Egnater NewsAugust, 2012 Bulletin b www.EgnaterAmps.com b Volume I. Issue 4

A message from Bruce Hello and welcome to our August, 2012, bulletin. This subject comes up often with some confusion. Let’s first define the two terms as they pertain to audio.MONO: A sound reproduction method where the audio source is reproduced equally through one or all loudspeakers in a “system”.STEREO: A sound reproduction method where the audio source is divided into dif-fering audio sound components and each of the components is reproduced by at least two loudspeakers requiring separate power amplifiers for each. Typically used in a left and right loudspeaker configuration. Now, think about your guitar rig. You have a head and a speaker cabinet. By definition this would be MONO because you have one sound source (the head) and one loudspeaker. Let’s say your head has an effects loop with one send and one return jack. Can this be stereo? No, because we still only have one source, one power amplifier and one loudspeaker. Is there a way to connect a stereo effects unit into the loop to make it stereo? No, the scenario hasn’t changed.Then how do I use my stereo effects unit with my mono amp in true stereo? As we see, stereo means two different signals, two power amps and two speakers. To have a true stereo setup requires adding an additional speaker and power amp to your mono setup. The signal coming out of the effects send jack on your amp is mono. This would go to the single mono input of your effects unit. Now, one output (left) would connect to the effects return of your amp. The other effects unit output (right) would go to the separate power amp and speaker. Now when you activate a stereo ef-fect such as echo with ping-pong, or stereo flanging, the effect will automatically “pan” from side to side creating the true stereo effect. As we can also see, when the effects are bypassed (no effects are turned on) the signal passes through…..in mono. It does not really become “stereo” until you turn on an effect that is actually stereo. If you do wish to use a stereo effects gadget with your mono rig, the only option is to program the effects to be mono or you will be missing half (left or right) of your signal. You could use a mixer to “sum” or combine the left and right outputs into a single mono signal. This would require another piece of gear and would accomplish the same result as programming the effects for mono. If you have a mono setup and your effects stereo (ping/pong echo for example), you will only hear every other ping, or pong, because you can only use one of the two outputs from the effects unit.

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and influenced many other bands to push the envelope and bring art into rock. Formed in the early-1990s in Cleveland Ohio, the band’s combination of metal, rock and atmospheric elements has struck a chord with thou-sands of fans worldwide.

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Here is a note from a happy Egnater guitarist: Hi Bruce and the Egnater gang, Great amps! We bought one for our daughter last year and it has become one of her favorite amps to perform with. Our daughter “Katie” is the lead guitar player for an all-girl teenage rock band called Siren, check them out at www.SirenBand.com They recently finished their first EP which was produced by a close friend of the band Jason Bonham. Katie and the girls are back in the studio working on their first full album, which is being recorded at the Miami Studio Center. Miami Studio Center is impressed with the Tourmaster 4100 and are using it on most of the new Katie is laying down. We wanted you all to know that this one hell of a amp that has helped Katie find her sound. Kirk

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F ROM THE HUMBLE Tweaker to the fl agship Mod-ular system, the entire line of Egnater amps o� ers guitarists great fl exibility for crafting signature tones. However, some guitarists have complained that Eg-

nater doesn’t make a dedicated metal amp. While this isn’t ex-actly true, the fact is that metal has been just one color in the rainbow of tones o� ered by Egnater’s various amp models.

With the introduction of the 120-watt Arma-geddon head, Egnater is finally offering the fire-breathing high-gain amp that metalheads have asked for. But while the Armageddon has a more specific range of tones than other Egnater amps, it still provides guitarists the same

level of flexibility when it comes to dialing in their own sounds. Add in a bevy of professional features like built-in ISP noise reduction, a seven-button foot controller and MIDI, and the Armageddon promises to have guitarists bang-ing their heads well beyond judgment day.

FEATURES The Armageddon is a 120-watt, three-channel head powered by four 6L6 and six 12AX7 tubes. The bias section on the rear panel makes it easy to swap out the 6L6s for other power-tube options (EL34, 6550, 6V6, KT66, KT77 and more) and adjust the bias accordingly. Distinctive features include a built-in ISP Decimator G-String noise-reduc-tion circuit, a master midrange section that can be independently assigned to any or all of the three channels and engaged independently with a footswitch, and a footswitchable digi-tal reverb circuit with individual level controls for each channel.

Channel 1 is a clean/overdrive channel that offers ample headroom or a moderate amount of crunch with the gain control all the way up.

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All Time Low is an American pop punk band from Baltimore, Maryland, formed in 2003. The band consists of vocalist and rhythm guitarist Alex Gaskarth, lead guitarist and back-ing vocalist Jack Barakat, bassist and backing vocalist Zachary Merrick and drummer Rian Dawson. Alex is using our EGNATER VENGEANCE on tour and in the studio.

TUBE FACTSThe fact that we use different tubes in V1 and sometime V2 positions is VERY purposeful. These two positions are extremely sensitive to microphics and we alternate between using Tungsol and Sovtek 12AX7WA in these positions. All else are Ruby tubes.

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