Fender Steel King User Manual

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The Steel King delivers legendary Fender

tone and

performance for the modern Steel Guitarist. Its clean,
high-powered, full-frequency reproduction makes it a
good choice for guitar players specializing in Jazz,
Country, and World Music styles, too!

• 200 Watts into 4 ohms—Loud & clean!

• All-new preamp design—tailored specifically for

clean, versatile tone shaping

• Professional XLR line output with Level control,

Ground Lift, and Pre-Post EQ switch

• Effects loop and Tuner Output with Mute

• Limiter with On-Off button—prevents distortion when

you play hard

• Three-button footswitch—included!

• Genuine Fender Custom 15 Driver based on the now-

collectable JBL

D130F model used by Fender in the

1960’s and 70’s. This updated 15" speaker delivers
the clean, precision performance that many specialist
players demand.

Speaker construction details:

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Cast frame—for strength

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Shallow cone profile—for wider dispersion and
stage coverage

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High flux density and large, lightweight voice coil—
for incredible sensitivity

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Aluminum center cap—for distinct high-frequency
response

• Fitted Cover—included!

Thank you for choosing Fender

—T

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radition and Innovation—since 1946

A. INPUT - Plug your guitar in here.

B. INPUT PAD - Reduces input sensitivity to allow

cleaner response with high-output guitars:

NORMAL—Full input sensitivity

–10dB PAD—Lower input sensitivity

C. GAIN - Adjusts the preamp signal level. Use

together with MASTER {J} to set the overall
amplifier loudness.

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PRE AMP CLIP - Indicates preamp clipping.
Reduce GAIN if you hear distortion when this
LED is on.

NOTE: Your Steel King amplifier is designed to sound
great with the tone controls {D–G} in the center or
“12 o’clock” position

D. EQ TILT - Can be used as a simple tone control or

to compensate for poor room acoustics:

HI provides treble emphasis—useful in “dull”
sounding environments (carpet/drapes)

LO provides bass emphasis—useful in “sharp”
sounding environments (cement/tile)

E. TREBLE - Adjusts high–frequency tone character.

MID LEVEL / MID FREQUENCY -
The MID LEVEL knob adjusts the tone
character at the frequency set by the MID
FREQ knob. NOTE: The EQ has no effect
when the MID LEVEL knob is set to “0.”

G. BASS - Adjusts low–frequency tone character.

H. REVERB - Adjusts the Reverb level.

MUTE - Disables all amplifier outputs except for
TUNER OUT. The adjacent LED flashes when
MUTE is active.

MUTE OFF

MUTE ON

MASTER VOLUME - Adjusts the power amp signal
level. Use together with GAIN {C} to set the overall
amplifier loudness.

K. LIMITER - Prevents signal spikes from clipping the

power amp.

LIMITER OFF

LIMITER ON

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PWR AMP CLIP - Indicates power amp clipping.

Occasional flashing is normal when you are
playing hard. Activate the LIMITER or reduce
MASTER {J} if you hear distortion when this LED
is on.

RED JEWEL - Illuminates when the amplifier is
powered on.

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