Front panel: controls & features, Continued), Output & solo controls – Mesa/Boogie II User Manual

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FRONT PANEL: Controls & Features

(Continued)

30 WATTS / 15 / 5 WATTS: Channel Power Select (Continued)

offering 3 choices that showcase the two classic wiring

conﬁ gurations per channel!

NOTE: At some point in your experimentation with the Channel Power Select switches, try setting one or both of the Channels to 30W
and moving the Speaker Load to the OPTIONAL (8 ohm) jack. This produces a bolder, snappier response and a little more power
and headroom that is great for certain applications, especially clean sounds. There is no right way, but the difference in response is
deﬁ nitely worth investigating for both clean and overdriven sounds.

OUTPUT & SOLO CONTROLS:

OUTPUT: This control determines the overall output volume level of the ampliﬁ er. After the

GAIN controls have been set for the desired sound style and the two channels levels have been balanced with the channel MASTER
controls, the

OUTPUT control allows you to change the playing level by adjusting a single control. The OUTPUT control is also wired

as the Effects Loop Return Level control. Should you ever use your

Lone Star Special ampliﬁ er as a power amp alone by inserting

a signal into the RETURN jack, the

OUTPUT control will serve as the master level control.

NOTE:

NOTE: To use the Lone Star Special ampliﬁ er as a power amp - use the EFFECTS
RETURN as an input. The SOLO control can be used to attain a footswitchable boost if
the Footswitch is connected. It is wired in parallel to the

OUTPUT control and therefore

OUTPUT

also controls the volume of the power section.

NOTE:

NOTE: The Effects Loop RETURN jack can serve as a power amp input so that you
may use the

Lone Star Special ampliﬁ er as a power amp for either stereo reproduction

or to incorporate additional pre-amps. Here are a few things to remember that will help
you when interfacing to the

Lone Star Special for use as a power amp only;

1.) The OUTPUT Level will be the only active control on the Front Panel (the PRESENCE control of Channel 1 will be active only
when that channel is engaged - see #2)

2.) The SOLO control may be used to footswitch to a pre-determined amount of boost when the footswitch is connected.

NOTE:

NOTE: Therefore, we recommend selecting Channel 1 when you wish to use the Lone Star Special as a power amp.

SOLO: This control can only be activated if the correct Footswitch is connected to the Footswitch DIN jack. SOLO is an ad-
ditional ﬁ nal output level control wired in parallel with the OUTPUT control. It is capable of a setting above that of the OUTPUT control
and can not be set below. The amount of apparent boost also depends on that of the OUTPUT control - in that if the ampliﬁ er is at
either the extreme low or extreme high levels of the OUTPUT, its effectiveness is minimized. It has been optimized for live performance

volume levels.

If the power section is either not a part of the sound (super quiet), or producing all its
rated wattage (super loud), there is very little signal for the

SOLO control to work with.

By using the Footswitch and selecting

SOLO, a pre-settable boost in overall levels is

possible on the ﬂ y...giving you some control over your levels when it’s time to step out.
Engineers may give you a bit of a frown the ﬁ rst time you use it...but isn’t it time you
heard yourself. It might even prevent them from punishing you with the dreaded monitor
or sideﬁ ll version of your tone.

MASTER

30 WATTS

5 WATTS

30 WATTS

5 WATTS

U R E

L A S S

O W

OUTPUT

LOOP ON

SOLO

MASTER

30 WATTS

5 WATTS

30 WATTS

5 WATTS

U R E

L A S S

O W

OUTPUT

LOOP ON

SOLO