Hartke B Series B600 User Manual

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4ENGLISH3Guided Tour - Front Panel1. Inputs - Connect your bass guitar to one of these standard 1/4" unbalanced jacks. If yourbass has passive electronics (that is, if it has no battery), connect it to PASSIVE INPUT, which isdesigned to handle low-level signals. If your bass has active electronics (that is, if it has a battery),connect it to ACTIVE INPUT, which employs a 10 dB pad and is designed to handle hotter basspickup signals.2. Volume control - This is the overall volume control. For best signal-to-noise ratio, keep theoutput of your bass at or near maximum and adjust the B Series Volume to the desired level.3. Shape control (B600 and B900 only) - This control applies a specialized 20 dB notch filterto the specified frequency area so that you can customize the effect of the Shape curve to bestcomplement your particular bass instrument. Moving the Shape control clockwise causes thenotch filter to be applied to higher frequencies while moving it counterclockwise causes it tobe applied to lower frequencies. At the fully clockwise position, the filter is applied to the 1 kHzfrequency area; this will act to attenuate mid-range frequencies and give your bass a deep,low tone. At the fully counterclockwise position, the filter is applied to the 90 Hz frequency area;this will act to attenuate low frequencies and give your bass a biting, trebly sound. For moreinformation, see the “Using Equalization and Shape” section on page 8 in this manual.4. Bass EQ control - This control provides approximately 15 dB of cut or boost at 100 Hz, with apeak (bell) curve. When the knob is at the 12 o’clock (“0”) position, there is no boost or attenua-B600 and B900 Kickback EnclosureB00_OM_5L_v5.indd 4 3/30/06 11:37:45 AM