 11: ...AD channel Simultaneously mutes all three channels when held down for 2 seconds WARM UP SEQUENCE OVERRIDE This function is accessed right after power up In the event that the GP3 has already been oper...

Page 12: ...create NOTE Your existing program parameters remain unaffected until you change them even if you enter MIDI LEARN mode live on the fly This means that if you are playing a live performance and you de...

Page 13: ...T 21 CLEAN BRITE FAT LOOP 22 CLEAN BRITE FAT EQ 23 CLEAN BRITE BOOST LOOP 24 CLEAN BRITE BOOST EQ 25 CLEAN BRITE LOOP EQ 26 CLEAN FAT BOOST LOOP 27 CLEAN FAT BOOST EQ 28 CLEAN FAT LOOP EQ 29 CLEAN BOO...

Page 14: ...5 RHYTHM BRITE BOOST LOOP 66 RHYTHM BRITE BOOST EQ 67 RHYTHM BRITE LOOP EQ 68 RHYTHM FAT BOOST LOOP 69 RHYTHM FAT BOOST EQ 70 RHYTHM FAT LOOP EQ 71 RHYTHM BOOST LOOP EQ 72 RHYTHM BOOST LOOP REMOTE 73...

Page 15: ...08 LEAD BRITE BOOST EQ 109 LEAD BRITE LOOP EQ 110 LEAD FAT BOOST LOOP 111 LEAD FAT BOOST EQ 112 LEAD FAT LOOP EQ 113 LEAD BOOST LOOP EQ 114 LEAD BOOST LOOP REMOTE 115 LEAD BOOST EQ REMOTE 116 LEAD BRI...

Page 16: ...are listed under each location Numbering sequence is LEFT to RIGHT looking at the FRONT of the unit V1 Valvulator unity gain buffer stage effects loop driver 12AX7WB Sovtek V2 Input Gain Stage 1 and s...

Page 17: ...dently isolated from system ground REMOTE 2 Relay controlled switching jack for remote control of external amps preamps and effects Assignable to RHYTHM or LEAD channel function and can be configured...

Page 18: ...s including but not limited to cabinets cabinet parts or knobs 3 This warranty does not apply to uncrating setup installation or the removal and reinstallation of products for repair 4 This warranty s...