Carlsbro Kickstart 35 User Manual

We hope your Carlsbro amplifier will provide you with many years of music and enjoyment, and

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help you to improve and develop as a musician.At Carlsbro we have been making amplifiers and
equipment for musicians for over 40 years, and will continue to strive to make the best products to
support musicians of all levels, from beginners starting out to the professional player. Whether
music is your hobby, your job or the driving passion of your life, Carlsbro products will give the

erformance and reliability you need to achieve your musical goals.

Kickstart 35

Guitar Combo

amplifiers and stacks suitable for electric guitar, acoustic instruments, bass
guitar, keyboards, harmonica and much more. See our website (

for more details.

The Carlsbro guitar amp range includes ;

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Kickstart beginners / practice combos.
GLX combos, loaded with features and tone for the more demanding player.
The 50 TOP and 50 TOP Evolution valve heads, and Fat Boy Class A valve combo for

serious British tone.
Nu-Tone range, designed and voiced for detuned, 7 string and baritone guitars, unique

amps for professional modern rock players.
Sherwood range for acoustic guitar and other acoustic stringed instruments.

Give them a try at your nearest Carlsbro dealer !

The Kickstart Range of combos have been designed and voiced to be an ideal
introduction to electric guitar amplification. They are designed to help you start playing
and keep playing for years to come. The designs are deliberately simple for easy and
intuitive operation, but still will produce a wide range of tones for different musical
styles. They are ideally suited to home practice, producing versatile tones without
extremes of volume.

MAIN FEATURES

High impedance universal input
2 channel operation (clean and lead)
Variable input gain
Powerful three band EQ and Presence control
Headphone socket
Reverb
8” Powertone by Carlsbro speaker
Footswitch function

Front Panel Layout

Rear Panel Layout

Front Panel Facilities

1. Input. Using a good quality shielded signal cable, connect the output of your guitar to
this socket. It is compatible with piezo transducers, active and passive pick up systems.

2. Depth. This control sets the gain at the input (the inputs electrical signal strength) which
determines the amount of overdrive in the sound. 'Overdrive' means a harmonic
distortion of the signal, that produces a rich full tone, commonly used for rock music.
As this control is turned clockwise, the degree of distortion in the tone will increase.

3. Channel switch. This switches between the clean undistorted channel, and the
overdriven lead channel. When depressed, the Overdriven channel is activated and the
tone will change from a clean, clear tone to a more aggressive thick tone.

4. Master. This control affects the output volume of the overdriven channel. Using this
you can set the desired level of the clean sound using 'Volume', the use the Depth and
Master controls to set the amount of overdrive required, and balance the level with the
clean channel. Turning it clockwise will make the amp louder without changing the
tone.

5. Volume. This control affects the overall output volume of the amplifier. Turning it
clockwise will make the amp louder without changing the tone.

6. Treble. This is used to control the level of treble or high frequency sound. The position
marked '0' (at the top) gives a flat response. Turningthe control clockwise will increase
the level of treble, and anticlockwise will reduce it.

7. Middle. This works the same way as the Treble control, but affects mid range
frequencies.

8. Bass. This works the same way as the Treble control, but affects Bass or low
frequencies.

9. Presence. The boosts the upper midrange frequencies, adding definition and clarity
especially with overdriven sounds.

Experiment with these controls whilst playing to appreciate the tonal variation
possible from your amp

Rear Panel

1. Mains Lead. The unit is supplied fitted with a plug suitable for the country which the
amp has been made for. The appropriate electrical supply is stated on the rear panel.
DO NOT replace the plug with another type. If in doubt, contact your dealer or
service agent.

2. Mains fuse. Replace the fuse only with the same type and rating stated on the rear
panel. If a replacement fuse fails immediately, contact your local service agent. DO
NOT replace with a highervalue.

NOTE ; ALWAYS DISCONNECT THE UNIT FROM THE MAINS BEFORE
REPLACING THE FUSE.

Technical Specifications

Power consumption

Power Output (at onset of clip) ; 30W RMS into 4 ohm
Height ; 395mm
Width ; 530mm
Depth ; 230mm
Weight ; 12.5kg

; 70VA max

10. Reverb. Reverb (short for 'reverberation') is an effect that adds an echoing character to
add ambience and simulate an acoustic environment. Turning this control clockwise
will progressively increase the amount and length of the reverberation effect.

11. Footswitch. Connect a footswitch such as the Carlsbro…. Here to allow remote
activation of

12. Headphones. This provides a mono signal for stereo headphones. NOTE: the internal
speaker is disconnected when headphones are used for silent practice.

13. 'On' LED. This blue LED illuminates when the unit is supplied with the correct mains
voltage and switched on. Whenswitched off, the LED will slowly extinguish.

14. Power Switch.This turns theAC mains power to the unit on or off.