Carvin vl100 Manual De Usuario

If you are like most players, you probably want to plug in your new amp and get started

playing it right away.  You can read the rest of the manual later to learn the finer points
of operating your amp.  In order to get started you will need your Legacy amp, a 120
or 230 AC grounded power outlet, your instrument and a standard guitar cord.  With
the amp turned off, plug it into the proper AC voltage.  

Now turn all the volume and drive controls off and set tone controls at their mid center

position.  If you have purchased the FS22 footswitch,  plug it into the rear foot switch
jack for switching the channels and reverb.   Note:  The channel SELECT button must be
in the OUT position (CH 1) for the FS22 to function 

Now, turn the power switch and standby switch ON.  Allow 60 seconds for the tubes

to warm up.  Gradually raise the volume controls and re-adjust the tone controls and
your’re ready to go.   Please call if you feel your amp is malfunctioning.  Occasionally
tubes are damaged in shipping.  

A standard 1/4” input jack feeds both channels through using the SELECT switch.

Use a professional quality guitar cord no longer than 25 feet.  Typical cable capaci-
tance should be under 50pf—the longer the cord, the greater the capacitance (you can
measure this with a capacitance meter).  A long cable with high capacitance will reduce
the overall treble response from your guitar pickups.

Set the channel SELECT switch to the desired channel.  The LED’s next to the volume

controls will let you see what channel is functioning.  Use channel 2 for clean playing.
Use channel 1 for overdrive/sustain.  For the FS22 foot switch to function, set the chan-
nel SELECT to the “ OUT” channel 1 position.

The red LED will illuminate when the LEAD channel is selected. 

The volume of the lead channel is to be used as a master level control.  For partial

clean output, set the VOLUME control to 10 and turn the DRIVE nearly off—under 1.
By reducing the guitar volume, you can use this channel as an alternate clean channel.

For mild tube saturation, set the DRIVE control between 1 & 2.  For some of the best

saturation, set the control around 3 & 6.  For full blown overdrive, set the control between
8 and 10.  Drive settings above 8 are subject to over saturation depending on the output
of the guitar pickups used.  High-output pickups can over saturate causing sluggish
distortion. Play your guitar with it’s volume at 10 and decrease the amount of drive
until the crisp highs come back.  

To start off with, set the BASS, MID & TREBLE controls at their center (5) position.

These controls are to be set according to the type of pickups used (dual or single coil).
It’s normal to decrease the BASS at higher playing levels.  Try the PRESENCE control
also when adjusting the treble.

Channel 1 features it’s own LEAD PRESENCE control for added clarity.  It’s frequency

range is set at the mid range of the tonal spectrum.  Careful adjustment with the TREBLE
control will make this feature very useful. 

The red LED will illuminate when the CLEAN channel is selected. 

Channel switching from the Lead channel into Channel 2 gives you crisp, clean playing.

Thanks to special mud-cutting circuits that work between the frequencies of 500 and 700
Hz, your guitar tones will be full and vibrant.

For added clarity, the CH 2 PRESENCE switch increases only the highest guitar harmonics

in the 8-10k Hz range which is ideal for brightening up middy single coil neck pickups.  A
normal bright switch works only in the 3k Hz range leaving your sound somewhat flat.
Single or dual coil pickups will determine the need for this switch.

You can start at 5 on the dial for each of the tone controls.  However, these settings

do not represent a normalize (flat) sound. You need to set them where they sound
best!  Most musicians like to reduce the MID’S between 1 and 4 for deeper bass and
crisper highs.  If your sound is too bright with single coil pickups, you may want to
keep the PRESENCE switch off.

Set the REVERB control for the desired amount (this works in both channels).

Use the STANDBY SWITCH If you are taking a break.  This turns the high voltage

off, increasing the life of your power tubes while keeping the power and preamp tube
filaments on for immediate use.

The power switch is to be utilized as the master ON/OFF switch.  As the amp is turned

on, the RED portion of the power switch will illuminate as your ON indicator.

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VL100 Head as shown
VL212 Combo front & rear panels reversed

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