On the front panel, left side, you will find 2 little switches called Excursion A and Excursion B. Excursion
is our name for speaker cone travel, and damping factor which can be controlled via the switches. The
Ecstasy offers you three options; "T" (Tight), "L" (Loose) & "M" (Medium). The Tight setting will be more
"even" from low string to high string, while the Loose setting will have a much bigger bass sound. The
Medium position is midway between Loose & Tight. Notice, to the right of Excursion B, there is a switch
called "Presence B Select". If you leave this switch on "O", then presence "A" and Excursion "A" will serve
all 3 channels. You have the option of assigning Presence "B” and Excursion "B" to Channel 1 or Channel
3. Let's say you want a very funky, bright clean, not too much bottom but you want also a huge, slamming
lead with tons of bottom. You want your crunch big bottomed, too. Simple, set Excursion A to "L" (Loose).
Set Presence "A" wherever it sounds good for Channels 2 & 3. Switch Presence "B" Select to Ch 1 and
set Excursion "B" to "T" (Tight). Whatever channel is assigned to Presence & Excursion "B", the other two
channels will be governed by Presence & Excursion "A".
Classic option: (discontinued as of 2009)
This option features a pre amp circuit somewhat close to the first available Ecstasy in 1992 (100B)
without the structure switch found on the 101B. The power amp differs in the filter stage to both the 100B
and 101B. The loop master volume moves to the front panel, chrome on the Classic, just like it was on
the 100B. The Classic option does not feature the dual presence and excursion controls. The boost
switch for the clean channel is not featured on the front panel and can be only engaged via the foot
controller.
20
th
Anniversary option:
This option features a new preamp circuit with so called boutique capacitors which have been available
for the past few years now. The pre EQ’s 2&3 have been shifted and a vintage modern style switch lets
you decide the overall flavor of Ch.2 and Ch.3, bypassed when in plexi mode.
The plexi channel has slightly more gain and a foot controllable boost was added which expands the amp
to have 6 sounds on tap. The boost is engaged with the same switch as for Ch.2 & 3.
The clean channel has been changed; special emphasis was taken to the boosted mode which gives you
more gain with nice balanced frequencies and compression.
Power amp dampening was adjusted to compliment the new pre amp design, the Excursion switches so
to speak.
The amp was designed and comes standard with 6L6 power amp tubes. The 20tA has a plexi panel with
gold background and is housed in a slightly bigger head shell to feature the all familiar classic vintage
vibe.
There you have it! It’s all up to you now, be creative and push your musical imagination… Be sure to visit
our website at: bogneramplification.com
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