Way Important: INPUT LEVELS
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WAY IMPORTANT
INPUT LEVELS
THIS PART IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. YOU MUST SET YOUR INPUT LEVEL CORRECTLY
TO GET GOOD SOUND FROM YOUR AX2!
1. Turn the GUITAR, AUX and MASTER knobs all the way down to zero, plug
the AX2 into a power socket with the included power cord, connect your
guitar to the AX2’s GUITAR INPUT jack, and then turn on the AX2 by
pressing the rear panel POWER button.
2. Adjust the volume levels using the following procedure:
• Select your guitar’s loudest pickup and set its volume to max.
• Begin strumming your guitar as loudly as possible.
• Slowly turn the GUITAR knob up until the CLIP light just flashes.
• Turn the knob back a notch so the clip light never flashes.
• Turn the MASTER knob up to a comfortable listening level.
• Set your pickups and guitar volume and tone controls as you like.
3. You can audition the AX2’s Preset Sounds like this:
• Press the USER/PRESET button to select the Preset Bank. A
P
should show up as the left character in the AX2 display. If you've got a
U instead, press USER/PRESET again.
• Use the BANK UP/DOWN buttons to select a Bank from 01 to 32.
• Use the CHANNEL A thru D buttons to select a Channel.
• When you want to tweak the basic amp tone of the channel you've
selected, turn one of the six knobs in the middle of the front panel.
4. For now, don’t worry about the groups of parameters shown in the center
of the front panel. Don’t even look at ’em! We’ll discuss these in detail later.
Just play!
Now, we just know that some of you are going to be forging ahead fearlessly, without
consulting the rest of the manual, because you're that experimental, visionary, and
often stubborn type who wants to find stuff out for yourself. You may find that our
“How Do I?” section toward the end of this User Guide is helpful. Turn to it if you get
stuck, or can't get something to do quite what you think it should do. The basic
operations it quickly describes just might get you out of trouble....