FEATURES
Volume: Controls overall output, and is capable of delivering a healthy boost to your amp’s input."
Tone: Governs overall treble content, becomes less and less effective as you wind up the Gain
control just like the old 5E3. It also helps voice the aggressiveness of the Gain characteristic."
Gain: Increases grit and saturation of the overdriven sound. If you are familiar with the 5E3, our
Gain control starts off where the amp would normally be set around 3 on the Volume - just starting
to open up and breathe a little. If you need it cleaner, just roll back your guitar Volume to about 7 or
so - we’ll touch upon this further on in the manual."
All three controls are somewhat interactive, again just like the original 5E3. Now you might think
that an amp or pedal this simplistic is a one-trick pony, but what many modern players don’t
always understand was that back in the day these amps were used in a variety of genres and
playing situations as there simply weren’t a lot of other options out there to be had - from Western
Swing bands to Jazz cats to Rock N’ Rollers; on stages and in the studio. How is this possible - the
tones are so varied? The answer is that those players used the Volume and Tone controls on their
instruments to get that wide variety of sounds. The amp was set up and forgotten about - you did
everything at the guitar. That is also the best approach for using the Formula No. 5 - set and forget
and work your guitar controls. Simple is better!
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