User manual FENDER AUTOMATIC

[. . . ] For over half a century, we have been designing and producing some of the world's best amplifiers, helping shape the face of music. In fact, many of the world's most classic and best sounding amplifiers have proudly worn the Fender name. [. . . ] Play On! WARNING: -TO PREVENT DAMAGE, FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS UNIT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. -NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE, REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL ONLY. -THIS UNIT MUST BE EARTH GROUNDED. 3 AUTOMATIC FRONT CONTROL PANEL A. When this button is in, it provides a 7dB cut useful for reducing distortion in the clean settings when using guitars with active electronics or humbucking pickups. - This button activates the classic FENDERCLEAN preset on your Automatic GT/SE amplifier. When pressed, it adds a mild boost in the upper mid to high frequency range and provides slightly more overall gain than the Fender-Clean preset. Automatic SE - This Automatic GT button activates the RHYTHM/CRUNCH preset. It rearranges the gain/tone structure to produce a semi-distorted tone useful for playing rhythm or bluesy leads. This preset has slightly more overall loudness than the clean presets. It further modifies the structure to provide more gain, loudness and a different tonal response than the rhythm/crunch preset. 4 Note: To create even more tonal possibilities, you can combine the various presets by simply pressing two or more preset buttons (items C through F) simultaneously. FTSW - This LED illuminates when the LEAD/OVERDRIVE preset is activated, either by pressing the corresponding preset button (item H), or by using the CHANNEL SELECT function on the optional two-button footswitch (see item Q). Automatic GT Automatic SE - This switch activates the LEAD/OVERDRIVE preset, which is useful for playing full-on leads and heavy power chords with lots of sustain. It has significantly more drive and sustain than any of the other presets. When this button is in, the previously selected clean or rhythm preset is disabled. [. . . ] CAUTION: Prolonged listening at high levels may be hazardous to your hearing!POWER INDICATOR - This LED illuminates when your Automatic is receiving power. [. . . ]