Fender Blues Junior III - Control Panel Functions; Input and Gain Controls; Tone and Effects Adjustment; Volume and Power Management

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A. INPUT — Plug your guitar in here.
B. VOLUME — Adjusts preamp gain. Increase the Volume setting
to produce more distortion and sustain. Use lower Volume
settings to produce cleaner sounds.
C. FAT — Press IN to boost preamp gain for extra distortion and
sustain.
Normal Fat boost
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You can use a footswitch (optional) to activate the FAT boost
remotely. See Footswitch {J} on page 7.
D. TREBLE / BASS / MIDDLE — Adjusts tone character.
E. MASTER — Adjusts the overall volume output of the amplifier.
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Use MASTER to adjust the volume of the amplifier after you
have set VOLUME for the desired level of preamp distortion.
F. REVERB — Adjusts the level of the Reverb effect.
G. POWER INDICATOR — Illuminates when the unit is ON.
H. POWER SWITCH — Swit ch es th e u ni t O N/OFF.
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TREBLEVOLUME
FAT
INPUT
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BASS MIDDLE MASTER REVERB