Crate Amplifiers BV300H - Manual (Page 3)

A Message from the People Behind the BV300H:
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You now own the finest lead guitar amplifier in the world. The Crate BV300H was designed to
fulfill the needs of the professional musician. It is equally at home in the studio, in the
club, or on the big stage. This amplifier has been designed with key features to finely
sculpt its sound into YOUR sound. The BV300H uses premium materials and workmanship and is
made entirely in the U.S.A. It includes a full 5 year warranty on parts and labor and a 90
day warranty on tubes. Unlike some other amplifiers which only sound good when turned up,
the BV300H delivers the same awesome tone at low volumes that it does at high stage levels.
This is due to our unique power amplifier that produces the same sweet, warm juicy tone at
ANY level. 3 watts or 300 watts, the tone is consistent, strong and powerful.
Don’t let the 300W rating scare you. All amplifiers can benefit from added headroom. 300
watts allows the player to hear the detail and dynamics of the sound much better. The sound
is like nothing you have ever heard before. Imagine palm muting the low strings and actually
hearing the full dynamic. Many players don’t even know what this sounds like because their
amplifiers are underpowered. Have you ever started to turn your amplifier up louder only to
have the tone change, get flubby, fart out…. Lack of headroom. The only way to describe it
is to experience it.
Coupled with its massive power amplifier is a state of the art 3 channel preamp. Switching is
accomplished via momentary switches that provide instant access to each of the 3 channels.
A classic design originally used for bass or guitar, Channel 1 is full of dynamic headroom
and tonal versatility. It utilizes a clean, punchy preamplifier section with classic high
and low tone EQs and a 5-position midrange selector to further dial in your tone.
Channel 2 has a classic british tonality that will be familiar to most players. The warmth
and crunch of a naturally overdriven power amp is captured powerfully by this channel. Touch
sensitivity and dynamics are emphasized in this traditionally voiced preamp. This channel
provides creamy-smooth overdrive, with a slight compression effect.
Channel 3 is the power driver. It delivers the goods in a forceful, aggressive manner with
the slightest amount of tube compression. Voiced quite a bit harder than Channel 2, Channel
3 is like a sledgehammer pounding away.
Rounding out the front panel controls are a pair of power amp feedback controls, Eek and
Ugh. Use them for tuning the amplifier to different cabinets or rooms.
The rear panel consists of an array of speaker outputs, 1/4" and Neutrik Speakon ® , slave
output with level control, bias controls and test points, and the effects loop with level
controls - switchable for series or parallel operation. The loop can be engaged from the
front panel switch or the supplied BVFS4 footswitch.
Speakon ® is a registered trademark of Neutrik U.S.A.